Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: The disturbing responses to efforts to accommodate gender differencesJun 01, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. In a disturbing reprise of the too-common vitriol over drag performers, threats of violen...
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Daily Herald opinion: How quickly can the Chicago area accommodate an increased demand for bicycling?May 31, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Two urban planning researchers are discovering that metropolitan areas that made accommod...
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Daily Herald opinion: Promises on Jan. 6 cases further expose need for limits on presidential pardon powersMay 30, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Playing out for us in real time in the Republican primary campaign for U.S. president is ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Don't allow 3-day summer welcome distract us from the real meaning of a sacred holidayMay 26, 2023 2:00 am - The following is a lightly edited reprise of our Memorial Day Weekend editorial on May 26, 2019. Since Memorial Day was moved 50 years ago from May 30 to the more conven...
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois taking baby steps to eliminate plastic pollutionMay 26, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Baby steps are to be celebrated. At least they mark some sort of forward momentum. But in...
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Daily Herald opinion: Surgeon general's report emphasizes urgency of social media safety standards for the youngMay 25, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. The U.S. surgeon general's advisory calling attention to potential mental health conseque...
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Daily Herald opinion: The Class of 2023 weathered tough times on the way to graduation dayMay 24, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. To the Class of 2023: As we picture you today in your colorful matching caps and gowns, w...
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Daily Herald opinion: Take steps to have fun safely this boating seasonMay 23, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. With the temperature climbing and Memorial Day less than a week away, the start of the bo...
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Daily Herald opinion: Acknowledging the men and women who make print publication of the news possibleMay 20, 2023 2:00 pm - Freedom of the press, it should be noted, would hardly exist without the presses - and the people who operate them. In the 571 years since Johannes Gutenberg started a r...
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The Soapbox: Brief thoughts from Daily Herald editors on suburban topics of interestMay 20, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Today's clippable quote "You may not always have a comfortable life. And you will...