When you lose a tree, just as when you lose a beloved pet, the sadness and the memories, including joyful ones, sneak up on you.
Category: Lake County News-Sun Opinion
Column: GOP domestic violence cartoon takes the low road
Obviously, whoever edits the Vernon Township GOP broadside this month didn’t look closely at the vile cartoon which appeared just as Democrats begin their presidential convention in Chicago.
Law & Order column: Lake County officials praise move to get more up-to-date crime stats
Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed a bill creating a crime data task force. The task force will be composed of law enforcement officials and data experts who will accelerate and enhance the analysis and publication of Illinois crime statistics.
Column: Judge rules ‘farm fresh’ eggs not necessarily produced ‘on some sort of idyllic farm with a red barn’
Adam Sorkin argued he believed the “farm fresh” characterization meant the eggs were produced by layers who lived “on farms, with open green space, grass, hay and straw.” Ah, the idyllic rural past of America continues to drift in and out of our consumer subconscious.
Column: Nixon’s complicated legacy goes well beyond his resignation
Richard Nixon’s legacy is enormous, and evolving.
Column: Lake County residents witnessed history 50 years ago from the Sears in Vernon Hills
Here was a president in office for five-and-a-half years actually quitting in mid-stride of his second term after being overwhelmingly re-elected in 1972, when he crushed South Dakota Sen. George McGovern.
Column: Prisoner exchange a welcome exception to Russia’s violent past
Gershkovich represents a highly respected, influential news organization. He also personifies Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s long-term repression of free political expression.
Column: Truck pollution another reason to oppose logistics centers
Construction of freight warehouses with large numbers of loading docks and spaces for truck parking has mushroomed since the pandemic to fill the need of the e-commerce industry to provide consumers with goods in a timely manner.
Column: Venezuela’s Maduro corrupt, but there is hope of reversal of election
President Nicolas Maduro, thoroughly corrupt leader of Venezuela, has just stolen another presidential election. No surprise, but there is hope of reversal.
Outdoors column: Great white egret symbolizes summer, conservation
A summer wetland landscape scene is only complete if a great egret is standing on the edge of the water. Its bright white plumage and elegant S-curved neck belie its loud croaking call.