Opinion Stories from December 7, 2013 (Change date)
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Beware of reckless reform for U.S. patentsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Innovation is inspiring and contagious. My mother, Kathy Davis, was the inventor of the bug zapper in 1984 and successfully received a patent for the technology that now...
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Bicyclists continue to ignore stop signsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - This is in response to the Nov. 24 letter, “Driver, bikers must learn to coexist,” by Mike Smolenski. Mr. Smolenski does not mention the fact that bikers blow through st...
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Remember all that Pearl Harbor startedDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - A few days ago I decided to write a few words about Pearl Harbor Day. Here is the best I could do. The statisticians who know how to figure these things tell us that in ...
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The SoapboxDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Check those IDs: Given the problem of teen drinking, it’s disappointing to see so many Bartlett businesses failed a recent age check in which police used two 18-year-old...
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Herald hiding news damaging to Obama?Dec 07, 2013 4:00 am - The biggest news on everyone’s mind is the utter disaster of a rollout of Obamacare and the incompetence of the Obama administration in getting it going after three year...
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Education problem is too much coddlingDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - The Guest View on Nov. 21 from Harry Bateman, executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, makes a case for the need for “educated and skilled” citizens...
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Overreaction at Bartlett High SchoolDec 07, 2013 3:40 am - Overreaction at Bartlett High School The Nov. 26 article about the Bartlett High School teacher who was put on leave after criticizing choices the school implemente...
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Obamacare woes deeper than websiteDec 07, 2013 3:40 am - Gene Lyons’ Nov. 26 column titled “Fix the website and ACA will shine” is filled with half-truths and false innuendos. For openers, the $600 million website is not the ...
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Same-sex marriage hardly ‘oppressive’Dec 07, 2013 3:40 am - Same-sex marriage hardly ‘oppressive’ In a Nov. 22 letter to the editor, Walt Sivertsen of Grayslake criticized Illinois lawmakers after they “jumped on the bandwag...
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Snakes don’t deserve unsavory reputationDec 07, 2013 3:40 am - Snakes don’t deserve unsavory reputation As one of the volunteer snake monitors at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, I’ve gotten my fair share of snake questio...
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