Editorials
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Our challenge: Don't wait for a lawOct 07, 2009 11:00 pm - You don't need a rule to know right from wrong. Sometimes you just know, and you do what's right. It's a message we have all either delivered as parents or received as k...
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Renew resolve on our right to knowOct 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Once a staunch advocate of transparent government, President Obama now appears to be exhibiting feet of clay on the most critical open-government issues of the day. Here...
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Standing up for public librariesOct 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Forgive us if we're pushing the season a bit, but since retailers invoke Christmas at this early date, we will, too. That's because we've come across the perfect Scrooge...
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Expenses belie austerity pledgeOct 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Through all the struggles governmental bodies have had in the last couple years to make ends meet, we have consistently urged officials to look inward before increasing ...
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Make Olympic effort a bid for changeOct 03, 2009 11:00 pm - The stars didn't align for Chicago's bid. Nor did the star power. The dream delegation sent to Copenhagen with Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid was unprecedented in U.S. histo...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 02, 2009 11:00 pm - The name game: Naperville Unit District 203 asks residents to suggest names for the $11 million early childhood center under construction near Huntington Estates. This ...
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It's time we all talk about suicideOct 01, 2009 11:00 pm - Suicide may be one of the last taboo subjects in our schools. We've come a long way in the past few decades to explore issues of sexuality, race and religion, to foster ...
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Justice, finally, but time doesn't healSep 30, 2009 11:00 pm - In less than an hour on a frigid January night, 20-year-old James Degorski and 18-year-old Juan Luna ruthlessly murdered seven innocents inside the Palatine Brown's Chic...
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Illinois leaders, it's time to step upSep 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Who would disagree with this statement from AFSCME negotiator Henry L. Bayer?: "The real root of this issue is the state budget crisis. The governor and every state lawm...
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Creative sentence requires follow-upSep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - The knee-jerk reaction to the probation sentence given Daniel Mitchell is some terrible miscarriage of justice has occurred. After all, how a man who hurts his own infan...