Editorials
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Editorial: Roseanne, Starbucks and dealing with differencesMay 28, 2018 11:00 pm - Businesses sure have a minefield to walk through in this social media age. Tuesday highlighted that minefield. After a racist tweet by Roseanne Barr, ABC canceled her hi...
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Editorial: Drive cautiously with your loved ones in mindMay 27, 2018 1:00 am - Last year, 1,098 people died on Illinois' roadways; about 41,000 people did across the country. As glum as those statistics are, the toll of heartache runs much deeper. ...
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Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.May 26, 2018 1:00 am - Not forgotten Thank you to American Legion Post 187, with assistance from Elmhurst College's Lamda Chi Alpha fraternity members for creating the special display nex...
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Editorial: Working together to save a Des Plaines iconMay 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Can another iconic suburban theater be saved from the wrecking ball? We hope so. And we're glad Des Plaines is going to try. The city and Rivers Casino have formally ink...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
May 23, 2018 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 20 The Japan News questions if French President Emmanuel Macron can serve as a bridge between Eu...
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Editorial: Politics, not reason, behind Rauner's death penalty gambitMay 22, 2018 11:00 pm - The last person executed in Illinois was in 1999. The following year a moratorium was put in place and, eventually, in 2011, the death penalty was abolished here. During...
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Editorial: Time to get serious about protecting our kids in schoolsMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - In the wake of yet another school shooting, it is an embarrassment even to frame the rhetorical question: How many of our children must die before we will act to make th...
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Editorial: Village takes step forward with repeal of 'official language' ordinanceMay 20, 2018 11:00 pm - If you're Latino and have lived in Carpentersville after 2007, your community spirit may have been in short supply. After all, it's hard to feel part of a town where the...
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Editorial: Facts matter in a democracy where people ruleMay 19, 2018 1:00 pm - A fundamental premise underlying representative democracy is that the citizenry must be informed. A government by the people trusts that the people exercise sound judgme...
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Editorial: Taking charge of your life by losing weightMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - Fittest Loser contestants a great example for all of us