The unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last week, the highest since 1983. Back then, the economy quickly recovered over the next year, with 8 percent growth. And by 1984, the economy was roaring.
Ald. Eugene Schulter is 110 percent right. I have been to the parks and small lakes in the 'burbs around the Chicago area, and if you are not from that town, you need to buy a special sticker for your vehicle.
Proposed health-care plans are complicated and difficult to understand. To simplify, please assure us that we will receive the same coverages as federal employees and Congress members. Also, please identify, specifically, who is uninsured and how their health care will be paid for. Finally, tell us exactly how the new plan will change and improve our present coverage.
Who cares whether Ald. Eugene Schulter wants to fill Millennium Park with Chicago fannies first? ["City vs. suburbs," Thursday] There's plenty to do in DuPage County. One does not have to commute in horrific traffic to get to places of entertainment. Plus, we do not have to worry about rogue cops and judges, increased neighborhood violence or staggering parking rates.
Wednesday's Page One story, "Half of all kids on food stamps at some point," illustrates the critical need for Illinois to protect its children.
I am so Catholic that if I were ground up into 10,000 pieces and properly buried, all 10,000 pieces would rise up smelling of incense and singing, "Holy God, We Praise Thy Name."
I enjoyed reading Tuesday's story about the Weivoda family of Palos Heights offering Chicago its first real Christmas tree since 1955. It reminded me of how the tradition of Boston's Christmas tree being sent from Canada began.
I don't want to be a wet blanket, but when I see and hear Tom Ricketts, the Cubs new owner, I can't help but see and hear Mike McCaskey and all that entails.
Regarding John W. Fountain's op-ed column ["I'm not your 'bud.' You can call me Mr. Fountain.," Nov. 1], I think he's reading way too much into a (formerly?) harmless term of endearment. I'm a 50-year-old white male who's been called "bud," "buddy," "dude," "bro'," "chief" and countless other innocuous names. Not once was I offended. Would I be offended by these words if I were black? No. Why not? Because they're not offensive! We all know there are much worse words out there. No offense, but the entire world doesn't refer to every man as "sir," regardless of race. Get over it.
Wow, Don Terry's column touched me and made me angry. Even with a recorded video, the police still found a way to ruin the life of an innocent teen, Eugene Bailey, and there is no telling how long this will affect him and his family. There are many times when I wonder if the police department has ever heard of the words "common sense"?
