Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Shop local: Support brick-and-mortar stores, independent retailers on Black Friday and Small Business SaturdayNov 26, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: While it might be tempting to let your fingers do all your holiday shopping, it’s important to support actual shops and independent retailers.
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Daily Herald opinion: A dangerous ‘frankness’: Confusing offensive speech with leadership is a threat to our societyNov 22, 2025 2:45 pm - Daily Herald opinion: Offensive language, whether from the president or anyone else, should not be excused as ‘frankness.’
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘No laughing matter’: 9th District candidate’s gift bag stunt sets a disturbing toneNov 21, 2025 4:00 am - With 21 candidates vying for a single congressional seat, voters in the 9th District understandably showed up at a suburban campaign event Sunday hoping to learn more abo...
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Daily Herald opinion: The pursuit of trust: School district must be well-prepared before floating expensive referendumNov 20, 2025 11:50 am - When Superintendent Scott Rowe said last month that Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials would “review all financial options” for proposed facility upgra...
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Daily Herald opinion: Celebrating success: Glen Ellyn project to help address need for affordable housingNov 18, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A developer will build some much-needed affordable housing in Glen Ellyn. Hopefully, it will help inspire similar projects in other suburban communities.
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Daily Herald opinion: Our two cents: The penny’s demise brings nostalgia and a call for patienceNov 14, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: It’s a bit jarring, and maybe a little sad, to contemplate the end of the penny.
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Daily Herald opinion: Turning gratitude into action: Vets’ Habitat for Humanity project shows what true service looks likeNov 12, 2025 4:00 am - It is easy to thank veterans with words. But Habitat for Humanity turns gratitude into action. By focusing on veterans’ housing needs, the organization is addressing a crisis too often overlooked.
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Daily Herald opinion: A project ‘works out’: Two years after removal of Graue Mill dam, benefits growing around and under waters of Salt CreekNov 11, 2025 4:00 am - When a complex and controversial project proposal proves its merit, it deserves to be — nay, needs to be — applauded. So it is with the removal of the Graue Mill dam at F...
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Daily Herald opinion: The New York mayoral election is historic, yes; but early reads on its implications seem overblownNov 08, 2025 2:45 pm - What to say about Zohran Mamdani, the newly elected mayor of New York? Let's start with Republican congressmen Randy Fine of Florida and Andy Ogles of Tennessee asking th...
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Daily Herald opinion: No place for political games. Moylan, Garcia should have been up front about plans to retireNov 07, 2025 4:00 am - Political campaigns have always been a rough-and-tumble sport, and the playing field is rarely level. But when politicians game the system in an attempt to hand-pick thei...