Let’s listen more

My New Year’s wish: Let’s give each other a break and listen more, shout less; evaluate an argument more, try to win one less. In other words, learn and grow. Let’s resolve to nurture one another.

— John Lampinen, Editor

Maddon’s advice

My New Year’s wish: Take a page from the Joe Maddon playbook and “never let the pressure exceed the pleasure.” Of course, that also means to “embrace the target.”

— Tom Quinlan, Assistant Managing Editor / Sports

A better campaign tone

My New Year’s wish: Candidates running in local campaigns this spring, many of which are sure to be heated, will choose not to take cues from their national counterparts and instead show that raising the political discourse and appealing to our better selves also can win the day.

— Charles Keeshan, Deputy City Editor

Delight in our differences

My New Year’s wish: That we delight in our differences. Let’s use social media to open our eyes and broaden our understanding rather than to be immersed among mirror images of ourselves.

— Diane Dungey, Deputy Managing Editor

Harmony, peace and column topics

My New Year’s wish: That I easily will find an ample supply of column topics; that candidates for local office readily disclose their email addresses; that writers of letters to the editor tone down the vitriol. Oh, and for all the children of the world to join hands and sing together in the spirit of harmony and peace.

— Jim Davis, DuPage, Fox Valley News Director

We learned it in kindergarten

My New Year’s wish: That we follow the rules we learned in kindergarten: Listen before you speak. Compromise and work together. Play nicely and include others. Celebrate each other. Cut with the blunt-tipped scissors.

— Christie Willhite, Assistant City Editor/DuPage

Must-see museum

My New Year’s wish: The Lake County Discovery Museum returns as a “must see” attraction when it reopens in late 2017 in its new home at the Lake County Forest Preserve District’s headquarters in Libertyville.

— Pete Nenni, Lake County Editor

It’s just a game

My New Year’s wish: That everyone — player, parent, coach or fan — remembers that high school sports is just a game, a game that should be played under the umbrella of healthy competition and good sportsmanship above all else.

— John Radtke, Assistant Sports Editor, Fox Valley

A wish for better news

My New Year’s Wish: That newspapers will delight and inspire readers with stories of cooperation, peace and personal and collective achievement.

— Jim Slusher, Assistant Managing Editor/Opinion