Editorials
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Here's what we still need to hearOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - We are in the midst of the scariest financial crisis since the Great Depression. We're wondering about the stability of our jobs and our homes, our ability to get colleg...
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Keeping them off bottle, out of jailOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - They work better than a parent's curious nose. And they are saving us lots of money. Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) is a system that employs a remot...
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Why voters need to monitor leadersOct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - It is one thing - and a sorry one at that - for Cook County to be the poster child for irresponsible taxation in election campaigns well beyond the county's borders. It ...
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Overuse of teen athletes avoidableOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - In 1980, about 10 percent of young athletes were injured as a result of overuse during competitions. A recent study said that number rose to 70 percent by 2005. That's j...
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No excuse for not registering to voteOct 04, 2008 11:00 pm - If our nation's founders and veterans of the American Revolution were able to come back for one day to see how the nation they made is faring, they would generally be pl...
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Saturday SoapboxOct 03, 2008 11:00 pm - The fox finally learns something It's hard not to think of the fox and the henhouse now that a new Cook County agency has begun working. Its charge: oversee public heal...
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Time's now to 'make no little plans'Oct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Imagine Woodfield Shopping Center with a rooftop garden. Imagine the vast expanses of asphalt there, and at every other mall, replaced by sod, trees and flowers because ...
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OK for now to cheer for Cubs and SoxOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - We really must unite on this issue, or it will overwhelm us. It's pitting neighbor against neighbor. Family members, in some cases, are at each others' throats. You can'...
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Consider rail merger's community effectSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Considering the current economic crisis, it may not be surprising that federal lawmakers failed over the weekend to pass legislation that could materially affect how pro...
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Time for action, not politics, on economic crisisSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - It would be easy to condemn the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout if its only beneficiaries were the greedy tycoons and misguided fantasy-dwellers who built unre...