Letters to the Editor
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One nation under God? Let’s act like itJan 27, 2025 4:00 am - Is America one nation under God? As a lifelong American citizen who wouldn’t even consider living in another country, my answer always defaults to “yes.” I tend to say ye...
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Worth the effortJan 26, 2025 4:00 am - The other day in the grocery store parking lot, a woman was returning her cart. The carts at this particular store are, in my mind, unnecessarily large. They are tall and...
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Defense nominee weak on lessons of UkraineJan 26, 2025 4:00 am - The Senate confirmation hearings with Pete Hegseth were at best disappointing. Consider some of the lessons learned from the war in The Ukraine that were ignored in the h...
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Columnist was just whitewashing a crimeJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - Bryon York’s Jan. 16 commentary is another example of whitewashing a Trump crime. York, like so many Trump apologists, cavalierly refers to Trump’s New York hush money ca...
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No love for chaosJan 24, 2025 4:00 am - I for one will not be “embracing the chaos” of Trump 2.0 as columnist Debra Saunders suggests. There are real problems at home and abroad that need adult leadership to fi...
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Who needs to be protected from whom?Jan 23, 2025 4:00 am - I understand that California legislators have decided to implement a plan to “Trump Proof” California. Based upon what we have seen about how California operates, maybe t...
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Driving test revisions are still ageismJan 23, 2025 4:00 am - Illinois representatives have a new bill — HB 1226 — that they want to pass this spring saying that it “should satisfy many seniors in their early 80s.” Nothing can be fu...
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Board’s off-the-wall plan for college visitsJan 22, 2025 4:00 am - Recently the U-46 school board passed a budget item which is so off-the-wall that I had to comment. As a 55-year resident of U-46 with five children and five grandchildre...
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World-class city’s sports fans deserve betterJan 22, 2025 4:00 am - Chicago is home to 15 Fortune 500 companies. That’s the third most in the nation. The city’s architecture — no exaggeration — ranks among the best and most prestigious in...
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Leaders must learn from California crisisJan 21, 2025 4:08 pm - The California fires are horrific and the heart-breaking impact on human lives will be long lasting. My prayers go out to all of those impacted. Hundreds of thousands of...