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Opinion Stories from December 12, 2015 (Change date)

Fix hiring process to fix police problems

Dec 12, 2015 11:05 pm - Many police officers are receiving bad press. From embezzlement to murder investigations, their careers and reputations are hanging by a thread. When well known Police O...
House break-in? Call a newsman.

Dec 12, 2015 11:05 pm - I applaud the lady who wrote about the lack of respect shown to teachers, firemen, and the police. There are good and bad people in every profession. I chose to believe ...
Davis: The long, strange trip of reporting PARCC results

By Jim Davis
Dec 12, 2015 1:00 pm - Tim Broderick, our editor of data journalism and graphics, got the word about 4 p.m. Wednesday. The final release of state report card info - how our children fared on a...
Editorial: Schools can't get sidetracked by PARCC flaws

The Daily Herald Editorial Board
Dec 14, 2015 4:20 am - Consider this comparison senior staff writer Melissa Silverberg dug out of the latest school report card data: In Palatine Township Elementary District 15, the school th...
Nation needs voters to be well informed

Dec 14, 2015 2:29 pm - There is no job more important to a citizen than to be informed. Today, we have more information literally in our hands than ever. Just 20 years ago, we had to actually ...
Put on Social Security cap for millionaires

Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - After 50 years of monetary inflation, millionaire prestige has understandably declined. A 2014 study found that fully 5 percent or 14 million of contemporary American ad...
'Natural' causes not to blame for climate change

Dec 14, 2015 2:30 pm - One of the arguments used by people who fear the implications of human choices as the cause of climate change - including in recent letters printed by this paper - is th...
Media must tell the positives, too

Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - I agree with Janet Lumm that the press needs to make sure all facts are indeed "facts" before going to the public. Also, the people in charge are in charge for a reason ...
Pastor's words echo after Trump remarks

Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Donald J. Trump's recent declaration for an outright ban on Muslim's entering the United States, I find it critical to share with your readers a famous qu...
Race for Kirk seat deserves attention

Dec 12, 2015 12:00 am - The argument over Syrian refugees is no doubt a major issue for the 2016 U.S. Senate candidates. It not only will impact the general election, but it has already taken e...

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