Rolling Meadows Opinion
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Editorial: Boards squelch dissent, distort record when they pressure for unanimityDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - There is order. And then there's order. The good people who have been elected to the school board in Palatine Township Elementary District 15 believe in order. They perm...
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Media must tell the positives, tooDec 12, 2015 12:00 am - I agree with Janet Lumm that the press needs to make sure all facts are indeed "facts" before going to the public. Also, the people in charge are in charge for a reason ...
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Editorial: With transgender decision made, time for understanding in District 211Dec 11, 2015 12:00 am - It takes real courage for an 8th grade student to come back to school after summer break as a different gender. And it takes parental love to recognize that the transiti...
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America still has far to go on raceDec 06, 2015 12:00 am - The Daily Herald is to be congratulated on its thought-provoking and timely editorial Nov. 27 on the shooting death of Laquan McDonald by the Chicago police in 2014. ...
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Packers' 'Superman' lost cape, smirkDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - The first game when the Bears played the Packers, every time the camera went on Aaron Rodgers he had that smirk on his face. Last week when the Packers played the Bears...
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No concern at top for a solutionDec 04, 2015 12:00 am - The governors of many states say they will refuse to take Syrian refugees into their states. Immigration is federally regulated. State governors have no jurisdiction. Th...
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Debates can't ignore the important issuesNov 25, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Sears' preference of questions to presidential candidates I would rather have questions related to the issues that voters care about than the nonsense...
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Dist. 211 needs to do what's right for most studentsNov 18, 2015 5:18 am - It was many years, but I remember it well. I was taking a Red Cross course in advanced first aid and at the previous session we had been given a test on triage. At that ...
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Teachers, education at crossroadsNov 09, 2015 4:42 am - I was an Illinois teacher from the late '70s to 2000. We did truly teach during the glory days. We had good facilities, we were paid well, and I feel our work was apprec...
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Don't expect us to change cultureNov 06, 2015 12:00 am - In response to Anisha Ismall Patel's "School holidays: The case for all or none": In the Constitution, Federalist Papers and the Declaration of Independence you will fin...