Editorials
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Nov 28, 2018 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Nov. 26 The Washington Post on a new federal climate change report: If you did not hear about the ma...
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Editorial: Take pride in local talent as Hollywood awards season kicks offNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - For many movie lovers, the holiday season is indeed the most wonderful time of the year. That's because effects-stuffed summer blockbusters and Halloween horror flicks f...
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Fix road funding with eye toward state's futureNov 27, 2018 10:00 pm - "We have to fund these roads somehow." That's state Rep. Tom Morrison talking about his idea to charge owners of electric cars more because they're not paying motor fuel...
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Editorial: Local schools get burden when society won't deal with gun problemNov 25, 2018 10:00 pm - The specter of a callous gunman has figured much over the past week and half in the minds of people responsible for keeping kids safe at school. And both the need for an...
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Editorial: Help us find beneficiaries for the Believe ProjectNov 25, 2018 12:00 am - As Managing Editor Jim Baumann explained in an article during National Newspaper Week in October, the Daily Herald's involvement with the Believe Project “started on a w...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Nov 24, 2018 12:00 am - Off on the right foot As Democrat J.B. Pritzker heads to Springfield it's nice to see him bring some Republicans on board. Former Gov. Jim Edgar is on the transitio...
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Editorial: Remember the value, joys of shopping locally for holidaysNov 23, 2018 12:00 am - Wipe that cranberry sauce off your chin and find a way to propel yourself out of your easy chair. You have work to do today. It's Black Friday. Thanksgiving is all over ...
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Thanksgiving editorial: Gratitude is the key to a happy lifeNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - (Today's editorial is edited from a Thanksgiving message first published November 27, 2014.) We all know people who tend to see the sorrows but seldom the joys, who tend...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: 'Standing with Saudi Arabia' and without American principlesNov 19, 2018 10:00 pm - In a policy statement stunning for its proud lack of principle, President Donald Trump Tuesday declared that "standing with Saudi Arabia" is an American priority apparen...