Editorials
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Editorial: The safe haven alternative to baby abandonmentSep 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Last month, after a newborn baby was found dead on a secluded roadside near Wheaton, we extolled the virtues of Illinois' safe haven law. And we urged proponents of such...
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Editorial: 15 years after September 11 attacksSep 10, 2016 2:00 pm - Fifteen years, the blink of an eye. As Daily Herald Staff Writer Melissa Silverberg describes today in her Page 1 report, September 11 is arms-length history to the gene...
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The Soapbox: Balancing bus routes in Barrington, a drone fight in South Elgin, a museum in Wauconda and more.Sep 10, 2016 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board Bus balance Is it a good trade-off to walk farther to a school bus stop in exchange for pickup being pushed five to eight minutes ...
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Editorial: Law judge's ruling in state employee contract dispute has implications for arbitration debateSep 07, 2016 11:00 pm - Two months have gone by since Illinois lawmakers approved a partial-year budget in a climate of public outrage so furious that it included a coordinated campaign among m...
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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials
Sep 07, 2016 7:00 am - Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ____ Sept. 6 The China Daily on China at the G20 Summit: The ceremonies, handshakes, meetings and speech...
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Editorial: Success combines personal determination, community supportSep 07, 2016 1:00 am - The story of Catherine Sanchez's rise from high school dropout to 30-year-old neurobiology student at Stanford University would be inspirational enough if it involved on...
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Editorial: Theaters like 90-year-old Arcada hold communities togetherSep 06, 2016 11:00 pm - EDITOR'S NOTE: This editorial has been updated from the original version to correctly describe the ownership of the Des Plaines Theatre and Ron Onesti's involvement ...
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Editorial: Return of Native American remains emphasizes humanity in study of historySep 06, 2016 1:00 am - The delicate balance between remembering history and honoring it is playing out in the Lake County Forest Preserve District. Soon, as our Russell Lissau reported last w...
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Editorial: Labor Day's become a day off rather than a holidaySep 03, 2016 2:00 pm - Labor Day was born, in large measure, as so many things seem to be in the United States, as a political favor granted to a special interest group. The national holiday w...
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The Soapbox: Honors for a Stevenson grad, West Nile precautions in DuPage, a dog rescue in Arlington Heights and more.Sep 03, 2016 1:00 am - More honors for 'Catch' Congrats to former Stevenson basketball star Tamika Catchings for earning the WNBA's Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award. Her Catch the S...