Editorials
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Vote 'no' on constitutional conventionOct 19, 2008 11:00 pm - The people of Illinois have a chance to pursue an ideal. It's an opportunity to elect honest and open-minded political outsiders who would respectfully debate the state'...
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For president: Sen. Barack Obama of IllinoisOct 18, 2008 11:00 pm - In almost every political campaign, as the candidates go before the voters, they describe the election as one of the most important in history. Usually, that overused de...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Turnabout's unfair play A few weeks ago, we slapped Mark Walker's hand for unseemly direct mail attacks against Christine Prochno of Elk Grove Village in their battle fo...
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Dipping our toes into the car poolOct 16, 2008 11:00 pm - We suburbanites may very well need to be pushed into the deep end of car pools and the car-pool lanes proposed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois State Toll Highwa...
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There's help. Just keep lookingOct 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Are you one of the at least 40 million people in the U.S. without health care? Do you feel yourself sliding toward foreclosure? Are you nervous about how you'll pay the ...
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Plunging gas prices in perspectiveOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Three-dollar gasoline? Oh, how much had to happen in the past 12 months to make us welcome that prospect. But that's the benchmark now, and suddenly everyone from your f...
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No refusing DUI crackdown's successOct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Alfredo Sanchez of Round Lake Beach fits the definition of a habitual drunken driver, sporting a criminal resume featuring eight arrests, five convictions and two pendin...
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Don't delay breast-cancer screeningsOct 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Wall Street is Woe Street. Your investments are on a long, down arrow. Your retirement fund is in ruins. Nothing is seemingly safe, including your own job. Can things b...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 10, 2008 11:00 pm - He really said that? Yes. After losing the National League divisional series to the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Alfonso Soriano said fans need to "be patient" with t...
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Double-digit raises? Not now.Oct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It's funny how quickly things change. In a matter of days, many of us have gone from a mindset of simple belt-tightening to life-changing shifts in when we plan to retir...