Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: As summer begins, here are some safety reminders when using the grill or fire pitJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Technology is a wonderful thing, even in the prehistoric activity of grilling your kill o...
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Daily Herald opinion: Let the pros handle the pyrotechnics this Fourth of JulyJun 20, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. The sound of illegal fireworks becomes increasingly common this time of the year in our n...
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Daily Herald opinion: Heroic or flawed, virtually all dads are central figures in the story of our livesJun 17, 2023 2:00 pm - This Father's Day remembrance is a lightly edited reprise of a message we published on June 18, 2017. We came across this observation from gifted Indian author Kiran Des...
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The Soapbox: Brief thoughts from Daily Herald editors on suburban topics of interestJun 17, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. This week's clippable quote "I believe that what we become depends on what our fat...
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois takes swipe at censorship in librariesJun 16, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Illinois has become the first state in the union to protect librarians from efforts seeki...
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Daily Herald opinion: Election, budget accountability problems stem from DuPage clerk, not the officeJun 15, 2023 1:00 am - DuPage County Board members' issues with clerk are a larger, but largely separate, problem
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Daily Herald opinion: Resumption of grocery tax is less an issue for consumers than sellers comfortable with price inflationJun 14, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. Our suburban tax watchdog, Jake Griffin, wrote for Sunday's paper that the state's 1% sal...
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Daily Herald opinion: Troubling increase in motor vehicle-vs.-bicycle crashes emphasizes basics of driving safetyJun 13, 2023 1:00 am - This editorial is a consensus opinion of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. A popular, and appropriate, public initiative urges motorists to "Start Seeing Motorcycle...
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Daily Herald opinion: The foundation of our legal system stands above the politics of Trump's legal issuesJun 10, 2023 2:00 pm - It is impossible, unfortunately, to separate politics from the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump on 37 felony counts accusing him of mishandling sensit...
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The Soapbox: Brief thoughts from Daily Herald editors on suburban topics of interestJun 10, 2023 1:00 am - This week's clippable quote "Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watchin...