Northfield Opinion
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesOct 31, 2021 5:23 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsOct 31, 2021 5:21 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesOct 31, 2021 5:15 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Experience, not ads, sets behaviorOct 31, 2021 5:14 pm - The article, "Brand loyalty at age 4?" (Aug. 7) lacks critical logic. The editors of the Daily Herald obviously want flash over substance. The article's "expert" states ...
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Don't pull license when pulled overOct 31, 2021 5:01 pm - In Illinois, you need a license to drive. But you also need that license to board an airplane. Or to get a marriage license. There are occasions when you must show a dri...
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Let's condemn and halt all dog fightingOct 31, 2021 4:57 pm - Cruel and inhumane dog fighting is flourishing and infiltrating the suburbs. The violent and immoral criminals affiliated with dog fighting are profiting through gamblin...
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Memo to NFL: Keep vests, lose logosOct 31, 2021 4:53 pm - In order for our work as journalists to mean anything and to be taken seriously, we must bring to our work a number of qualities. That list is lengthy, but a short versi...
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That's one for charter schoolsOct 31, 2021 4:43 pm - Suburban school officials never have cared much for charter public schools, viewing them mostly as interlopers who siphon cash off from a district's other schools. That ...
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Rediscovering benefits of great outdoorsOct 31, 2021 4:39 pm - Can you really blame kids for being reluctant to go outdoors? We terrify them with stories about West Nile virus lurking within every mosquito, birds carrying fatal flu ...
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Letters to the Editors - Cook CountyOct 31, 2021 4:37 pm - Transit must be funded this year Suburban residents are right to demand their fair share from any new transit funding approved by the General Assembly. New funds dedicat...