Editorials
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The Soapbox: Inspiration in Lake Zurich, looking sharp in Lombard, hope growing in Palatine and more.Aug 25, 2018 1:00 am - Summer slipping away It's not the end of summer, but hitting the last week of August is a milestone. It's time to get back to our summer bucket lists and make the...
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Editorial: Better explanation needed for canceling DuPage jail volunteers' contractAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - What, exactly, is DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba trying to accomplish? The sheriff, who is leaving office shortly after the November election, is ending a more than 3...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Aug 22, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 19 Toronto Star on President Donald Trump's administration unveiling its Space Force plan: An i...
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Editorial: New texting while driving law steers state in right directionAug 22, 2018 5:30 am - Illinois drivers know that typing out a text while behind the wheel is against the law. But getting caught - at least for most first-time offenders - simply results in a...
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Editorial: Schools need to combat bullying with culture of kindness, respectAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - The motorcycle escort that brought 13-year-old Megan Kuntz to her first day of classes this week was symbolically powerful. Kuntz rode on the back of one of the three-do...
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Get rid of procurement cards for elected officialsAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Governments that issue credit or debit cards to elected officials have to pay the bill. Then, they can take it up with the person holding the card if there are questions...
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Editorial: We take offense at Trump's false insultAug 18, 2018 2:00 pm - "Enemy of the people." That's what President Donald Trump has called the news media. In our editorial on Thursday, we argued why this is despotic language that endangers...
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Editorial: Keep the conversation about free press aliveAug 15, 2018 11:00 pm - On Thursday, The Daily Herald editorial board joined more than 350 of our colleagues from newspapers across the country to send a message to President Donald Trump and t...
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Editorials send a message on freedom of pressAug 15, 2018 11:00 pm - "The nation's Founding Fathers took for granted that the press would be biased and yet they still explicitly enshrined the freedom of journalists and publishers in the C...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Aug 15, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Aug. 14 Boston Herald on the FBI's leadership: The news that the FBI fired Peter Strzok broke yester...