Opinion Columns
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Trump's J6 national anthem mashupApr 05, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump does not usually play the national anthem when he appears at rallies around the country. Trump enters the arena to the strains of Lee Green...
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Guest columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Are Americans so self-righteous we no longer consider the greater good?Apr 05, 2023 1:00 am - "We're not going to fix it," Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, said following the shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville that killed six people, including...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Will Republicans find a way to get their way in 2024?Apr 04, 2023 1:00 am - By Michael Barone Twelve or 13 months from now, the race for the Republican nomination for president - and the race for the Democratic nomination, if there is one - wil...
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How We Got The Story: How a lost shoe sparked a social media sensation and a Daily Herald storyApr 03, 2023 1:00 am - Man loses shoe in Schaumburg. Ordinarily, that's not the kind of event that merits a newspaper story. Or so I thought. Early last month, an editor asked me to follow up...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Trump's fighting wordsApr 02, 2023 1:00 am - "What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leadi...
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Guest columnist Cristobal Cavazos: It's not laziness that's at root of our worker shortagesMar 29, 2023 1:00 am - Don Roberto (real man, altered name) mid-60s, in his apron, stood in the drive-through window of his Naperville taqueria - one of only two workers there, "It's just that...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Duckworth emphasizes importance of U.S. engagement in AsiaMar 28, 2023 1:00 am - Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth visited the Chicago Council on Global Affairs last Friday to discuss Indo-Pacific security and, of course, most of the discussion revolve...
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Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Taking out the trash with Donald TrumpMar 26, 2023 1:00 am - Former President Donald Trump didn't get arrested last Tuesday. In celebration, I took out the trash. I was going downstairs to get the mail, and my wife gave me some tr...
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Law is protecting, not stopping puppy millsMar 26, 2023 1:00 am - By Ana Soskic Guest columnist Puppy mills are places of shocking neglect and inhumanity where dogs are horribly mistreated, run by unethical breeders who seek to churn o...
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Letter: Maintaining school quality is at stakeMar 24, 2023 1:00 am - Currently, each of thefive high schools in D211 is ranked in (at least) the top 15% in the state of Illinois by U.S. News and World Report. In the upcoming April 4 schoo...