Palatine Opinion
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Get information on heart valve diseaseFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - This February 22nd marked National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day. There's no better time to recognize this common, yet little-known disease. As many as 5 million Ame...
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Let's keep page 1 good news comingFeb 13, 2017 4:00 am - At last, something to brighten our day! On Wednesday, Feb. 8, a front-page story that was a good news story! My question to you - let's always have a good news story on ...
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D211 members who shirk duty must goFeb 06, 2017 4:00 am - Term limits are important to many voters from both sides of the aisle, for good reason. When people stay in office too long, they often lose touch with their constituent...
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Elect a D211 board that will hold the lineFeb 06, 2017 4:00 am - The current District 211 board of education elected secretary has served our community taxpayers for 20 years with annual property tax increases, expensive conference at...
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Oblivious to vulgarity in Washington speechesFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - Paula Nowicki wrote in the Saturday letters that she didn't understand the reason for Dathan Paterno's (former board member of the Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 bo...
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Let's retrain workersFeb 03, 2017 12:00 am - How about this plan to make America great again? Many of us believe the coal mine jobs are gone forever. I propose we train those men and all the other Rust Belt people ...
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At least this one got caughtJan 28, 2017 12:00 am - When Donald Trump was elected president, I feared that people who voted for him may be just like him. I further feared that these folks were also probably all around me...
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Revisions needed in Electoral CollegeJan 28, 2017 12:00 am - I have read with interest the many comments about the Electoral College. Since its creation was an appeasement to slaveholding states, its value should be looked at skep...
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Media needs reality checkJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - I'm just a regular guy watching the media over the weekend coverage of the "demonstrations" and I am amazed how misreported events were. Total media bias. No wonder jour...
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What now for changing tax provision?Jan 26, 2017 12:00 am - As candidates, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton advocated raising the income tax rate on carried interest. For those not aware, this IRS provision allows hedge-fund...