Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Impotent distractions: There is one sure means of reducing public violence; why won’t we adopt it?Sep 17, 2024 4:00 am - It seems unlikely that the individuals who have made attempts on the life of former President Donald Trump — or anyone susceptible to the temptation to try to kill a pres...
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Daily Herald opinion: Costly stubbornness: Clerk’s refusal to adhere to county policy serves neither taxpayers nor good governmentSep 14, 2024 3:00 pm - From the standpoint of DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek, the ongoing melodrama she is putting the DuPage County Board through has never been about taxpayer interests or...
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Daily Herald opinion: On this Patriot Day, local events help us ‘never forget’ the tragedy – and unity – 23 years agoSep 11, 2024 4:00 am - Almost everyone can tell you exactly where they were the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Of course, it’s a day we’ll never forget. And it’s a memory we hope to always keep. Th...
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Daily Herald opinion: Salt Creek has benefited from the removal of dam at Graue MillSep 09, 2024 2:45 pm - Officials removed the Graue Mill dam at Fullersburg Woods in Oak Brook despite some residents strongly opposing the idea. With Salt Creek showing signs of improvement, it has become clear that removing the dam was the right decision.
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Daily Herald opinion: The unspoken issue: Why isn't the court's recent expansion of presidential power being raised in the election campaigns?Sep 07, 2024 10:49 pm - In a shocking split decision two months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one the worst rulings in its history, creating presumptive immunity for any president's “offici...
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Daily Herald opinion: Honest mistake or something else? Tollway board’s odd open meetings oversight deserves a responseSep 06, 2024 4:00 am - It may be that the Illinois Tollway Board of Directors did not intend to violate the state Open Meetings Act last week when it came out of executive session without telli...
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Daily Herald opinion: Last week’s disturbance at Arlington Cemetery matters. Here’s whySep 04, 2024 4:00 am - Even if you’ve never visited Arlington National Cemetery, the vista it presents is still familiar to most Americans — 624 acres atop a bluff overlooking Washington, D.C.,...
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Daily Herald opinion: Free speech and election politics: Chilling-sounding 'First Amendment Zones' pose a legitimate, not insurmountable, challenge for Kane County boardSep 02, 2024 3:02 pm - Before wading into the concept of “First Amendment Zones” suddenly roiling Kane County government, it is important to bale out some of the murky election year politics in...
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois and Labor Day: State played a unique and pivotal role in history of holidayAug 31, 2024 2:00 pm - Editor’s Note: This editorial is reprinted and lightly edited from the Daily Herald editorial of Aug. 29, 2019. A crackdown on child labor. Mine safety regulation an...
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Daily Herald opinion: Targeting trust: Other suburbs should take heed of village's plans to tighten ethics rulesAug 30, 2024 4:00 am - Mount Prospect village Trustee Augie Filippone feels “targeted” by an ethics ordinance under consideration by the village board. He should, but not him alone. Mount Prosp...