Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Dad and the memories he makesJun 15, 2024 1:13 pm - This Father’s Day remembrance is a lightly edited reprise of a message we published on June 21, 2015. Two months ago, one of those national surveys that seems to pop...
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Daily Herald opinion: The mark of a great coach goes beyond stats, as recent losses showJun 14, 2024 4:00 am - It was a tough week for current and former high school athletes as news spread of the deaths of two beloved suburban coaches:.Al Zinke of Dundee-Crown High School and Dave Yates of Fremd, this Daily Herald editorial states.
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Daily Herald opinion: Hunter Biden, Trump convictions unavoidably linked to each other in politics of justiceJun 12, 2024 4:00 am - Daily Herald Opinion: So now, the son of a sitting United States president and an ex-president are each felons. The cases are unrelated, technically, but still connected as object lessons in the faith of the U.S. justice system.
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Daily Herald opinion: Keep politics to a minimum in clean-power transitionJun 10, 2024 2:30 pm - Nicor lost 38 customers last year who disconnected natural gas service and replaced it with all-electric service. The gas company added 11,000 new customers. It’s clear t...
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Different rooms: The reality of loss, the possibility of healing and the gift that love itself never recedesJun 08, 2024 12:00 pm - Guest columnist John Lampinen: In the May issue of The Atlantic, political pundit David Frum writes exquisitely about his efforts to cope with the unexpected death in February of his 32-year-old daughter Miranda.
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Daily Herald opinion: Judge offers Illinois Democrats a lesson on political integrity; they should take itJun 07, 2024 4:00 am - In many ways, the heavily partisan law passed hastily in the final week of the Illinois General Assembly blocking political parties from slating candidates after a primar...
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Daily Herald Opinion: D-Day veterans’ memories remind us of the price of victoryJun 06, 2024 4:00 am - Editor’s Note: On this 80th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy in World War II, we mark the occasion with this reprise of our reflections on the 70th anniversary...
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Daily Herald opinion: Counties remain committed to battling opioid epidemicJun 05, 2024 4:00 am - After seeing the death toll from opioid-related overdoses rise steadily through the years, some suburban counties have received a rare bit of good news. DuPage County off...
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Daily Herald opinion: Naming of state mushroom caps off push from Wheaton studentsJun 03, 2024 3:52 pm - News that a measure in Springfield has drawn the support of both Democrats and Republicans in this highly politicized era should be cause for celebration, but we admit to...
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Daily Herald opinion: With new state law, county clerk should accept ‘clarity’ on spending dutiesJun 01, 2024 10:38 am - Daily Herald opinion: The legislature has clarified issues that the DuPage County clerk has raised as she resists a county policy against no-bid contracts for goods and services. For the good of taxpayers and county business, she should accept the policy and move on.