Opinion Stories from November 14, 2015 (Change date)
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Gun owners won't give up their rightsNov 14, 2015 11:00 pm - According to the thinking of Dan Halvorsen in a Nov. 12 letter, driving a car around a barricade and plowing into a crowd of people is OK since it was just "an accident....
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Maybe budget is affecting all of usNov 14, 2015 11:00 pm - We are now moving into the fifth month without a state budget. The governor released funds to keep schools open because it is the responsibility of the state to fund sch...
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Look at victims of state budget impasseNov 14, 2015 11:00 pm - And so we begin a sixth month without a state budget because our so-called leaders put their personal and political agendas ahead of their sworn duty and continue to bic...
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Editorial: Second-generation Paddock led paper as an advocate of local goodNov 14, 2015 12:00 pm - Over the years, we've often heard comment - sometimes warmhearted, sometimes scornful - about the colorful Hosea Paddock mission statement that resides on the top left c...
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The Soapbox: Race congrats in Naperville, falling plane parts in Bensonville, help for the homeless in Elgin and more.Nov 14, 2015 12:00 am - You can't be too careful: Trust but verify is good advice for any of us working with volunteers to perform public service. While we all want to believe the best of ...
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Tackling should be below the waistNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - Regarding Mike Imrem's column, "Tackling this issue is no easy task," I played football at Harvard High School in Harvard, Illinois from 1959 to 1963. The coach of the ...
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Tolerance losing out in holiday greetingsNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - I just read another rant about the so called "political correctness" concerning the upcoming winter holiday season. In this case, the term "political correctness" is use...
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Voter apathy is at root of our problemsNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - With election season heating up, here are some things that I have witnessed over the years and reasons the same people may be elected to office time and again. 1. I'm no...
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The confusing facts of transgender issueNov 14, 2015 12:00 am - There is an age below which "children" are not considered mature enough to have consensual sex. Though nudity does not necessarily constitute sex, the sharing of photos ...
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A way to recoup Gliniewicz misdeeds?Nov 14, 2015 12:00 am - I don't want to sound like scrooge, but I would hope that Fox Lake would use Officer Gliniewicz's pension to at least help to pay some of ridiculous cost of his suicide ...
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