Editorials
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A medical advance in DuPage, manners on Metra, helping artists in Elgin and more.Jan 07, 2017 12:00 am - Slip-free zones Here's a nod to our park districts that remove snow and ice from local walking paths. There are those of us who still enjoy our outdoor exercise, ev...
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Editorial: In the outrageous Facebook beating, let's stay focused on what makes us outragedJan 04, 2017 10:00 pm - Perhaps the most important question for us as a society in the wake of the, yes, sickening beating of a mentally disabled man by four people who showed the crime on Face...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 4 The New York Times on Guantanamo Bay: As the Obama administration makes a final push to reduc...
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McHugh, Patterson, Stein and Swanson for Wauconda District 118Jan 04, 2017 12:00 am - Five candidates are vying for four seats on the Wauconda District 118 school board. Four incumbents - Carey McHugh, Sam Stein, David Patterson, and Brian Swanson - are r...
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Editorial: Trump's tweet on ethics change helped Congress stick to prioritiesJan 03, 2017 10:00 pm - It took thousands of outraged citizens and President-elect Donald Trump's Twitter account to pull frenzied GOP congressmen off the ceiling on a matter of ethics this wee...
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Editorial: Stopgap budget has ended with little hope for longer term solutionJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - Few of us really shared in the near-euphoria that briefly swept Springfield last summer when lawmakers managed to limp into a typically Illinoisan stopgap budget that to...
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Editorial: Keeping alcohol vapor, powder out of the suburbsJan 02, 2017 10:00 pm - Oftentimes, communities are forced to react to an issue when they haven't taken proactive steps to avoid the problem altogether. But as Daily Herald staff writer Eric Pe...
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Editorial: If Trump won't probe Russia, Congress mustDec 12, 2016 10:00 pm - Did Russia attempt to undermine the American election by hacking into the emails and computer systems of the political campaigns? If Russia did, is it possible that the ...
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Editorial: If state leaders won't produce budget, the rest of us will have to get creativeDec 11, 2016 10:00 pm - One of the telltale signs of leaders who are losing their grip appears when ideas begin pouring in from all corners to fill the vacuum left by their lack of leadership. ...
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Editorial: In witness to John Glenn's orbitDec 10, 2016 1:00 pm - To the younger members of our newspaper audience, John Glenn's flight in 1962 may not seem like that big a deal. The idea of space travel comes across a little, well, al...