Editorials
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Editorial: Time to get serious about gun violenceApr 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Another tragedy took place over the weekend when a man walked into a restaurant in Nashville, Tennessee, and opened fire for no apparent reason. How many of these traged...
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Editorial: Taking full advantage of a 'teaching moment'Apr 21, 2018 2:00 pm - Nathan Etter had two memorable teaching moments recently. The first was on Valentine's Day when the music teacher at Prairie View Grade School in Elgin had a brief, impr...
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Editorial: Arlington Heights proposal a good step toward more walkable, bikeable suburbsApr 18, 2018 11:00 pm - If "Footloose" actor Kevin Bacon can't walk across Arlington Heights Road, who can? To hear Village Manager Randy Recklaus tell it, Bacon has a difficult time dodging tr...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Apr 18, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 16 The Philadelphia Inquirer on the arrest of two black men at Starbucks: It's notable that bo...
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Editorial: Learning Mental Health First Aid could be lifesavingApr 16, 2018 11:00 pm - The statistics are stark and telling. Approximately one in five adults in the U.S. - 43.8 million, or 18.5 percent - experience mental illness in a given year. Only 41 p...
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Editorial: Firsthand connections keep lessons of history aliveApr 15, 2018 11:00 pm - Aaron Elster, of Lincolnshire, died last week at the age of 86. You should know his life story, at least a central part of it. Everyone should. Thankfully, we all still ...
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Editorial: How do we heal from the death of a spouse?Apr 15, 2018 1:00 am - We had a brief conversation the other day with an Arlington Heights woman named Kathleen Jordan, whose husband Richard passed away 21 years ago, and we asked, does the g...
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Why Fair Maps Amendment needs to be the next big thingApr 11, 2018 11:00 pm - The best chance Illinoisans have for taking back control of their legislative elections in five years is reaching a critical point, and it's time for the public to step ...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
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Editorial: The role of users in planners' transportation visionApr 10, 2018 11:00 pm - In the wake of reports about more questionable contracts at the Illinois Tollway, it might be easy to overlook roadway news from a different agency that could have an ev...