Editorials
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The SoapboxOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Not paying attention? A 14-year-old brings a BB gun into his locker at Glenbard West High School. An 18-year-old shows off a bullet to classmates at Neuqua Valley. In th...
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A closer look at private driver edOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - The picture’s right there in the yearbook: A teenager smiling sheepishly in the high school parking lot while holding parts that had been attached to the driver ed car b...
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The struggle to get gambling ‘right’Oct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has been right on many points regarding the gambling expansion plan passed by the legislature this year. He’s right that the plan, more than tripling the ...
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Illinois’ most vulnerable are at riskOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - They serve the most vulnerable in society, relying on government payments to survive and help their clients deal with a host of issues. But as today’s installment of “De...
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Business and the state’s deadbeat hypocrisyOct 17, 2011 12:00 am - There is an underlying hypocrisy in the state’s deadbeat practice of paying its bills late, and it is seen and felt on the street. What do you suppose would happen if yo...
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A scandalous policy of paying lateOct 16, 2011 5:00 am - The figures are numbing. The state of Illinois owes creditors a staggering $5 billion in 166,000 unpaid bills, according to a study of state documents by an extraordinar...
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The SoapboxOct 15, 2011 4:00 am - At last, remembrance: More than 1,000 people are expected in Des Plaines today to dedicate a memorial to the victims of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. Such a...
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Special sense of loss for a global giantOct 14, 2011 5:00 am - The name of Bob Galvin may not resonate on the streets of the world with quite the same level of recognition as that of Steve Jobs, but among icons of the Technology Rev...
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Cooperation inherits, uses the windOct 13, 2011 5:00 am - It’s always good to see a good idea move forward, even if slowly. Carpentersville-based Community Unit District 300, Keeneyville Elementary District 20 and Prospect Heig...
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Marathoners have inspiring story to tellOct 12, 2011 5:00 am - Marathoners hear the quips all the time. They go something like this: “I get tired driving 26.2 miles, I don’t know how you can run that far.” And yet thousands do each ...