Schaumburg Opinion
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Editorial: Even a disciplined police effort can have an imperfect endAug 10, 2015 11:00 pm - It is an inescapable fact that the Tamekka Broyles standoff in Schaumburg Aug. 1 ended with Broyles being shot, and but for a few inches of bullet trajectory, she would ...
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As state fiddles, developmentally disabled are waitingJul 27, 2015 5:00 am - My son, Bryan, is a happy, loving, hard-working, soon-to-be 17-year-old with moderate to severe autism, who attends a NSSEO school in Palatine. In the two years he has b...
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Republicans prepare for warJul 21, 2015 6:22 am - How impressive to learn that all Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House, and those running for President, are speed readers able to absorb and analyze a 100-page propo...
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Medical hopes rise with Cuba cooperationJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - Now that President Obama has taken an unprecedented step to remove the half-century isolation of Cuba, we may finally see long delayed benefits for both countries. For d...
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Contradictions on urban violenceJul 17, 2015 1:00 am - If black lives matter, why are Al Sharpton and others like him not protesting the violence in Chicago? Apparently, black people killing black people is not a worthy caus...
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Editorial: Schaumburg's proposed drone law appropriately restrainedJul 14, 2015 11:00 pm - What's the biggest risk from the kinds of remote-controlled civilian drones that increasingly dot the suburban airspace? That they'll peer in your window, invading your ...
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Columnist misunderstands term 'progeressive'Jul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Burt Constable's article in the July 6 Daily Herald was thought-provoking in many ways. Actions that have changed society in accordance with his views are not always ...
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Editorial: Ideas shouldn't be shut down by being shouted downJul 10, 2015 1:00 am - Ironically, the people packing the room in protest had won the battle before the meeting even started. Mount Prospect Police Chief Tim Janowick had dropped his proposal ...
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Politicians not suffering from O'Hare noiseJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - I have lived in Schaumburg for 39 years and rarely heard jets flying over my house. This year as my husband and I sit in out in our back yard trying to enjoy some peace ...
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Government has obligation to be competentJul 03, 2015 1:00 am - For our nation to remain strong, the vast majority of its citizens must be confident in a government's ability to perform vital functions at acceptable levels. It is wit...