Editorials
-
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...
-
Editorial: Barrington project shows how private foundations help shape students' livesMay 06, 2019 11:00 pm - Many suburban school districts are fortunate to work with private foundations that help raise money for special projects and coordinate diverse volunteer programs. An e...
-
Editorial: Beyond taxing and spendingMay 05, 2019 1:00 am - With an ambitious new governor in Springfield and Democrats in absolute control of the machinery of government, there's been a lot of talk this legislative session about...
-
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
May 01, 2019 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 1 The Charlotte Observer on a mass shooting on the campus of UNC-Charlotte: It's our turn, Charl...
-
Editorial: State Senate gets drive toward a graduated income tax off to a rocky startApr 30, 2019 11:00 pm - Democrats who want Illinois to move to a graduated income tax in 2020 will do well to remember that the campaign to persuade voters will turn not on a complex series of ...
-
Editorial: State needs to think long term in fixing roads, bridgesApr 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Above all, Todd Maisch, president and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, wants transportation funding to be more than an "afterthought" in this legislative session...
-
Editorial: Larson's impact on Schaumburg and the Northwest suburbsApr 29, 2019 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board The iconic Woodfield Shopping Center and Al L. Larson arrived in Schaumburg at just about the same time - Woodfield in 1971, Larson in 1...
-
Editorial board: Inaugural African American Male Leadership Summit inspiresApr 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Marc Jones had a question for teens at the inaugural African American Male Leadership Summit in Round Lake Beach last week. Whom in their lives, he asked, did they look ...
-
Editorial: Our debt to A.J.Apr 27, 2019 2:00 pm - We are not particularly fans of Phillip C. McGraw, television's Dr. Phil, but we nonetheless are haunted this weekend by the ultimate truth of one of his admonitions: "...
-
Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Apr 27, 2019 1:00 am - No act of citizenship It wasn't too long ago that even large corporations felt a responsibility to the communities near their headquarters. Those days are gone, but...