Editorials
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Give, it is this season's true callingNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Now the grand meal is over and the focus immediately turns to the shopping. And to the lights. And to the wrapping. And to all those trimmings. Before the harried hyster...
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People who care deserve our thanksNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - Good deeds are what drove the first Thanksgiving. As the story goes, the pilgrims' survival was in peril that first winter in the New World. Food was scarce, the weather...
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Seeking good in Quinn's new panelNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Far be it from us to wish misfortune on a well-intentioned endeavor, but we just keep looking for something to hope for in the new Human Services Commission Gov. Patrick...
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Make civility part of shopping strategyNov 23, 2009 10:00 pm - Black Friday looms at the end of this week, as the official start of the holiday shopping season. The malls will be jammed with shoppers, some people will line up in the...
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Bye, Oprah - don't forget ChicagoNov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - She made it official Friday. Oprah Winfrey is shutting down her Chicago-based show in 2011 after 25 years as the queen of daytime talk. Certainly, it will be a sad day f...
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Screening is still key to fighting cancerNov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - We have all heard the mantra: Early detection is the key to fighting cancer. That's why last week's recommendations for less screening for breast and cervical cancer too...
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Saturday SoapboxNov 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Drive Route 59 lately? If you've driven Route 59 north across DuPage County and into Cook County anywhere near rush hour, well, you've been moving slowly. Isn't it irrit...
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Commissioners, keep fighting to cut sales taxNov 19, 2009 10:00 pm - The Cook County commissioners who repeatedly fought for a repeal of the county's highest-in-the-state sales tax today receive our thanks, praise and encouragement to kee...
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Share information on criminally insaneNov 18, 2009 10:00 pm - It's the fear of the unknown that often scares us the most. What is going on behind the barbed wire of that youth prison down the road? Who is living in that mental hea...
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Get politics out of prison discussionNov 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Perhaps the only reaction worth noting in the firestorm that followed disclosure over the weekend that suspected terrorists could be moved to a federal prison in Illinoi...