Columns
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The best projects are built togetherAug 31, 2026 4:00 am - Growing up in Batavia, I watched communities across Chicagoland constantly changing. Roads widened. Bridges replaced. Rail lines expanded. New neighborhoods seemed to app...
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Chicago carries the nation’s freight; merger must carry its weightAug 28, 2026 11:31 am - Guest columnist Erin Aleman: The proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railways deserves close attention because decisions about the national freight network will be felt locally in our railyards, Metra corridors, roadways, crossings and neighborhoods.
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Evidence-based funding can’t overcome state’s structural deficitAug 28, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: A decade after the evidence-based funding law passed, most Illinois school districts still don’t have the resources needed to fund educational practices the research shows work.
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The mirror of the suburbs reflects a diverse range of imagesAug 27, 2026 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Over the past weekend, I was interested to note how two stories in particular provided insights into who we are in the suburbs and with vastly different, almost polar opposite, images.
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How serious are North Korea’s threats?Aug 24, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Arthur I. Cyr: What is new is the declaration by President Donald Trump that the exercises would be scaled back. He cited his alleged good relations with North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-un, plus South Korea’s unwillingness to support the current attacks against Iran.
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The larger question behind a predictable ‘social experiment’Aug 21, 2026 4:00 am - In what may be the irony of the decade, a reputed polling company called Media Strategies posted this statement on social media earlier this month: “Polling has a credibi...
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Joining in the excitement of another year of school coverageAug 13, 2026 4:00 am - Assistant Sports Editor Kevin Schmit opened his High Five column on Tuesday with a distinctly suburban truth: “There’s no avoiding the excitement of prep football season,...
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Changes aim to refresh our look, emphasize our roleAug 07, 2026 8:18 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: It has been nearly 30 years since the Daily Herald undertook a serious design makeover, so as we transitioned to new ownership, it seemed a fitting time to reexamine our look and adjust it to changing times and tastes.
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The John F. Kennedy Center and the KennedysAug 04, 2026 4:00 am - Not too long ago, the travails of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts would have been most unlikely. Earlier presidents did not engage in similar disruptiv...
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It’s ordinary people, not bombs, that determine the fate of nationsAug 03, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Dan Franch: Every administration believes this time will be different. Every administration is convinced that enough military pressure, enough economic pain, or enough international isolation will eventually force a government to surrender, negotiate, or collapse.
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