Editorials
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Our view: We can't let Du Quoin fairgrounds go underApr 27, 2018 1:00 am - Let's start by saying, it's not time to panic. Yet. But the nonprofit Landmarks Illinois group took a shot across our bow on Wednesday and everyone who cares about south...
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Our view: Only public outrage can get 'Fair Maps' doneApr 20, 2018 1:00 am - The best chance Illinoisans have for taking back control of their legislative elections in five years, is reaching a critical point now. It's time for the public to step...
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Our view: Just don't go Hollywood on us, MasonApr 13, 2018 1:00 am - Twenty-four hours before performing in the parking lot of the Harrisburg Walmart this week, the nation's newest YouTube star flew out to the West Coast for a taping of T...
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Our view: Memo to candidate Jeanne Ives: Dump the adFeb 09, 2018 12:00 am - It is one thing for political advertising to oversimplify issues and ridicule an adversary. It is something altogether more repugnant when such oversimplification and ri...
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Our view: 2 Democrats for governor; 2 ideas on healing the divideJan 25, 2018 12:00 am - Bob Dailber lives in Madison County, while Robert Marshall lives 225 miles away in suburban Chicago. Each of them senses the same thing: that the regional divisions in I...
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Our view: MLK and a question we must not lose sight ofJan 19, 2018 12:00 am - In the shadow of our celebration of one of America's greatest civil rights heroes, one cannot escape the irony that the national controversy of the moment has found the ...
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Our view: Skepticism is healthy; cynicism is destructiveJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - From a distance, it's hard to know how much credence to give Michael Wolff's explosive new book, Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. It's clear Wolff had extrao...
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Sorting fake from fact is new 'basic skill' required in our eraDec 29, 2017 12:00 am - A Christmas meme that was circulating in the last week on social media asserted that Facebook was discouraging people from posting a Nativity scene picture on their time...
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Our view: There's value to students when their school is a polling placeDec 06, 2017 12:00 am - Members of the Illinois Association of School Boards are pursuing legislation that would reimburse school districts for security costs when their schools are polling pla...
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Our view: Keep Thanksgiving forever in your heartNov 24, 2017 12:00 am - We ask you to remember this Thanksgiving holiday. Remember it today, Black Friday, and all the crowded shopping days ahead when, battling the bargain hunters, you are te...