Editorials
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Editorial: Illinois’ leadership on quit-smoking programsDec 13, 2012 4:00 am - It’s easy to get melancholy about the state we live in. Illinois’ corruption, the number of taxing bodies rooting around our wallets, pension crises and debt rank among ...
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Editorial: Key lesson of scandals: Hazing is never acceptableDec 12, 2012 8:45 am - As a brief history of hazing examples published in Monday’s Daily Herald shows, incidents of hazing like those at Maine West and Hoffman Estates high schools are neither...
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Editorial: Plan wisely for tablet use in schoolsDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - School-issued tablets, notebooks and other digital devices are filling the backpacks of thousands of suburban students, and it’s a trend not likely to slow. “There’s no ...
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Editorial: Time to cheer NIU’s football HuskiesDec 10, 2012 4:00 am - We usually reserve this space for meatier fare, but please indulge us today, if you will, for a moment to celebrate this year’s Northern Illinois University football Hus...
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Editorial: Clock is ticking for towns, taxpayers on another pension crisisDec 09, 2012 4:00 am - The pension proposal for teachers and state employees offered by state Rep. Elaine Nekritz last week was, as we noted at the time, a promising if imperfect advance on a ...
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The SoapboxDec 08, 2012 4:00 am - Give it your all: Hersey High School senior Alex Baratta of Arlington Heights may be intimidating with his perfect GPA, his multisport prowess and his big, giving heart,...
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Editorial: Inspiring anonymity and year-round needDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - Just as surely as Burl Ives sings “Silver and Gold” on “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” every Christmastime, good-hearted souls surreptitiously plunk the precious metals...
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Editorial: Pension solution must address the issue of controlDec 06, 2012 4:00 am - State Rep. Elaine Nekritz is doing something all too few of her colleagues in Springfield appear willing to venture. The Northbrook Democrat keeps offering specific prop...
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Editorial: Marking AMBER’s 10 years of successDec 05, 2012 10:40 am - For any parent, the thought that your child could get snatched off the street and disappear in an instant is horrifying. Yet, in 1996, that’s exactly what happened to 9-...
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Editorial: Necessary discussion on preterm birthsDec 04, 2012 7:44 am - As any parent or grandparent will tell you, the birth of a child is a truly wondrous occasion. The fragility of a newborn life and the unknown future filled with hopes a...