Editorials
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Jan 08, 2022 12:00 am - This week's Clippable Quote "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything." - Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw The dramatic undoing of the lig...
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Our View: Suburbs should review and scrub their books of outdated, discriminatory lawsJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Say what you will about decisions to remove statues of Confederate heroes from town squares in the Southern states. Those who cry "cancel culture" in such cases may be g...
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Editorial: Jan. 6 and the miracle of AmericaJan 05, 2022 5:00 pm - When they stormed the Capitol, some in the mob hurled American flags as spears at the overwhelmed police trying to guard its doors. American flags as weapons of insurrec...
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Editorial Roundup: U.S.
Jan 05, 2022 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Jan. 3 The Philadelphia Inquirer on A new year requires a better plan to tackle gun violence crisis: It ...
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Editorial: Apparently, it's up to the legislature to clarify roles in township governmentJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - Regardless of what you think about the value of township governments or the need for consolidation of government units in Illinois, recent stories out of McHenry County ...
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Editorial Roundup: Indiana
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Editorial Roundup: Illinois
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Editorial: Even in COVID-shortened sessions, lawmakers face great opportunities - and risksJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - To some extent COVID-19 has had the appealing impact on official business in Springfield the past two years of limiting lawmakers' meeting time so severely that it has b...
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Editorial: Another new year, another chance to make the most of lifeJan 01, 2022 1:00 pm - In your celebration of the new year, are you a bit like us in that at some point it crossed your mind how quickly 2021 flew by? That as odd as the year was, as stressfu...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on their hopes for the new year.Jan 01, 2022 12:00 am - This week's Clippable Quote "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right" - Oprah Winfrey Let us resolve to make 2022 one of reconciliation - a ...