Northbrook Opinion
-
Where is the apology for 9/11?Sep 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Approximately 61 percent of Americans oppose the New York mosque project, and yet the Muslims insist on wanting to build it near ground zero, where the loved ones of tho...
-
Republicans moving in wrong directionSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It is not surprising that Republican pols - for Republican, read Big Business - want to phase out Social Security (and Medicare and unemployment compensation and minimum...
-
Pollak will serve his constituentsSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Last summer I tried to attend the town hall meeting sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky at Niles West High School. It was "sold out." What I later learned was that the...
-
Where will returning veterans find jobs?Sep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It's time we start thinking of our troops coming home - what do we offer them? A parade, and what else? Not a job, something to support their family. As in many wars, p...
-
Progress in study of college fundingSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - It was encouraging last week to hear a near-universal consensus of the Higher Education Finance Study Commission in favor of the concept of performance-based funding - t...
-
Did father's faith sway Obama?Sep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I wonder, since Obama's father is of the Muslim faith, could this possibly be swaying his opinion against the American people in favor of a mosque near "sacred ground" i...
-
Underpaid teachers? Take another lookSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - I can't hold my tongue any longer either. Tracy Seaver's letter illustrates the continued lack of understanding that exists about teacher compensation. The myth that tea...
-
Column on mosque revealing of CohenSep 06, 2010 11:00 pm - Richard Cohen in his column published Aug. 18 gave reasons why it is wrong to protest the building of a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center. He tells us that ...
-
New Wilke Road a real kidney-busterSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - I would like to know who is responsible for the horrible stretch of New Wilke between Algonquin and Golf Road. There's a sign posted "Rough Road" and it is! It's horribl...
-
Former Wheeling mayor favors Boeger Place proposalSep 05, 2010 11:00 pm - As a member of the Advisory Board of the North/Northwest Suburban Task Force on Supportive Housing for Individuals with Mental Illness, I have attended numerous public m...