Editorials
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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
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 22 The Houston Chronicle on the Supreme Court allowing the Trump administration to go ahead wit...
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Editorial: Lessons from a viral confrontation whose real meaning we may never knowJan 22, 2019 10:00 pm - We were not in Washington, D.C., over the weekend to see what led to and followed an infamous confrontation between a white 15-year-old boy wearing a MAGA hat and an eld...
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Editorial: A summer driving messages: See motorcyclesJan 22, 2019 5:00 pm - Motorcyclists are about 28 times as likely as passenger car occupants to die in a motor vehicle traffic crash, according to statistics from the National Highway Traffic ...
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Editorial: Board of Review should rethink where it is putting new hiresJan 21, 2019 10:00 pm - Why would anyone in Cook County want to slow the property tax appeals process? That is precisely what we risk, because of a December decision by the Cook County Board of...