Editorials
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Editorial: Sending a message about safety and stopped vehiclesMay 15, 2019 11:00 pm - It's not likely that "Scott's Law" would have deterred the driver who killed the first responder for whom the law is named. Carlando J. Hurt, of Hammond, Indiana, was al...
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Editorial: Police raid on reporter's home was an affront to America's free-press idealsMay 15, 2019 11:00 pm - The Washington Post headline was enough to turn any journalist's head: "A reporter declined to reveal his source. Then police showed up at his front door with guns." Mos...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
May 15, 2019 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 15 The New York Times on recent abortion bans: All eyes were on Alabama on Tuesday as the State ...
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Editorial board: Community leaders' support for Catlow a welcome effortMay 13, 2019 11:00 pm - The email Catlow Theater owner Tim O'Connor sent to patrons in March was cryptic and concerning. The 92-year-old movie house would be showing the documentary "Apollo 11"...
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Editorial: Avoiding pension payment holiday should be top priority for surplusMay 12, 2019 11:00 pm - NOTE: This story has been corrected to identify David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, as the author of a letter to lawmakers describing the u...
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A Mother's Day editorial: Mom isn't perfect but she wants to beMay 12, 2019 1:00 am - This editorial originally appeared in the Daily Herald on May 8, 2016. There are few mothers with perfect skills, but so many, the utter vast majority, with perfect inte...
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Editorial: Abuse of executive privilege is threat to democracyMay 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Whatever you think of President Donald Trump and his administration - or whatever you thought of presidents Obama, Bush, Clinton, Ford, Harry Truman or Millard Fillmore ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: Sandra Bland and the value of video in police workMay 07, 2019 11:00 pm - "Get out of the car! Now!" "Why am I being apprehended?" A Texas state trooper, shouting. Naperville's Sandra Bland, 28, demanding, as she records video from a phone he...
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Editorial: Wheaton woman shifts life path to help othersMay 06, 2019 11:00 pm - Like many of us, Jen Kray was planning her life. At 23 years old, Kray was a Type-A personality in the middle of clinicals and months away from earning a master's degree...