Opinion Columns
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Guest columnist Rodney Weinzierl: Harmful tariffs driving up the cost of foodJul 13, 2022 1:00 am - One of the key industries in the Illinois economy, agriculture, is being threatened by unnecessary tariffs on fertilizer imports and it's driving up the cost of food. As...
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Guest columnist U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider: We can and must do more to protect our communities from gun violenceJul 12, 2022 1:00 am - As in communities across the country, Independence Day in Highland Park is a time when we gather to celebrate our country's birth, our freedom, and the ideals that defin...
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Our nation is being riven by 'negative peace'Jul 12, 2022 1:00 am - The 4th of July shooting has been yet another wake up call from what Martin Luther King Jr. once called a "negative peace." The Highland Park shooting suspect has not l...
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Guest columnist Therese Hart: We need a plan of continuous improvementJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board regularly seeks opinions and reflections on issues we expect to comment on from a Sounding Board formed as a diverse group of indepe...
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Guest columnist Amy Florian: Many approaches needed to solve this crisisJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board regularly seeks opinions and reflections on issues we expect to comment on from a Sounding Board formed as a diverse group of indepe...
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Guest columnist Tom Roeser: Don't overlook problems other than gunsJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board regularly seeks opinions and reflections on issues we expect to comment on from a Sounding Board formed as a diverse group of indepe...
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Guest columnist Angela Trillaase: A tragedy like this causes suffering in countless waysJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - The Daily Herald Editorial Board regularly seeks opinions and reflections on issues we expect to comment on from a Sounding Board formed as a diverse group of indepe...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Gavin Newsom's selective view of freedomJul 08, 2022 1:00 am - California Gov. Gavin Newsom was vacationing in Montana, where he has family, on July 4 when his reelection campaign ran a 30-second spot on Fox News in Florida in which...
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Guest columnist Lauren Carr: A letter to the broken-hearted from a mass shooting survivorJul 08, 2022 1:00 am - Another day, another heartache. Another mass shooting, more innocent lives taken, another list of names of those gone too soon. This time, tragedy is only 45 minutes aw...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: A pearl of hope for an unhappy birthdayJul 07, 2022 1:00 am - Some birthdays are better or worse than others. America's 246th was a lot like 1863. In a dark gloom, a civil war without cannons is now on, full blast. On one side, we ...