Opinion Stories from February 12, 2011 (Change date)
-
Palatine Twp. residents worked together during stormFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - On Feb 1st and 2nd (Tuesday and Wednesday) our area was hit by the third largest snowstorm on record receiving over 20 inches of snow with 50 mile per hour winds. The re...
-
Tanks vs. TwitterFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - It is hard to think largely about the sweep of events when one is reacting instantaneously to breaking . . . tweets. Now there's a sentence one couldn't have imagined wr...
-
Schaumburg library already uses volunteersFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - The front page of the Feb. 5 Daily Herald contains a proposal by Mr. Hetzer to replace part-time Schaumburg Library staff with volunteers. Hetzer says surrounding taxin...
-
Schaumburg snow removal plan let us downFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - Schaumburg's snow removal plan was a disappointment. On Wednesday, I was very ill and needed to see a doctor, but plows hadn't entered our neighborhood and the village k...
-
The drama, danger of revolutionsFeb 17, 2011 3:50 pm - In the first days of the demonstrations in Egypt, almost everyone I know was glued to their television. Many of them were caught up in what they saw as the romanticism o...
-
Tackle debt with spending reformsFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is asking Congress to increase the allowable federal debt ceiling for the fourth time in the last two years. Congress should say no —...
-
Watching storm from his Schaumburg windowFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - It is Feb. 2 at 2 a.m., and like hundreds of thousands of people in Cook County I am looking at the weather out the window. My health isn't what it used to be and I drea...
-
Tea party should focus on stuff that really mattersFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - In Tuesday's paper there was an article by Kimberly Pohl regarding the purchase of clothing for the newly elected officials in Palatine. Apparently Craig Mijares, a Pala...
-
Let's get to work on road, other projectsFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - In his State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to “redouble our efforts” to repair, modernize and expand the nation's infrastructure through new p...
-
Farm animals need winter refuge, tooFeb 13, 2011 8:41 am - Farmers generally aren't the sort of folks who seek out the limelight or invite media attention. But in the wake of the blizzard, I think it's important that people unde...
Showing 1-10 of 12
next