Editorials
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Editorial: Aurora chief's words remind us all not to aggrandize mass killersFeb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - Second in a series "It's been roughly 96 hours since a disgruntled employee who was being terminated killed five people and shot five police officers at the Henry Pratt ...
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Editorial: An imperfect gratitude can be the start for healingFeb 20, 2019 10:00 pm - First in a series It's hard to think of the term gratitude at a time when five innocent people are being laid to rest following an act of raw brutality. Our minds cannot...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Feb 20, 2019 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 17 The Toronto Star on the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty: Mark Aug. 2, 2019, in your...
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Editorial: Camaraderie among competitors helps downtown Palatine bar reopen after fireFeb 17, 2019 10:00 pm - Misfortune for one business often means an opportunity for another in the daily grind to attract customers and improve the bottom line. But something unique and refreshi...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Feb 16, 2019 12:00 am - Good company, indeed That's one way to describe it, and Schaumburg's Judy Schreiber did just that after becoming Escorted Transportation Service's milestone 30,000t...
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Editorial: All should fear precedent set by political definition of 'emergency'Feb 14, 2019 10:00 pm - Some people may oppose President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency on immigration because it sidesteps the Constitution's explicit assignment of spendin...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Want transparency? Get rid of 'shell' billsFeb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - A headline making the rounds a few months ago focused on the thousands of bills left to die in the House Rules Committee every year in Springfield and invoked the name o...
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Editorial: Shutdown averted, but roots of immigration crisis are untouchedFeb 11, 2019 10:00 pm - If, as shaky appearances suggest at the moment, the bipartisan deal on immigration averts a looming new government shutdown, that will be a good thing on some level. Tax...
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Editorial: Women presidential candidates inspire as they aim for 'highest' glass ceilingFeb 10, 2019 10:00 pm - After a late election night in November of 1992, a tired Daily Herald staffer told her early-riser toddler that the country had a new president. "What's her name?" he as...