Palatine Opinion
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Quite a memorable Veterans Day eventNov 19, 2013 4:30 am - This past Veterans Day I was fortunate enough to attend the Veterans Day program at Winston Campus Junior High School in Palatine. The program included the Presentation...
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70 mph limit too dangerous hereNov 19, 2013 4:30 am - My name is Jae Pyun and I’m a senior at Conant High School. I am responding to Steve Doner’s letter entitled, “70 mph speed limit should apply to metro Chicago.” He stat...
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Let bullied report online, privatelyNov 19, 2013 4:30 am - My name is Kelsey Vasilakis and I am a senior at Conant High School. I am responding to The Daily Herald editorial, “Going online to combat bullying.” The issue here is ...
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Jobs will be lost with no year-round racingNov 19, 2013 4:00 am - Thousands of jobs literally are going to be gone in Illinois come January, and no one seems to know or care. Horse racing is a huge business, from the farmers that grow ...
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Joy over Catholic president, then sorrowNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I remember like it was yesterday, and I can’t believe it will be 50 years. I was 12 years old in seventh grade at St. Paul of the Cross School in Park Ridge. The teacher...
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Story of JFK told to next generationNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, I was in first grade attending Bateman Elementary School in Chicago. I had gone to the White House six months earlier on a tour with my family. As a li...
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A cold day brought stark realitiesNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was 18, and working my first full-time job after graduating from Palatine High School. I was in the art department of General Telephone Co. in Des Plaines. When I came...
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Obama deceptive about ACA from beginningNov 17, 2013 4:00 am - Well, well, well, the president, after days of being pounded about how people are loosing their health care plans, finally came out and apologized. He didn’t apologize f...
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What next after same-sex marriage?Nov 16, 2013 4:00 am - Now that our brilliant, hardworking state legislators have decided that the only criterion for legalizing same-sex marriages is that two people love each other, I can’t ...
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Does president really “know nothing”?Nov 16, 2013 4:00 am - We heard it over and over again during the presidential campaign. It was Mr. Obama’s mantra, “If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it. Period.” “If you l...