Kane County Opinion
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Fourth branchMar 02, 2018 12:00 am - Nowhere in the Constitution are guns or rifles even mentioned, so it is appalling to see the president and most members of Congress fawn before the NRA. It has be become...
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Morrison: Palatine GOP stacked deck to get Rauner endorsedMar 01, 2018 4:00 am - The Palatine GOP just announced its endorsement of Bruce Rauner and other candidates for the March primary election. Committeeman Aaron Del Mar, a Rauner supporter, said...
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Endorsement: Broad for the Democrats as Lake County clerkMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - The two Democratic primary candidates for Lake County clerk tout vastly different personal experience in making their case for who is best suited to lead the office. Ve...
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Student activists embody the spirit of Marjory Stoneman DouglasFeb 28, 2018 10:00 pm - Student survivors of the horrific mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are grieving. But they are also organizing. Within days of t...
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Why won't congressman respond on gun control?Feb 28, 2018 12:00 am - My wife was a teacher. My son is a teacher, as is his fiancee. I think I can speak for teachers - not all perhaps but most. I taught for 37 years. But after the crazed...
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Claims of slow response to fire are falseFeb 28, 2018 12:00 am - A Feb. 14 article reported on the local firefighter union President Joe Galli's claims that recent staffing changes in the Elgin Fire Department caused a delay in respon...
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Put limits on donations to politiciansFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - After spending more than a year listening to and also reading numerous commentaries in the media about various conspiracy theories and the dangers of Russian involvement...
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All it takes from Congress is courageFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - In November 2017, Sen. Feinstein and several other senators introduced a bill in the Senate titled "The Assault Weapons Ban of 2017." If passed, this bill would ban the ...
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Include voices of students in debate on transgenderFeb 26, 2018 12:00 am - If you look through our high school yearbooks, we are probably not the students you would place together. One of us is a freshman; one is looking seriously at colleges t...
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Let's focus on things that build not destroyFeb 25, 2018 12:00 am - I really enjoy reading articles by Walter E. Williams and the subject, "The challenge to black achievement," was profound. The single line that stood out was "Putting gr...