Opinion Stories from March 1, 2018 (Change date)
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Laws can't fix it all, but they're a startMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - There seem to be so many different facets to consider when it comes to the problem of gun violence in this country. Can we start with revising the background check? It i...
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Give political parties their true namesMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - It should now have become apparent to everyone who follows the news that a debilitating condition has overtaken our country. On the one hand, we had Mr. Biss, who in the...
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Tribalism plagueMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - Our current plague of tribalism that is putting party before country is severely damaging our representative democracy. Perhaps the U.S. should partition itself as India...
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NRA over childrenMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - What is more important to us than our children? In this country it is ownership of guns. The NRA rules. How long are we going to let the NRA be more important than our...
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Debate fueled by agendas, not factsMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - I have read all these opinion pieces (some of them are supposed to be news stories) lately and all the stones being thrown from glass houses. With this latest tragedy, t...
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Broad experienceMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - In the Daily Herald's endorsement editorial for Illinois Senate District 27, it merely listed Ann Gillespie's qualifications as being in business. In fact, Ann has worke...
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Endorsement: Broad for the Democrats as Lake County clerkMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - The two Democratic primary candidates for Lake County clerk tout vastly different personal experience in making their case for who is best suited to lead the office. Ve...
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Slusher: In a week of controversy, how endorsements are madeMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - By Jim Slusher The sensational news of the week regarding Daily Herald endorsements involved one we took back, our decision to rescind our endorsement of Burt Minor in t...
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Endorsements: Silva, von Keudell, Lewis, Strom, Wojnicki, Allan, Iqbal, Radke for Kane primariesMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - Dist. 7, Democrat: Silva In 2010, Monica Silva defeated the incumbent and senior Democrat on the Kane County Board. She represented a growing Hispanic population in...
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New generation offers hope on gunsMar 01, 2018 12:00 am - In years to come, some bright grad student in a small university in the heartland will do a groundbreaking dissertation on the gun control drama of 2018, and thus make h...