Oliver: Don’t let reading become a rarity during summer break
With school out for summer, the natural inclination for many kids (and adults, too) is to get outside and stay there. Play, wander or just r…
Letter: Recognition for local hockey teams
To the Editor:Congratulations to all of the student- athletes who have been recognized for winter an…
Letter: God using Trump to expose a nation awash in sin
To the Editor:If anyone is to have a sense of clarity, one can see a nation divided and fragmenting.…
Are Illinois Republicans departing from the party’s core principles?
Among the core principles listed on the GOP’s national web site are these:“Leaders should serve peop…
Top 10 trivia with Jack De Rue
Hi, Jack De Rue here, curator of the Knickknacks of Knowledge. Here’s my collection of the Top 10 trivia for this week:
Arnold: United Way of Greater McHenry County marks 50 years with celebration
Fifty years ago, a gallon of gas cost 32 cents. Fifty years ago, the miniskirt became the height of fashion. Fifty years ago, “Star Trek” wa…
Penkava: Bizarre tales from the celeb Green Room
The Green Room. In show biz terms, that’s what they call the place where the celebrities stay before they go on stage.
Piershale: What comes next? Bull, bear, correction?
The bull market in U.S. stocks has been charging ahead for more than eight years.While that’s young …
Letter: Roskam, Hultgren only care about choice, liberty for financial institutions
To the Editor:Congressmen Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren voted for the Financial CHOICE Act, which …
Letter: We need single-payer health care system
To the Editor:I recently read an article stating the Affordable Care Act was failing and the Democra…
Letter: Hope taxpayers have deep pockets
To the Editor:Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s frontman once said he does not understand why…
