http://nwherald.comThe latest news from the nwherald.com websiteen-usThere are some lousy routes in and around McHenry County. http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/13/r_hf1da61drke7cko52djucw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/13/r_hf1da61drke7cko52djucw/index.xmlSun, 15 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTThe recession is “very likely over.” http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/06/r_g_d4jnssq5uyu5b7dixdwg/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/11/06/r_g_d4jnssq5uyu5b7dixdwg/index.xmlSun, 08 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTOnly the most despicable among us willingly would leave behind a child.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/31/r_c4jwkkumr7mu6_aexmpqfw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/31/r_c4jwkkumr7mu6_aexmpqfw/index.xmlSun, 01 Nov 2009 06:15:00 GMTWe know what happens when it is suggested that now is no time to panic.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/23/r_jhd5qbn0qxuavmqwjmudya/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/23/r_jhd5qbn0qxuavmqwjmudya/index.xmlSun, 25 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTChoosing words isn’t terribly difficult.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/15/r_hiaimzzwseq7ydzsynssa/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/15/r_hiaimzzwseq7ydzsynssa/index.xmlSun, 18 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTI’ve wrestled with the concept of video gaming for the past few weeks. http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/09/r_izopgugdseg5pbmyoximxq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/09/r_izopgugdseg5pbmyoximxq/index.xmlSun, 11 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTI am long past tired of reading and hearing about State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi’s Festa Italiana party, Amy Dalby’s computer, anonymous tips, zip drives, FOIA requests, sealed and unsealed documents, political skullduggery, and other such shenanigans.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/03/r_72rycqcctgmp0e2nltdpwq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/10/03/r_72rycqcctgmp0e2nltdpwq/index.xmlSun, 04 Oct 2009 06:15:00 GMTJack Franks isn’t running for governor. If you read Kevin Craver’s story on 1A today, you knew that already. http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/25/r_ti5xfoat4g6pqv_swl4q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/25/r_ti5xfoat4g6pqv_swl4q/index.xmlSun, 27 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMTThe First Amendment of the Constitution didn’t roll out behind a marketing campaign when it was ratified in 1791. http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/18/r_nuokstuhq0gxlrkwjpbqiq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/18/r_nuokstuhq0gxlrkwjpbqiq/index.xmlSun, 20 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMTOK, Jerry Springer, you win.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/11/r_tpdb6lnpstacssx00p7bw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/11/r_tpdb6lnpstacssx00p7bw/index.xmlSun, 13 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMTMy wife caught me gazing out the window one recent morning, and just a few moments after waking from a decent night of sleep. http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/04/r_5gmoc4ktrk2cfn9ytlqi5q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/09/04/r_5gmoc4ktrk2cfn9ytlqi5q/index.xmlSun, 06 Sep 2009 06:15:00 GMTMcHenry County State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi said Friday that he would speak if subpoenaed to answer questions about former employee Amy Dalby’s claims that she worked on his campaign on the public’s dime.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/28/r_y6gibwfjschxegwc0cfha/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/28/r_y6gibwfjschxegwc0cfha/index.xmlSun, 30 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMTIf a tree falls in the woods and nobody is around to hear it, does it make a sound?http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/20/r_hkbf15fot0wrifyzjv6jua/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/20/r_hkbf15fot0wrifyzjv6jua/index.xmlSun, 23 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMTThere are plenty of ways to express discontent.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/14/r_3yok1wwtqiklkxiyltfkkw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/08/14/r_3yok1wwtqiklkxiyltfkkw/index.xmlSun, 16 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMTThe White House made a plea to Americans last week, asking the good citizens of our fine nation to send it the “fishy” e-mails that might be floating about in cyberspace and clouding the current debate over a national health-care plan.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/r_ghykotkjst6ieyt03miudw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/08/07/r_ghykotkjst6ieyt03miudw/index.xmlSun, 09 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMTI haven’t seen eye to eye on every subject with the presidents of my lifetime, and this president already has proven not to be the exception to that rule.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/31/r_7bpynko0qhmydia2wahe6q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/31/r_7bpynko0qhmydia2wahe6q/index.xmlSun, 02 Aug 2009 06:15:00 GMTAnother president, another attempt at a new national health care plan.http://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/24/r_8cfnwckdru2fuuprfcjecq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/columnists/columns/2009/07/24/r_8cfnwckdru2fuuprfcjecq/index.xmlSun, 26 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMTBrother, can you spare $3.5 billion?http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/17/r_27jch8qbq7ilsoruacrxw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/17/r_27jch8qbq7ilsoruacrxw/index.xmlSun, 19 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMTTypically, I use this space to write about government or politics or something that really matters.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/10/r_crciw2o1simq1ekepmxawq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/10/r_crciw2o1simq1ekepmxawq/index.xmlSun, 12 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMTI listened to House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, on WGN-AM on Thursday morning as he talked about the budget mess.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/02/r_m38sfbwusagh53lql5n1q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/07/02/r_m38sfbwusagh53lql5n1q/index.xmlSun, 05 Jul 2009 06:15:00 GMT