Editorials
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Ever-higher higher-education billMar 24, 2008 11:00 pm - There are few moments in life as rewarding -- and unsettling -- as sending a child off to college. He or she is on a path to great accomplishment in working toward that ...
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Levine testimony should unsettle, anger allMar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - The questions lurking in the background of the Tony Rezko corruption trial are, "What did the governor know and when did he know it?" But the one screaming from the wit...
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Unwise retreat in funding researchMar 22, 2008 11:00 pm - We turn the key in the ignition, and the car starts up. When our rooms grow dark, we flip the switch, and the lights go on. When we want to relax, we turn on our TV se...
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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...