Editorials
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Editorial: In governor race, Democrats obsess over raising taxesFeb 10, 2018 1:00 pm - Six Democrats are running for governor, and a number are fine candidates in many respects. We'll have a recommendation to offer soon. But before we do, a word for the en...
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Editorial: Suburbs can take special pride while watching OlympicsFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - Think for a moment on what it is about the Olympics that so captivates the attention of the world. For the most part, the sports on display are not the familiar competit...
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Editorial: Illinois governor candidate Jeanne Ives should take down ad that attacks people of Illinois, not opponentFeb 07, 2018 10:00 pm - It is one thing for political advertising to oversimplify issues and ridicule the positions of an adversary. It is something altogether more repugnant when such oversimp...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Feb 07, 2018 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 6 The Washington Post on Republican lawmakers releasing the Nunes memo without simultaneously p...
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Editorial: Support those fighting silence that enables domestic abuseFeb 06, 2018 10:00 pm - Illinois has had a domestic violence act since 1986. Congress passed the Violence Against Women's Act in 1994. But in the decades that followed, despite those laws that ...
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Editorial: TSA must quickly address airport security flawsFeb 05, 2018 10:00 pm - For anyone who has waited with identification and boarding pass in hand and inched through the long airport security process, the case of serial stowaway Marilyn Hartman...
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Editorial: Stories of 'everyday heroes' need to be toldFeb 04, 2018 11:00 am - Why do we honor heroes? After all, people who commit a heroic act seldom do it for awards or accolades. Some of them act on impulse, make a split-second decision, and ha...
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The Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief thoughts on suburban topics in the news.Feb 03, 2018 12:00 am - Words for our time What's important in life? Arlington Heights resident and volunteer learned the answer when she began going deaf in 2010. Cochlear implants helped...
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Editorial: Listen and take seriously teens' stress concernsFeb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - A comment online to a Daily Herald story on teen stress says all you need to know on what needs to change in the dynamics between youth and adults in the suburbs. "Gosh,...
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Moving beyond naloxone to save addictsJan 31, 2018 10:00 pm - About 840 times, first responders in the collar counties have administered naloxone to people who'd overdosed on opioids and appeared to have plunged into death. In mos...