Editorials
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Soap box: Start thinking next tax cut bill nowDec 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Best-interest bi-partisans: Congratulations to Illinois' senators and to the suburban delegation to Congress. Republicans and Democrats, lame ducks and returnees, all si...
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Push for lots of maps, open debatesDec 15, 2010 10:00 pm - The Illinois Senate took steps this fall to approve a plan for creating new political cartography next year. Senate Bill 3976 moved quickly and now sits in the House, re...
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Grayslake school leaders out of touchDec 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Grayslake Elementary District 46 needs a reality check. The administration's and school board's failure to grasp current economic conditions is so skewed it defies compr...
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Sen. Kirk, vote yes on DADT repealDec 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Mark Kirk is getting asked a lot. But, so far, he won't tell. Unfortunately, his vote last week is doing all the talking for him. During his successful campaign for the ...
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Giving of ourselves to those in needDec 11, 2010 10:00 pm - More and more of our friends and neighbors are hurting. More are jobless. And hungry. And homeless. Those of us who are blessed not to be needy right alongside them need...
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It's been a big news year in suburbsDec 10, 2010 10:00 pm - The suburbs have witnessed a plethora of native sons and daughters do extraordinary things this year, as the Daily Herald's Kristen Menke outlined Friday. In fact, in t...
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A failing test of bipartisanshipDec 08, 2010 10:00 pm - House Democrats Thursday sent a chilling message to Americans hoping that bipartisanship in their government could actually work. In angrily refusing to permit debate on...
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A measure of faith in political changeDec 08, 2010 12:00 am - Who would have thought that a blueprint for controlling government excess would come from a Chicago Democrat? Yet, here we have new Cook County Board President Toni Prec...
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Prohibit these drinks once and for allDec 07, 2010 10:00 pm - In a popular carnival game, the object is to pound down “moles” that pop up from holes in a platform. No matter how fast a player is with the mallet, the plastic figures...
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Teenage hunters need supervisionDec 07, 2010 12:00 am - The wake of a tragedy is usually awash in questions. Why did it happen? Could it have been prevented? Are adequate safeguards in place? The same introspection is necessa...