Opinion Columns
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What we can do about McHenry County's mental health crisis?Sep 27, 2023 1:00 am - When it comes to mental health, stigma and shame force many to hide their struggles. But what happens when the struggles in McHenry County are too great to hide? Shortly...
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The Perfect Storm: Rising property values, inflation, and policy decisions compound affordability crisis in Lake CountySep 27, 2023 1:00 am - Lake County finds itself in an affordability crisis that seems to be intensifying by the month. From soaring property values to inflation and policy decisions on gas ta...
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Supporting women in their careers sometimes comes with a big moveSep 25, 2023 1:00 am - Sometimes in marriage, moving comes with the territory. The parent of one spouse gets sick, a job opportunity arises, a fresh start beckons. This summer, I uprooted my l...
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Blood and treasure: Ukraine and the cost of isolationismSep 24, 2023 1:00 am - Last year, when President Biden addressed the U.N. General Assembly, his first topic was the war in Ukraine with a blistering condemnation of Russia's aggression. This y...
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A declaration of independenceSep 24, 2023 1:00 am - Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to take the bait. Republicans, under the leadership of House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, were determined to turn what ...
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Are ordinary Americans buying 'Bidenomics'?Sep 22, 2023 1:00 am - As election season approaches, Democrats are touting the economic results of Biden administration policies aimed at improving the lives of working Americans and creating...
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Policies, as in France, that take secularism to point of bigotrySep 21, 2023 1:00 am - France recently banned the wearing of abaya, a long cloak that Muslim girls may wear, and denied hundreds of girls from public school entry. They had done that earlier w...
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A social media era twist on a familiar adage about trustSep 21, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Newspapers have a variable relationship with social media. Speaking for the Daily Herald,...
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Pulp fiction: Bowing to Trump, the GOP launches a phony impeachment inquirySep 21, 2023 1:00 am - A political gaffe, journalist Michael Kinsley once said, is what happens when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Republican Rep. Ken Buck is no doubt drawing fir...
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Fresh off her U.S. Open win, Coco Gauff exhibits true humbleness as a championSep 20, 2023 1:00 am - When Coco Gauff won this year's U.S. Open women's singles title at just 19 years of age, there were immediate comparisons to Serena Williams, who took home her first U.S...