Hanover Park Opinion
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Can't silence foes of big governmentMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The Mayor of Barrington Hills letter "It's about business, not about socialism" should have been titled "Shut your mouths, pay your taxes, how dare you question the wisd...
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Public employees an easy scapegoatMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - OK, we get it. The economy is in the tank, so we have to find a scapegoat; this year it's public employees. Right, we're making exorbitant salaries with unheard of bene...
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Promoting science a noble causeMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - To paraphrase Bill Foster, United States Congressman and science fair judge at the Discovery Science Fair in Elgin last month, "I want to hear about both successes and f...
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Wear your faith on your propertyMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - This time the U.S. Supreme Court got it right. The cross in the Mojave Desert is legal, so said the majority of justices. Justice for religious freedom is what this deci...
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Looking forward to benefits of reformMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Like so many Americans I cheered when Congress finally acted to improve our health system with the Health Care and Education Affordability Act of 2010. In 2008 I spent ...
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Cronin bent on grabbing powerMay 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Rumor has it that there will be an election in November, but State Sen. Dan Cronin, Republican candidate for chairman of the DuPage County Board, is apparently not going...
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How the other side livesMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - What needs to be done is to not allow an educator who retires to be rehired by the district they previously worked for. Educators who retire should not receive their ret...
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Tougher penalties for DUI save livesMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - As a regular reader of the Fence Post, I sometimes agree (50 percent) and sometimes disagree (50 percent) but am seldom shocked by the comments of your readers. On a rec...
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On the little spat between the mayor and the aldermanMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The first online post after our Thursday follow-up story to the dust-up between Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner and Fourth Ward Alderman Rick Lawrence was an eye-catcher. "The ...
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We are supposed to challenge leadersMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - The first amendment to the Constitution reads: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridgin...