Elk Grove Village Opinion
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Keep focus on jobs, fiscal crisisNov 27, 2012 4:00 am - As a new subscriber, reading Susan Estrich’s Nov. 15 column, “The mandate to raise taxes on so-called rich,” gave me a frisson of schadenfreude. She voted for President ...
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Editorial: Hazing culture needs to be excisedNov 27, 2012 4:00 am - Maine West High School has a problem. And we urge school officials to deal with it — openly and without equivocation. That’s easier said than done. School officials and ...
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Here’s why we weren’t offered helpNov 27, 2012 3:08 am - Here’s why we weren’t offered help I was reading with interest the columns written by readers about how we send in help to countries who have disasters, but when we...
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Editorial: The fundamental problems of holding dual officesNov 26, 2012 4:00 am - Although we have differences with some of state Sen. Terry Link’s positions, we decided that his background and leadership merited our endorsement in the election just p...
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Government should sacrifice, tooNov 25, 2012 4:00 am - Since I bought my home, the mortgage payment included insurance coverage, property taxes and paying down the principle. Some 30 years later the loan has been paid off. N...
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We’re on a course to ruinationNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Thankfully, insiders, pundits, pollsters and celebrities have explained the election results as: (1) a repudiation by the majority of the conservative agenda; and (2) a ...
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This is a job for Jimmy CarterNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - In light of the ramifications of the pending “fiscal cliff” facing our country, I think it’s time for Jimmy Carter to step forward and broker peace between Republicans a...
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Clinging to hope for state’s recoveryNov 24, 2012 4:00 am - Now that the Madigan redistricting has paid off handsomely, U.S. congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. (MIA for six months and prepping for indictment) was re-elected, state Rep...
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Rubio could have changed electionNov 22, 2012 4:00 am - I feel, as many others do, that if Mitt Romney had chosen Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as his running mate, the election would have had a good chance of turning out differen...
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Congress, just get back to workNov 21, 2012 4:00 am - The votes have been counted and President Obama has won. Some folks are happy while some are disappointed, claiming that individualism has lost to dependence on governme...