Opinion Stories from December 13, 2011 (Change date)
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Allow advertising in schoolsDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Schools should permit product advertising to raise money for programs, thereby keeping citizens’ taxes low. Advertising should be permitted in public schools because it ...
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Not less government, better governmentDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - President Reagan had it mostly right: government is not the solution. What’s needed, however, is not less government but better government. Civil rights should not be ab...
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DNA cases marring state’s attorney’s tenureDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - A year from now, Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Waller will be retiring, serving more than 22 years as the chief prosecutor. Unfortunately, that tenure, more than ...
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Carry Christmas spirit all year longDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Just read Burt Constable’s column about the passionate feelings inspired by the Nativity scene. Have to admit that I share this feeling. Who cannot help but be moved whe...
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Newt and The Donald a-courting goDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Liberals and conservatives both seem obsessed with the behavior of “the 1 percent,” but there the similarity ends. Liberals seek to change the ways of the richest 1 perc...
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COD deannexation a terrible decisionDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - The College of DuPage board made a terrible decision when it voted to deannex from the village of Glen Ellyn. If these seven board members had more wisdom, experience an...
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Obama is dividing, not unitingDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - I think I felt like many people who did not vote for Barack Obama in 2008. Even though my candidate lost, I viewed his election as historic. I hoped that his personality...
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The strange buoyancy of Barack ObamaDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - In a season of curious political phenomena — Michele Bachmann’s unnerving stare, Herman Cain’s last-minute launch of “Women for Cain,” a planned debate hosted by a reali...
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Larkin Center needs better fundingDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - The mental health cuts in Illinois have deeply affected the Larkin Center. The reduced funding at the center has prevented the children from receiving the proper care th...
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Remove those liable for abuseDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Penn State’s board of trustees finally did the right thing in firing Joe Patero and others responsible for looking the other way. When will the Catholic Church take acti...
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