Editorials
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Students shouldn't be political pawnsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Area schools run elections and mock elections with some regularity. When they do, all candidates, or those portraying them, typically get a chance to campaign, to presen...
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If you see wrong, blow the whistleMar 11, 2009 11:00 pm - What would you do if you thought your boss was breaking the law? Would you look the other way ... or would you blow the whistle? What if you were only 22 and needed that...
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Let's do more with stimulus than thisMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Is this really the best we can do with the economic stimulus package? Up to $700 million to add 30 miles an hour to the speed of trains running between Chicago and St. L...
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Festival cutbacks aren't wisest choiceMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Just a few days ago in this space, we urged suburban residents to resist the temptation to let fear of this wretched economy get the best of us. Rather than hunkering d...
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Cut stipends before increasing taxesMar 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Sunday's Daily Herald contained two stories of interest out of Springfield that, had we to do it over again, should have been paired together. One was our front-page sto...
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Secret ballot is a right worth protectingMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - It's foolish to apply simple labels like pro-labor and anti-union to the sides in the debate over legislation to make it easier to unionize. To be sure, the usual union...
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Saturday SoapboxMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Share the costs, benefits: We applaud Naperville's desire to do what it can to keep the DuPage Children's Museum in town. We know the facility is a point of pride for th...
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Speak up about stimulus spendingMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Several local officials have made calls or taken trips to Washington, D.C., this year to lobby for specific stimulus funding help. And President Barack Obama has called ...
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Dig out the wallet for a local stimulusMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Many of us are scared these days. With layoffs, foreclosures and cutbacks filling headlines and newscasts, it's pretty hard not to be. Who doesn't have a neighbor or lov...
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This California fad bears repeatingMar 03, 2009 10:00 pm - They say all the weird trends start in California and work their way inward to the Midwest. If that's true, here's one West Coast fad we'll be happy to imitate. And note...