Editorials
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Governor and leaders talk? That's newsSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Any actual forward movement has occurred so rarely during this year's General Assembly session that even a hint of progress is enough to draw attention -- maybe more tha...
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Fifty years later, irony and reflectionSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - On Tuesday, the Little Rock Nine participated in a 50th anniversary celebration of the court-ordered 1957 integration of Central High School over the objection of the Ar...
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State can't rewrite federal worker lawSep 25, 2007 11:00 pm - The state of Illinois is 100 percent wrong in preventing employers from participating in a voluntary federal government employment verification program until it's 99 per...
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Assignment: Boost high school scoresSep 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Why is it proving so difficult to improve high school students' standardized test scores? That question jumps off the page from news reports on the latest round of resul...
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Ensuring equal justice under the lawSep 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The quote says it all: "I never believed that this would be going on in 2007." Elizabeth Redding was quoted by the Associated Press in a story in Friday's Daily Herald ...
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Change sports culture to avert violenceSep 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Today hockey will be played in professional and youth sports arenas. And thousands of youngsters and pro athletes will enjoy the competition without getting hurt. Someti...
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Soapbox: Red hot chili peppersSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - An autumn without a chili cook-off is like a summer without fireworks, a winter without sledding, a spring without tulips. You know -- virtually pointless. No wonder, th...
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Soapbox: A quieter, cleaner waitSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - We need more people like Polly Rerko, who thought up a good idea and, with the help of school officials, implemented it. The St. Charles mother of two watched every day ...
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Soapbox: Homecoming challengeSep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - High schools throughout the area will be celebrating homecomings over the next couple of weeks, and that means all administrations will be on full alert for excessive mi...
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Soapbox: Whose sandbox is it anyway?Sep 21, 2007 11:00 pm - OK, we get it: Carpentersville's trustees and village president do not get along. But, please. Can't you all leave the sandbox, shovels and rattles at home? We're all si...