Arlington Heights Opinion
-
Let’s end private campaign donationsSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - Gov. Rick Perry wants to be our president. My vote awaits his future dialogue. I am not committed to his vote. Mr. Perry has had meetings with Merck drug company and acc...
-
Schools should keep social media policies currentSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - School officials have long cautioned employees against inappropriate relationships with students. Headlines about criminal charges attest that such relationships sometim...
-
Let people prosper by their own doingSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - I love people trying to make a political point by citing history about which they have no knowledge. Larry Barbarek suggested that the laissez-faire policies of Calvin C...
-
Look past the lies about oil reservesSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - There was a time in the past when Sen. Joe Wilson called out President Obama for lying. I don’t believe our president’s penchant for that style of speaking has diminishe...
-
Definition crucial in religion debateSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - The Herald reported on Aug. 27 that Mr. Rob Sherman filed a lawsuit seeking $100,000 in damages against the village of Buffalo Grove. The suit claims that, because the v...
-
President can’t have it both waysSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - “Raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure ... Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally ... Washington is shifting the bu...
-
Embarrassed Walsh represents IllinoisSep 21, 2011 4:00 am - Joe Walsh is the epitome of how the rest of the country regards Illinois politicians — egotistic, disrespectful and grandiose. I would hope that an official elected by p...
-
Tariffs would limit pollutionSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - That Hultgren and the House Republicans have decided businesses must be allowed to pollute in order to “create” jobs simply proves that they are not competent to govern....
-
Protect religious rights in schoolsSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Christ on campus? It’s OK — really. Our public schools have largely ignored teaching one basic First Amendment right by failing to instruct students of their religious r...
-
Compare U.S. budget to a typical family’sSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars. Few people know how much money that is so we’ll illustrate the breakdown of 2011 federal budget in...