Editorials
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Editorial: Encouraging efforts for getting aroundJul 05, 2012 5:00 am - When a transportation expert says it’s a misconception to think that the suburbs are “completely inaccessible to bike and walk,” it’s important to keep in mind that the ...
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Editorial: Celebrating every American’s libertyJul 04, 2012 5:00 am - When we in the news business think of Independence Day, it is natural that the First Amendment comes quickly to mind. And with it come thoughts both of liberty and of re...
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Editorial: Shine a light on school chief searchesJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - Susan Hill has the right idea. So does Connie McElyea. And we’d like to see their suburban counterparts follow their lead. Hill is the board president of the Burlington ...
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Editorial: Gays, marriage and inalienable rightsJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - We’ve wondered at times about the newspaper editorial board deliberations of old. Did they equivocate in the 1850s on the horror of slavery? Did they anguish a century a...
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Editorial: Dangers to health and the public’s right to knowJul 01, 2012 8:37 pm - One day last week, Daily Herald Staff Writer Eric Peterson received a tip that hundreds of thousands of gallons of sludge leaked from the John E. Egan Water Reclamation ...
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The SoapboxJun 30, 2012 5:00 am - Good call: Kudos to Rob Sherman for calling attention to a move by the Buffalo Grove village board to almost double water rates. On the agenda, the item was listed as a ...
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Editorial: Move beyond rancor on health careJun 28, 2012 2:15 pm - In his opinion for the Supreme Court majority upholding the basic foundations of the national health care law, Chief Justice John Roberts may have said nothing more impo...
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Editorial: Donating now, or later, can be lifesaverJun 28, 2012 5:00 am - Chris Doing of Carpentersville and Kalin Koychev of Wheeling are two very special men. Both stepped forward to help a young boy they'd never met have a better life. Both...
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Editorial: Anonymity makes a name for crime fightersJun 27, 2012 5:00 am - It may be said that the secret to the success of Crime Stoppers is “the secret.” When someone reports evidence of a crime to the 36-year-old criminal investigation progr...
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Editorial: New approach, new hope in heroin fightJun 26, 2012 7:32 am - Despite the best efforts of community leaders and government agencies across the suburbs to battle heroin, it has proved to be a resilient and dangerous opponent. But no...