Editorials
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Yes we can clean government hereJan 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Inauguration Day Tuesday was quite an amazing day in our history, but something also happened Thursday that is a significant step worthy of every Illinoisan's attention....
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Hold onto the inauguration's spiritJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - On the day after President Obama's inauguration, Chicago-based United Airlines announced another 1,000 people will be laid off and Schaumburg's Filene's Basement joined ...
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An eloquent call to action for allJan 20, 2009 10:00 pm - Oh, let it be true. President Barack Obama began his historic era of leadership with the stirring eloquence we have come to expect of him, and the call for unity and coo...
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The inauguration of Barack ObamaJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - This morning, on a hard-cold day in Washington, we Americans behold, as witnesses, history unfolding before us. Barack Obama, child of a broken home, son of a mixed marr...
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Reflecting on King as Obama era beginsJan 18, 2009 10:00 pm - Martin Luther King Jr. would have reason to smile today. Not so much because today is a national celebration of his life. Or because such a remembrance is really an embr...
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Hurray for Hoffman Estates' bike planJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - We see Hoffman Estates has a plan to add bike routes and bike lanes in the village (see hoffmanestates.org). We salute any effort to help people get around the suburbs b...
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A long and nerve-racking commuteJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - What happened to a thousand or so suburban commuters in Lisle Wednesday is both astounding and unsettling. A 10-car-long commuter train was stopped after a report of a m...
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Rare show of transparency refreshingJan 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Thomas Jefferson might get most of the credit for his fervent support of a free press as a government watchdog, but his successor, James Madison, was no slouch. "A popu...
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An open letter to Illinois' new senatorJan 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Dear Roland Burris: At last, you are actually on the verge of achieving the distinction you've been claiming these past three weeks. On Thursday, if all goes as schedule...
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Lessons learned from pig farm disputeJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Bad fences make bad neighbors, and apparently so do pig farms and water towers. Both are elements in the 3-year-old snit between Bob Wargaski of Wauconda Township and t...