Editorials
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Local research efforts paying dividendsDec 12, 2007 10:00 pm - It is so small, not visible to the naked eye. Yet it presents us with one of the biggest public health challenges in years. It's called methicillin-resistant staphylococ...
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Questions on gambling expansion planDec 11, 2007 10:00 pm - The latest gambling expansion plan comes from Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a man who at least understands the General Assembly has some responsibility to addr...
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Press excels at promoting prep sportsDec 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Two weeks ago, we expressed outrage in this space over the Illinois High School Association's heavy-handed attempt to impose control over press coverage of the state foo...
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Change errant decision on school testsDec 09, 2007 10:00 pm - Sometimes, it seems, decisions made by state or federal agencies overseeing education just don't seem to have been thought out very well. Ironic, isn't it? Such is th...
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Time for a truce in Campton HillsDec 08, 2007 10:00 pm - There's nothing in legislation governing new villages that says residents have to be concerned about how those outside of the village view their words and actions. And ...
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Soapbox: Bridge of sighsDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Batavia's downtown bridge won't be completed by Dec. 14. It might not even be done in January if the weather is too cold. Worse yet, the westbound lanes that are complet...
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Soapbox: ThanksDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Hats off to the Boy Scout troop at St. Francis de Sales Church in Lake Zurich for their work to recondition bicycles and give them to needy families this weekend. This y...
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Soapbox: Ready, set, goDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - Holiday shoppers around Algonquin, Lake in the Hills and Huntley will no doubt think Santa arrived several weeks early when officials open a long-awaited four-lane stret...
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Soapbox: On unsafe groundDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - O'Hare may have a leg up in the safety game thanks to a new ground radar system, one of only 10 in the nation, but a scathing U.S. General Accounting Office report to Co...
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IHSA tackles a free press with its photography policyDec 07, 2007 10:00 pm - What is it with these athletic governing associations? First it was the NCAA demanding that the University of Illinois retire Chief Illiniwek or face sanctions. Now it's...