Opinion Columns
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Letter: Positive news was a ray of sunshineMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - Once again, I commend the Daily Herald for its front page on Saturday, May 7. Simply and profoundly wonderful to read about two well-deserving teachers who won the Golde...
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Letter: Tyson the Bison and the future of farmingMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - In last month's images of Tyson roaming the quiet streets of a local subdivision, it's hard to miss the clashing of Americana symbols. An American Bison - focal point of...
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Letter: A succession of bad decisions on climateMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - I was interested in the lack of logic used in the recent story about the water level of Lake Meade and the recent opinion by James Cook to run a canal from the Great Lak...
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Letter: Candidates make no for change in state leadershipMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - I just read the NBC Channel 5 synopsis of the candidates running for the office of governor. First, I must say that Gov. Pritzker, and most importantly, Dr. Izike, for t...
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Facts Matter: Bill Gates not majority holder of U.S. farmlandMay 14, 2022 1:00 am - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been buying up farmland in the U.S., and recent posts claim he now owns a majority of the country's pastures. "Bill Gates is buying ...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: She walks out the doorMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - I am not frail. I go to a gym. I lift weights. I walk pretty fast. I carry in the groceries when my wife, Deborah, comes back from the market. We live in a second-floor ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Supreme intimidationMay 13, 2022 1:00 am - Let's call the mass gatherings held outside the homes of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito and Brett Kavanaugh what they are: They're not protests; th...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Hunter Biden's $2 million 'sugar brother'May 12, 2022 1:00 am - One of the mysteries of the Hunter Biden matter is how the president's son, with no obvious sources of income, manages to maintain a grand lifestyle. For the last year o...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Redistricting proved to be much ado about not very muchMay 12, 2022 1:00 am - The congressional redistricting wars are mostly over. Much of the hoopla surrounding it is proving overheated. Before looking at this cycle's results, a primer on the su...
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The gap between white students and others has been narrowing, but teacher pay makes it unsustainableMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - Over the last two decades, standardized test scores for American schoolchildren have been on the rise. Between 1996 and 2017, the results on the National Assessment of E...