Articles filed under Discuss

• Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Editorial: Yes to school shooting drills, no to mandateFeb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Drills that would prepare students for a possible school shooting are a good idea, but Gov. Pat Quinn's proposal to require them goes too far, a Daily Herald editorial says.
  

   

• House rule on review of bills is an outrage Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Palatine letter to the editor: Assembly. The House Democrats, led by Speaker Mike Madigan, approved House Rules that limit transparency and fair consideration of important legislation. Bills can now be amended and offered for a vote with just one hour to review — one hour!
  

   

• Women in combat is long overdue Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Springfield letter to the editor: My informed opinion is based on over 35 years in the military serving with men and women, deployed into combat zones with women and men, as well as working with countless men and women veterans. I have yet to see a bullet or a bomb or an enemy make a distinction based upon incidental geography or gender.
  

   

• Some state data illegal to give out Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Springfield letter to the editor: Ledger makes public every state transaction that is allowable under the law. It’s not enough for the taxpayers to “hear” from government — they rightly want to see the proof.
  

   

• Our national security has to come first Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Arlington Heights letter to the editor: When our country is being attacked by terrorists, being “ politically correct” sits way far back in the bus. We did not do enough and are continuing to pay for that!
  

   

• Tough times for California bashers Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Columnist Froma Harrop: It must especially pain conservatives that sunnier economic news partly results from voters directly rejecting Republican politicians and their agenda.
  

   

• Four ladies from Burma Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
  Columnist Kathleen Parker: It takes courage to put one foot in front of the other, much less to become an activist in Burma, as Zin Mar Aung and her colleagues have done.
  

   

• No. 1 key issue: ‘To get elected’(and other pearls)Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  While plowing through local candidates' responses to Daily Herald questionnaires, DuPage/Fox Valey News Director Jim Davis found mostly serious, issue-oriented answers -- and a few quirky nuggets.
  

   

• Editorial: Key phrase to remember after Quinn speech: More to comeFeb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  The governor has three short weeks to complete a budget proposal, and his next speech absolutely must contain the details lacking in last week's State of the State address, a Daily Herald editorial says.
  

   

• Find better approach to spending cuts Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Carpentersville letter to the editor: Robert Meale's letter, "Three myths about the debt ceiling," suggests that it is unnecessary to raise the debt ceiling since it would not force the nation to default on the official public debt. He argues that Social Security, Medicare and other intergovernmental debt obligations are not included in the public debt, which is correct.
  

   

• The real source of state’s pension woes Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Naperville letter to the editor: I was disappointed to read the letter from Ted Dabrowski of the Illinois Policy Institute as it obscures the reason for Illinois current pension morass and offers a solution that would be more expensive to Illinois and its residents.
  

   

• Scout leaders’ stands are inconsistent Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Wheaton letter to the editor: The BSA's reaffirmation of its Oath that Scouts shall do their "Duty to God" is obviously biblical in origin inasmuch as the Bible is where God's word is given. Yet how can the BSA claim to fulfill their Duty to God when they also agree to accept gays in their organization, yet the Bible tells us that if a man lies with another man as he does with a woman, they have committed an abomination and shall be put to death?
  

   
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  A debate we never can resolve Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  Guest columnist Lee Hamilton: It is high time, I believe, to set aside the black-and-white argument about "big vs. small" government and to adopt a more thoughtful, less ideological approach to the role of government. For those things we want government to do, we should be talking about how a limited government can do them better.
  

   

• Schaeffer must go from Metra board Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Woodstock letter to the editor: Government by cronyism has long been a problem in McHenry County. Newly installed Chairwoman Tina Hill has an opportunity to reject this corrupt practice and bring openness and transparency to McHenry County government.
  

   

• Time to fight theft by taxation Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Carpentersville letter to the editor: I see where the always hungry lion is hungry once again, as evidenced by his mighty roar. "We've got to tax more, we are always out of money."Yes, Kane County Forest Preserve District, the hungriest lion, has declared that they have spent nearly all the $30 million that they stole from the taxpayers (fools who voted for it) in the 2011 referendum and they, like all good hungry lions, need more.
  

   

• Second Amendment not just about hunting Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Wheeling letter to the editor: The right to bear arms is all about protecting ourselves from the tyranny of government gone bad.
  

   

• Good judgment lacking in gun proposals Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  A Mount Prospect letter to the editor: In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is rushing to restrict "assault weapons," whatever they are. Yet, of the 508 shooting victims in Chicago in 2012, I bet not a single one was killed by a so-called assault weapon.
  

   

• Too many dependent on government Feb 10, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: President Obama has shown in his first four years and now again in his inaugural address he has total disdain for the 49 percent who didn't vote for him and are opposed to his ideology and agenda.
  

   

• The Soapbox Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
  Read editors' comments about a tiny new river resident, pocked roads and other winter hazards, and an amazing acronym.