Letters to the Editor
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Take an honest look at presidentsJul 07, 2025 4:00 am - This letter is in response to Bill Blaine’s post in the June 16 Daily Herald. The writer is sad because he doesn’t understand the vitriol in the streets regarding Trump. ...
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Follow state Constitution on school fundingJul 07, 2025 4:00 am - In 2017, Illinois legislators celebrated their new evidence-based funding plan for K-12. EBF was just putting a Band-Aid on the funding problem. EBF’s first mistake is th...
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Hold government accountable on climateJul 07, 2025 4:00 am - Here in southern Wisconsin, we just finished a brutal stretch of 90 degree-plus days with high levels of humidity and the long-range forecast doesn’t predict much relief ...
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Let’s be calmJul 07, 2025 4:00 am - Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has passed and the Democrats pull out the old, tired playbook and start telling us about the complete and utter disaster we are all facing. Num...
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Read the billsJul 07, 2025 4:00 am - Readers may think my rant is about the Big Beautiful Bill but it is not. My musing is about all legislation voted on by the House and Senate. If I could waive a magical c...
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Has Pritzker earned a third term?Jul 07, 2025 4:00 am - I read about Pritzker preparing to run for a third term or a run for president. I also hear many who say he is doing an excellent job. In my mind the proof is in the resu...
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Was this legal?Jul 04, 2025 4:00 am - At a press conference during the NATO summit on June 25, the president of the United States said this regarding the Iranian attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar on Jun...
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Indiscriminate deportation not the fix for immigrationJul 04, 2025 4:00 am - We’re all seeing the heartbreaking images and hearing appalling stories of children and adults being hijacked by masked, hooded men. Sounds like a horror show, but no, no...
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Feeling fish’s painJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - I live in St. Charles and love to fish in the Fox River, one of the better smallmouth bass rivers in the Midwest. On June 26, a letter appeared from some guy criticizing ...
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On the regulation, testing of probioticsJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - I am a clinical nutritionist, and I enjoyed the Children’s Health article in the June 23 Daily Herald, but take issue with a couple of concerns. First, the opinion that p...