Carpentersville Opinion
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Fox Valley Soap BoxNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - Help or more bureaucracy? One can make a plausible argument, as Community School District 300 did, that high school department chairs can provide more hands-on teaching ...
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Take, sell cars if no license, insuranceNov 30, 2007 10:00 pm - It is getting more and more each day that we read in the paper of drivers who have no insurance and are driving while their license is suspended or without having a driv...
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Non-specific charges carried no factsNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - This is in response to Laurel Bault's Nov. 25 article calling Doug Heaton and me racists and that we told lies about our stance on illegal aliens. Unfortunately, Baust ...
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Lost generations, and a lost 4 of 5Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Wow, only 1 in 5 graduates college ready. What a headline. However, this is not what should concern the Illinois taxpayer. What should concern our communities and politi...
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Other skills needed beyond those of ACTNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - The article on the failure of our high school students to pass the ACT was very concerning. As a high school teacher, I am also concerned that our students cannot pass ...
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Thread of light runs through dark stories on foreclosure crisisNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - No one takes pleasure in seeing unforeseen circumstances dishevel the lives of families. Yet, these stories can generate something more than sympathy. A fairly simple ma...
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An apology, sort of, and a radio ideaNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - As self-appointed spokesman for liberals and progressives in the Fox Valley I would like to extend the apology requested by John Skaritka in his Nov. 22 letter. I am sor...
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Demanding several apologies of his ownNov 27, 2007 10:00 pm - I'm responding again to another baseless and emotional rant from John Skaritka. This time, he would have you believe that liberals are to blame for the decline in civil ...
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Thinking on feet a modern necessityNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - To the editor: Reality television dominates our living rooms and our lifestyles. Water coolers, school yards and senior centers are filled with chatter about whose unscr...
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From bathroom attendant to JFK-era whistleblowerNov 25, 2007 10:00 pm - The holidays are always a difficult stretch for Abraham Bolden. Not only did his wife die at this time of year, but so did his president and so did a little of bit of hi...