Editorials
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Editorial: May the Class of 2020 forever be kindJun 13, 2020 2:00 pm - It has been an unusual year for the Class of 2020, and certainly an unusual commencement. In many ways, that's too bad. The pandemic has stolen some of the senior year t...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Jun 13, 2020 1:00 am - Time to clear the way It's a bit late for this friendly reminder, what with all that's been happening, but it's one to make our roads a little safer. With the now l...
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Editorial: Diversifying your environment leads to empathy and healthier societyJun 12, 2020 1:00 am - Empathy is a rare commodity these days. The ability to understand someone else's feelings as if they were your own has clearly ebbed in recent years as we've become more...
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Editorial: Georgia primary lesson: Absentee voting is the futureJun 10, 2020 11:00 pm - There will be many take-aways from the debacle that unfolded in Georgia on Tuesday, when metro Atlanta was home to the latest primary mess in the 2020 election cycle. Pe...
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Editorial Roundup: US
Jun 10, 2020 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 10 The Los Angles Times on the crack epidemic in the 1980s, harsh prison sentences disproportio...
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Editorial: We must get beyond slogans to find best strategy for protecting communitiesJun 10, 2020 1:00 am - Slogans have their place at a public protest or political address. They don't serve so well when it comes time to actually shape public policy. When they become competin...
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Editorial: Our message to teens: be safe while driving this summerJun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Gone are this year's anticipated teenage traditions, replaced by memories of COVID-19, e-learning and stay-at-home orders. The virus canceled mile markers from prom to f...
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A Sounding Board editorial: Questions for white AmericansJun 06, 2020 2:00 pm - “Every white person in this country — I do not care what he says or what she says — knows one thing ... They know that they would not like to be black here. If they know...