Hanover Park Opinion
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Wealth threshold is too randomMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The politicians in Springfield and Washington have arbitrarily and unilaterally decided wealthy citizens are people who earn $200,000-$250,000 or more, annually. People ...
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Why we need to seal our bordersMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Nearly 50 years ago, in a class entitled, "Major Countries of Latin America," George Blankston, a political science professor at Northwestern University, astutely descri...
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The state's priorities confusingMay 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Some good news for a handful of suburban school districts probably left most of us scratching our heads last week. State education leaders made 24 Illinois school super...
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Medical marijuana will ease sufferingMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Fourteen states allow people who are suffering from serious conditions like cancer, epilepsy and muscular dystrophy to use marijuana to make their pain bearable. Let's b...
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Parochial bus cuts amplify burdenMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Dr. Arndt, shame on you and the District 300 school board for balancing the budget for the education deficits on the backs of the parents of the parochial school student...
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America now sees Obama as a mistakeMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to thank President Obama. Without him my country never would have been awakened due to the policies we will soon experience. Just look at the many polls in...
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Financial reform sorely neededMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The United States Senate recently plunged to the depths of political hypocrisy. As senators from all political stripe castigated executives from Goldman Sachs for financ...
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Under, overpasses save time, moneyMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - As you may be aware, there was a tragic collision in the southern suburb of University Park during the evening of April 16th in which a young woman driving a car was kil...
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Please watch out for motorcyclesMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Since mid-April, I have prominently displayed a "Start Seeing Motorcycles" sign in my front yard. I do this for two reasons: I care about my brothers and sisters in the ...
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Citizens don't mind showing IDsMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - If I am under 40, Walgreens will ask me for some identification to purchase certain items. If my charges are over $50, Jewel will ask me for some identification. Conveni...