Aurora Opinion
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Editorial: A close-to-home economic strategySep 19, 2012 8:59 am - At a meeting with the Daily Herald editorial board this week, Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin reflected on the usual topics — political dysfunction in Washington, the o...
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Grateful for GOP ‘intransigence’Sep 16, 2012 4:19 am - Grateful for GOP ‘intransigence’ This is in response to your editorial of Aug. 30. You say that the electorate is “beaten down” by “the partisan lockjaw” and “the d...
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Editorial: We can still narrow school gender gapSep 14, 2012 4:27 am - It’s nice to think that we’ve come a long way, baby, since the turbulent 1960s and ‘70s, when the women’s liberation movement was burning at its brightest. In many ways ...
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Editorial: Emanuel must try harder with suburbsSep 13, 2012 7:37 am - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his city administration are a little busy this week dealing with a teacher’s strike, as we noted Wednesday. So, that could be the reason t...
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Workers’ comp a big state problemSep 13, 2012 4:21 am - Workers’ comp a big state problem Lately you’ve been hearing a lot about “in sourcing jobs back to Illinois” from our political leaders. It doesn’t take a political...
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Editorial: Blending realism, cooperation to tell teachers’ storySep 12, 2012 10:25 am - The problem with the Chicago Teachers Union strike isn’t entirely a matter of its timing, but its timing serves to emphasize a wealth of other issues that may have more ...
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Moylan needed to step aside at gameSep 10, 2012 6:37 am - The Maine West football theme on Friday, Aug. 24 was to honor the veterans. Approximately 50 veterans were asked to line up on the field before the game and were applaud...
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Editorial: The hopeful signs for workers in 2012Sep 03, 2012 5:00 am - On the day set aside to celebrate the role of working people in American economic life, it can be a little unnerving to contemplate the state of “labor” in 2012. In many...
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Court cameras: Crucial but underwhelming?Sep 02, 2012 5:00 am - One big, fat journalism trap local newspapers can fall into is the “no effect seen here” story. It stems from the well-intentioned effort to “localize” a big story. Repo...
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Feminism of 40 years ago pays offAug 28, 2012 4:20 am - Feminism of 40 years ago pays off Your recent editorial about the Olympic athletes from the suburbs was interesting and informative. I was struck by the fact that 1...