Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Biden’s departure opens the way for a more meaningful campaignJul 22, 2024 7:28 pm - Whoever winds up on stage Aug. 22 to accept the Democratic nomination for president in place of Joe Biden, the incumbent’s withdrawal from the 2024 campaign offers more t...
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The nature of a crisis and the determination that overcomes itJul 20, 2024 2:00 pm - Columnist Jim Slusher: In more than five decades as a daily news operation, the Daily Herald has faced few experiences, perhaps none, as difficult, demanding and uncertain as the past week.
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Daily Herald opinion: Time to root for local Olympians whose path to Paris began in the suburbsJul 19, 2024 4:00 am - As we approaching the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, this Daily Herald editorial salutes local athletes competing on the world stage.
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Daily Herald opinion: Vance’s selection emphasizes the importance of the V.P. nominee in this electionJul 17, 2024 4:00 am - Donald Trump's choice of a running mate has been a source of speculation and political game playing for months. Now that the president and the Republican Party have made ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Questions remain about why DuPage lost millions of dollars in pot revenueJul 15, 2024 2:30 pm - There was a sense of urgency among DuPage officials when they gathered in May 2022 to discuss the county losing millions of dollars in marijuana tax revenue. At the time,...
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Daily Herald opinion: Abhorrent violence disrupts tenor of campaign, but not our systemJul 13, 2024 10:00 pm - The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee had never held much promise for political deliberation. The abhorrent violence in Butler, Pennsylvania, only diminishes fu...
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Daily Herald opinion: Who will debate our point? Social media is not designed for the thoughtful discourse traditional media has tried to fosterJul 12, 2024 4:00 am - For as long as we have published an Opinion page, print or digital, we have encouraged letters to the editor. We have seen this as part of our obligation to spur the civi...
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Daily Herald opinion: Remembering the Vietnam generationJul 10, 2024 5:00 am - Baby Boomers among us will be forgiven if they have a hard time thinking of the Vietnam era as “history.” The war ended in 1975, or 49 short years ago. In the minds of to...
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Daily Herald opinion: Supreme Court ruling means voters must double down on weighing a presidential candidate’s characterJul 08, 2024 7:15 am - The Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity means character should play a large role for voters going forward, this editorial states.
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Daily Herald opinion: Protesters targeting Schneider in the middle of the night went too farJul 05, 2024 4:00 am - Protests over the war in Gaza have taken many forms in the past nine months, some peaceful, others quite ugly. But the protesters that targeted the Highland Park home of...