Glenview Opinion
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Recognize value of regional airportsSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - The aviation community commends Gov. Pat Quinn’s recent declaration recognizing the importance of general aviation and its vital role in Illinois. At Chicago Executive A...
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Arlington Hts. businesses make reading funSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Thank you to the Arlington Heights business community for supporting creative ways to connect people who love books: Ÿ Tuscan Market Wine Shop’s Book Club partnered with...
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Mandate is a threat to religious freedomSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Headlines declared “free birth control for all” when the federal government recently issued an interim rule mandating health care plans to cover sterilization and prescr...
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Kids shouldn’t hit others for sportSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Regarding the Aug. 31 cover story, “Punches With Purpose,” I want to point out the dangers of a sport that rewards young athletes for intentional blows to another athlet...
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Keep up the patriotism on Election DaySep 11, 2011 5:00 am - I couldn’t help but notice the crescendo of patriotism as we approached the observance of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. TV news reported ...
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Debt percentages are fuzzy mathSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I am writing in regard to the letter by Raleigh Sutton in Fence Post Sept. 3, titled “Who has gotten us in deeper debt?” Sutton lists the percent increase or decrease in...
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A government divided cannot standSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - A recent “Jeopardy!” question caused me to reread Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The last line particularly struck me as relevant now — “and that government of the people...
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Jobs czar not doing much for jobsSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - I met a couple who were able to come to the U.S. because they were medical transcribers in Pakistan. They were here for a year, and he just secured a position as a medic...
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No wonder Postal Service is strugglingSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - It’s curious that the U.S. Postal Service complains about business being bad when using it has been made as inconvenient as possible. That many letter boxes have been el...
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Find solution in cuts to military spendingSep 10, 2011 5:00 am - One of the unfortunate consequences of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, was a knee-jerk response to authorize military action against an ill-defined enemy (“terrorists”). I...