Editorials
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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
Feb 13, 2019 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 12 Chicago Tribune on drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman: El Chapo's murderous Sinaloa drug ca...
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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...
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Editorial: The danger of increased polarization in age of digital newsFeb 09, 2019 2:00 pm - We have long believed, as you might imagine, that the newspaper plays an important role in the health of a community and, for that matter, the nation. Our job is to info...
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The Soapbox: Keeping Ribfest in Naperville, a sticky situation in Mount Prospect and more.Feb 09, 2019 12:00 am - Keeping Ribfest in Naperville Nice to see Naperville officials and organizers of the Exchange Club's Ribfest at least considering the idea of shrinking the annual ...
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Election: President must back up his call to 'choose greatness'Feb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - In certain key expressions, President Donald Trump offered invocations in Tuesday's State of Union speech that from almost any other president would have been considered...
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Editorial: Lawmakers, think carefully before rushing to $15 minimum wageFeb 06, 2019 10:00 pm - Illinois Sen. Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford, a Maywood Democrat, told The Associated Press this week that lawmakers' goal regarding a push to a $15-an-hour minimum ...