Editorials
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Feb 02, 2019 12:00 am - Nellie's moving forward News that Durty Nellie's in Palatine was on fire had us concerned last week. After all, the bar and music venue has been an important part o...
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Editorial: Freshman Democrats in legislature need to get behind Fair MapsJan 31, 2019 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, the 2019 Fair Maps Amendment was filed in Springfield - the latest attempt to bury gerrymandering forever in Illinois and remove politicians from the proce...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Jan 30, 2019 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 30 Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) on the war in Afghanistan : If the war in Afg...
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Compassion during untenable coldJan 29, 2019 10:00 pm - "Just one more text to EPD, as I heard they were out here trying to get the last of us to leave, to let them know I'm fine," says the blogger, adding he didn't want the ...
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Editorial: State lawmakers, governor should ban teen tobacco salesJan 28, 2019 10:00 pm - Before leaving office, former Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner had a chance to sign legislation aimed at preventing teens from getting hooked on cigarettes. Instead, he vetoed...
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Editorial: Lawmaker's outrageous slur is no way to foster discussion of raceJan 27, 2019 10:00 pm - The unfortunate thing about state Rep. Anne Stava-Murray's description of her hometown as "white supremacist" is less how wrong and irresponsible the characterization is...
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Editorial: Fake news and the public's obligation to knowJan 26, 2019 1:00 pm - We and other news organizations are united in a responsibility to inform the public, a sacred obligation that surpasses all others. It's not just why we're in business....
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Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Jan 26, 2019 12:00 am - Zone defense Wouldn't it make sense for road plowing duties to be divided up by zones, rather than municipal, township, county and state highway departments each re...
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Editorial: With Believe Project, holiday spirit runs through JanuaryJan 23, 2019 10:00 pm - A pseudoscientific study commissioned by a travel agency to boost winter trip planning resulted in the third Thursday of January being called Blue Monday. It figures in ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials