Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Planning and prevention: A safety feature kept a plane overshooting the runway in Wheeling from turning into a tragedySep 06, 2025 2:00 pm - An incident involving a plane overshooting a runway at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling could have ended very differently Wednesday, given its midday timing and how ...
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Daily Herald opinion: The question of mission: Trump’s insistence on sending Guard here is plagued by lack of a planSep 03, 2025 10:22 am - Daily Herald opinion: Trump's plan to send troops to Chicago just hit a massive legal roadblock. But he vows the operation is still on, despite lacking a clear objective or details on how it will work.
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘It’s just really unfortunate’: DuPage County clerk should provide serious transparency on proposed budgetSep 01, 2025 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek should put her differences with the county board aside and attend a public meeting to present her office’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year.
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A Labor Day tribute to remember: COVID is five years behind us, but contributions of essential workers remain specialAug 31, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: At the height of the pandemic, we all took pains to honor the special sacrifices of our essential workers during a crisis. Five years later, it seems fitting to remember not only their efforts of that time, but the continuing role they play in keeping our communities comfortable, safe and healthy. As a reminder, the following editorial is a lightly edited, updated reprise of the editorial we published on Sept. 5, 2020.
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Daily Herald opinion: Promises kept: Unique Wheaton band concert a powerful ode to friendship and the power of musicAug 29, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A noted conductor’s promise to conduct the Wheaton Municipal Band when he turned 100 was kept, thanks to the power of music, friendship, commitment and creativity.
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Daily Herald opinion: A serious strategy against urban crime would involve collaboration, planningAug 27, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: If concern about law and order were the real issue, President Trump’s proposal to send National Guard troops to Chicago could become a serious idea only if two currently missing components were involved.
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Daily Herald opinion: The dark vocabulary of public transit: RTA fund transfer is indication of what lies ahead if lawmakers don’t actAug 26, 2025 4:31 pm - Daily Herald opinion: The RTA’s decision to transfer $73 million from Pace and Metra’s budgets to stave off a potential crisis at the CTA demonstrates the critical decision facing the Illinois legislature this fall.
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Daily Herald opinion: Fighting fire with fire: Redistricting free-for-all portends disaster for American democracyAug 23, 2025 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts by both parties threatens to disenfranchise voters nationwide. The resulting firefight risks burning democracy down unless lawmakers establish national standards limiting partisan map manipulation.
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Bad’ move: Trump’s targeting of Smithsonian a disturbing attempt to gloss over slavery’s impact on American historyAug 22, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian Institute, particularly singling out portrayals of slavery, is an alarming attempt to gloss over a dark chapter in American history.
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Daily Herald opinion: It’s about time Illinois changed senior driving lawAug 20, 2025 4:00 am - After several years of gridlock in the legislature, Illinois seniors received great news on Friday. In 2023, we wrote that the state inched forward in regards to treating...