Palatine Opinion
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Don’t cut Planned Parenthood fundingApr 17, 2011 2:00 am - Randy Hultgren and the Republicans have shown that they are incapable of proper governance and are not interested in deficit reduction. If they were, why would they choo...
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Be appalled by low voter turnoutApr 17, 2011 2:00 am - I was so upset about the elections, I just had to write to Fence Post, and I hope this gets in the paper. Shame on you. I could not believe the extremely low turn...
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Words you choose make a differenceApr 17, 2011 2:00 am - I would like to commend the Daily Herald and those legislators who are committed to changing the legal language to relabel terms for those who are “handicapped.” For som...
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Durbin’s hearings on Islam misguidedApr 17, 2011 2:00 am - Several years ago, Sen. Dick Durbin, Democrat from Illinois, called my fellow members in the military worse than Stalin’s genocidal soldiers. That was an incredible insu...
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Keep oil companies’ profits in checkApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - I always thought that I knew how to spell “capitalism.” However, it appears that I was wrong. It is spelled G-R-E-E-D. Whenever costs go up for businesses, the profit go...
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Evolution need not supplant faithApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - I am neither a biblical scholar nor a scientist, but Mr. Boelens’ naivete certainly deserves a response to his March 29 letter in Fence Post. Current belief among biblic...
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Be happy you have a job, teachersApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - The situation at Elgin Community College is exactly one of many reasons I do not like unions. In this current economic climate, pay freezes and requests to share in heal...
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Public unions have no place in AmericaApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - My fellow Americans, this public union stuff is pretty simple. Public unions bargain with all citizens (including themselves) that provide the tax revenues that pay thei...
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Time for Durbin to pass the batonApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Isn’t it interesting that Sen. Durbin is chairing the Judiciary subcommittee on Muslim civil rights? Isn’t he the same senator who before last November’s elections advis...
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Ease up on gasoline taxApr 15, 2011 2:00 am - Well isn’t that interesting? People can buy gas in Indiana for 65 cents a gallon cheaper than what we pay in the Chicago area. Why is it when the price of a gallon of ga...