Schaumburg Opinion
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All I do is think about the kidsMay 23, 2012 5:40 am - I would like to share some thoughts with the author of “Our View” printed on the May 16 editorial page. I teach in a Title I school in Elgin Area School District U-46. I...
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Editorial: Senate should rethink anti-bullying voteMay 22, 2012 6:46 pm - Few would disagree that rules against bullying are a good thing. Only when they have the potential to clash with a person’s right to free expression do they become a cau...
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Praise for students’ anti-bullying stanceMay 21, 2012 1:15 pm - Students at Hoffman Estates High School appear to have more savvy than the adults in charge (“Hoffman H.S. questions T-shirts’ intent,” May 12 Daily Herald). Standing up...
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Think of the kids in U-46 contract decisionMay 16, 2012 5:00 am - The 2,000 or so teachers who are members of the Elgin Teachers Association — the largest teachers union in the suburbs — are understandably on edge. The members, who sta...
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Gender is more than just what we thinkMay 15, 2012 11:36 am - Since when has the obvious not been obvious anymore? Recently, we have seen in the news and in popular culture the notion that gender is somehow decided by individuals b...
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Just how did this pension mess happen?May 15, 2012 11:36 am - We’ve been reading in all the newspapers about the pension mess in Springfield, the exorbitant penalties being absorbed by the suburban taxpayers because of padding admi...
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Refine oil on our side of the borderMay 12, 2012 5:00 am - Build a refinery on this side of the Canadian border. The president is against a costly pipeline from Canada to the Gulf area. With a refinery on this side of the border...
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Unions not to blame for airline woesMay 11, 2012 5:00 am - George Will’s recent column, “The turbulence in the airline industry,” demonstrates what happens when a journalist gets lazy, and also abandons even the slightest preten...
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‘New reality’ applies to legislators, tooMay 09, 2012 5:00 am - In his April 23 letter to the editor, “Will we cut benefits for lawmakers, too?” Mr. Roger Thomas Seely points out how, in a “new reality,” benefit cuts to the Teachers’...
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The SoapboxMay 05, 2012 5:00 am - Secretive police: For weeks, Des Plaines officials have refused to divulge much about charges brought against two police officers. Now, one of them has filed suit agains...