Editorials
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No time to waste on safety technologyNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - "Stop, stop, stop!" the air traffic controller yells to a United Airlines Airbus A320 on the runway as a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 attempts to land, coming within 230 f...
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No room for error in Dist. 204Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - This time around, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 should be able to go about selecting a site for a new high school the right way. Because it has the benefit of knowing...
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Full I-88, Route 47 interchange worth studyNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Prairie Parkway proposal that would run north-south and connect to Interstates 80 and 90 along a line parallel to Route 47 certainly inspires more discussion, and co...
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Security issues coalesce at insecure O'HareNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - People who have flown regularly since Sept. 11, 2001, often roll their eyes at the notion that asking grandmothers to remove their tennis shoes somehow makes their fligh...
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Soapbox: Round-the-clock heroesNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Whatever it is that firefighters are paid, it probably isn't enough. How do you put a value on what these folks do, even when they're off duty? When an early morning hou...
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Soapbox: Big Pay, No Work IINov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - It's bad enough a spineless Elgin Area School District U-46 school board obligated Elgin taxpayers to bankroll Connie Neale's lavish retirement in Missouri. But this wee...
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Recall authority is not the solutionNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Tribune opinion page recently asked readers whether Illinoisans should have the ability to unseat current Gov. Rod Blagojevich before his term is up. Trib ed...
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Soapbox: 'The marching band refused to yield'Nov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Mr. Schraft was not famous. Yet he was a paean to music, education and his profession. He was revered by hundreds of budding musicians, colleagues and his community. Mr....
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Soapbox: We need to listenNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Here's a salute to the League of Women's Voters/Palatine Area for its Veterans Day luncheon last week in Schaumburg. It was there that the League honored women in the mi...
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Soapbox: Still doesn't get itNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Isn't it a sad thing that when an Illinois politician is sent off to serve his prison sentence, as former Gov. George Ryan was this week, there's a ready supply of ex-co...