Editorials
-
Editorial: A debt supercommittee without superheroesNov 19, 2011 11:00 pm - There's a long-standing joke about the legislative process in Washington: What does Congress do when it faces a tough problem? It assigns it to a committee. Maybe the jo...
-
The Soapbox: The end to toll perksNov 19, 2011 4:00 am - A benefit costing a buck or two a day per employee doesn’t sound like much. But $478,300 does. That’s the yearly cost — after a toll increase coming Jan. 1 — of an Illin...
-
“Feel good” EpiPen law a life saverNov 18, 2011 4:00 am - We published a letter to the editor a few months back in which the writer took to task Gov. Patrick Quinn “and his cronies” for enacting “touchy feely feel good” legisla...
-
A duty that goes beyond the lawNov 17, 2011 4:00 am - If a society is to be judged by the way it treats its weakest and most vulnerable members, we’ve got work to do. As suburban residents we’re hearing details in the cases...
-
Patronage settlement shows need for vigilanceNov 15, 2011 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This file was updated to correct the timeframe Bryce Carus served as Avon Township assessor. Carus served from January 2010 until June 2011. There wa...
-
Cook County’s tough new era of budgetingNov 14, 2011 11:00 pm - If all goes as it should, something astonishing in the annals of Cook County government will happen this Friday. For the second year in a row, the county budget will dec...
-
Real reminders to tune in to kidsNov 14, 2011 4:00 am - A look back at last week’s news makes us shudder. A suburban woman says a GOP presidential candidate reached under her skirt and groped her. A suburban 19-year-old is ch...
-
Can COD and Glen Ellyn reach a compromise?Nov 12, 2011 11:00 pm - With the acrimony as high as it’s been between leaders with the College of DuPage and the village of Glen Ellyn, it probably should have come as no surprise that each si...
-
The SoapboxNov 12, 2011 4:00 am - Doing their homework Naperville City Council member Steve Chirico showed the value of doing your homework in these tough financial times. He asked for a rundown on the c...
-
The reverent tribute of Veterans DayNov 11, 2011 3:00 am - Is today sacred? It can be, and not because of any mysticism in the coincidental collection of ones that make up its signature. The late author Kurt Vonnegut, a prisoner...