Editorials
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Saturday Soapbox: Standing up for what she believesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - You can argue all you want about whether Linda Kane, the Central Times newspaper adviser at Naperville Central High School, overstepped her bounds by allowing student jo...
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Saturday Soapbox: Those ringing phonesMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A bill has been introduced in the Illinois General Assembly that would ban those annoying "robo-calls" from politicians seeking your vote. You have to like this bill, t...
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Missing on primary chance to matterMar 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Remember how important it was for Illinois to move its primary up from this month to February's "Super Duper Tuesday" in order to remain relevant, we dare say even influ...
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The right course for steroid-free schoolsMar 20, 2008 11:00 pm - The Illinois High School Association's board recently took a needed first step in setting penalties for students found to have tested positive for performance-enhancing ...
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Good first step toward fair toll collectionMar 19, 2008 11:00 pm - We've noted previously that Open Road Tolling deserves credit as an overall boon to the operation of the Illinois Toll Highway system. It's improved traffic flow and eve...
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Free rides could end with a painful priceMar 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Amid the microcosm of the near-meltdown of the U.S. dollar, the U.S. investment banking industry and the economy in general, a few free bus rides in Illinois seem of min...
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Taking action on drugs in water supplyMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - If only our water was composed of just two harmless hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom -- H2O. Unfortunately, other chemical elements in our drinking water pose possible...
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Align test for success in high schoolMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Illinois students in grades 3-8 recently completed their annual weeklong series of standardized tests -- the Illinois Standard Achievement Tests. The tests are supposed ...
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Searching for what's best on school safetyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - As a nation, we've been searching for answers since April 20, 1999, when two troubled students turned Columbine High School in Colorado into a mass murder scene. As resi...
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Hawthorn Woods must curtail credit-card useMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Spending limits are overdue as the village faces hard times. In these uneasy economic times, you might find yourself wondering what would happen if your income sharply d...