Editorials
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Saturday Soapbox: Cook CountyJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Mt. Prospect steps up to challenge Mount Prospect officials this week unanimously backed the idea of a south side neighborhood center, one that would offer outreach reso...
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State budget process not entirely flawedJun 13, 2008 11:00 pm - A blatant violation of constitutional duty or just a return to the good old days? That question has arisen now that the Illinois legislature has handed Gov. Rod Blagojev...
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Now Democrats are hurting themselvesJun 12, 2008 11:00 pm - For years, the talk in Illinois' political circles has been the mess that is the Republican Party. Even before the Senate campaign fiasco of Alan Keyes and before the Op...
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Impeachment memo won't fill potholesJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Political circles were abuzz Wednesday after the revelation that Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has issued a memo outlining "talking points" to bolster discussio...
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Memories of a star athlete, fine young manJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - There are many reasons that so many people flocked to the Batavia High School gymnasium Sunday night for an impromptu memorial for Kevin J. Bryant, who had just lost his...
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Still talking when driving, despite the lawJun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - In Illinois, teens are supposed to put down the cell phone when they pull away from the curb. Under state law, cell phone use while driving is prohibited for motorists u...
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Candidates need to focus on economyJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - It's the economy, stupid. Now that the nation's long primary season is over, Barack Obama and John McCain would do well to remember that phrase, coined in 1992 during Bi...
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Effort from the grassroots saved the treesJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Are those trees in Ackerman Park in Glen Ellyn bending in the wind? Or bowing in appreciation to the people who saved them from destruction? In one of the most impressiv...
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Hope for solution to paratransit problemsJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - "Bear with us," urges Pace Chairman Richard Kwasneski. These are familiar words for people with grievances against an institution, but they are not hollow. They imply re...
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Fermilab needs boost from energy billJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - In his 22 years as a high-energy physicist at Fermilab, Bill Foster was part of a team seeking the elusive top quark. In his few months as 14th District congressman, Fos...