For Americans, perhaps our greatest danger is our own media-fueled fears, reflected today in sensationalist and extremist sentiments.
Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion
Column: New year might be a banner one for new state flag
Online voting opens in January, deciding if we want to keep the current flag, choose between one of the new 10 finalists or opt for two previous flags that have flown over Illinois, in 1918 and 1968. For many of us, it’s going to be a tough decision.
Column: Change comes rolling in with cashless I-PASS stickers
At toll agencies across the nation, the so-called sticker tags are being adopted as officials say they are more reliable, less expensive and will last the life of the windshield. Stickers cost less to manufacture, package and distribute.
Law & Order column: Coroner’s office identifies recent victims
The Lake County Coroner’s Office Thursday identified three men who died in unrelated incidents in recent days.
Column: Coal ash remediation a Christmas wish for Waukegan
Cleaning up the two nasty-looking pits has been in limbo since 2015 when the EPA issued its first directive governing coal ash.
Column: Eighty years later, Battle of the Bulge remembered as ‘hell on Earth’
In American history the Battle of the Bulge remains our biggest single land engagement. Approximately a quarter of a million United States troops were pitted against a comparable number of German forces.
Column: Waukegan ready to buck Trump deportation efforts
Republican Trump has promised to begin deporting undocumented people convicted of crimes soon after Inauguration Day, although it is believed he means “violent crimes” and not speeding tickets.
Law & Order column: Man charged with breaking into Antioch cars, garages
Antioch police said residents in the Red Wing neighborhood reported someone had entered vehicles and garages on Dec. 8.
Column: Syria collapse has shaken up the Middle East
the new Trump administration should carefully evaluate U.S. national interests, and act accordingly.
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