Editorials
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Editorial: Believe Project shows generosity is contagiousDec 19, 2014 4:01 am - An Arlington Heights woman who already puts together bags of toiletries for homeless people says she could always use another $100 to hand out more of them. A woman from...
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Editorial: A reporter's close call and the need for a 'shield'Dec 18, 2014 4:01 am - In September 2013, we wrote this in an editorial about the need for a federal shield law: "It seems like a frustrating but absolute fact of life that things that ought t...
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Editorial: The worrisome news on teens and e-cigsDec 17, 2014 4:01 am - More information is now available on the use of e-cigarettes and, from our vantage point, the news isn't good. A report released Tuesday by the National Institutes of He...
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Editorial: Guadalupe basilica would be a boon for the suburbsDec 16, 2014 4:01 am - Every year in December, a touching pilgrimage happens in the suburbs. Last week, 140,000 Catholics, mostly Mexican-Americans, came by car and by foot to the Our Lady of ...
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Editorial: All the reasons we want to be Facebook friendsDec 14, 2014 4:01 am - Facebook isn't new by any stretch of the imagination, nor is it the only social network that's out there. Every day, more get added to the list. Some catch fire and some...
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The SoapboxDec 13, 2014 4:01 am - Hope lives: With the Bears' season (and future) spinning out of control, it was great to see Chicago become the center of the baseball universe this week. While the...
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Editorial: School board disruption shows consequences of indifference to local electionsDec 12, 2014 4:01 am - That Liz Biondi is unsuited to serving on a school board should have been evident even before she made her ridiculous comments regarding, among all the many qualificatio...
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Editorial: Topinka's unique style one for others to emulateDec 11, 2014 4:01 am - She'll be remembered for her self-deprecating humor, her unique style and the in-your-face bluntness that is all too rare for a politician. But Judy Baar Topinka represe...
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Editorial: Leadership change a costly mistakeDec 10, 2014 4:01 am - After the DuPage County Forest Preserve District hired a new executive director, and then fired him months later at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, there's o...
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Editorial: The need for openness on housing projectsDec 08, 2014 10:00 pm - You might be tempted to think local governments communicate with each other better than they do with the rest of us, but that's not always the case. Officials in Ela Tow...