Letters to the Editor
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Cuts to foreign aid have impact at homeJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - Foreign aid in the United States has suddenly become a contentious topic. What was once generally viewed as an intelligent investment in our nation’s global leadership an...
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ICE abuses must not be toleratedJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - One of the most important and cherished rights in the United States is the right to defend yourself and access to a legal criminal justice process. However, on June 17 at...
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Information lacking in gun incidentJul 19, 2026 4:00 am - In May, a student at the Vanguard School in District 214 retrieved an officer’s weapon that had been forgotten in a bathroom, having been left by the school resource offi...
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Fear stoking citizenship debateJul 19, 2026 4:00 am - The discussion about birthright citizenship amazes me. The bottom line is about what Hugh Brady mentioned in a letter on July 14 titled “White supremacists using new tact...
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We must move beyond ‘climate hushing’Jul 17, 2026 4:00 am - It's probably not climate change setting daily temperature and rainfall records, or causing far too little rain where it’s really needed. It has nothing to do with wildfi...
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Rerun of historyJul 16, 2026 10:27 am - I wonder if President Trump is taking advice from the ghost of Joe McCarthy as he broadcasts his hogwash about communism in America. A basic tactic Trump constantly uses ...
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Making a suburb competitive with neighborsJul 16, 2026 10:26 am - Having paid my dues for 39 years as a resident of Des Plaines, I congratulate the City Council there on passing a new mission statement that pledges to foster economic pr...
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Thank you to drivers who consider othersJul 16, 2026 10:26 am - Me. Me. Me. All four of my tires are over the white line at this light? I didn’t even realize. Me. Me. Me. I’m blocking an intersection? I don’t see any emergency vehicle...
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Point of agreementJul 15, 2026 4:00 am - During a rambling speech delivered at Mt. Rushmore on July 3rd, Donald Trump said - without any sense of irony or self-awareness on his partm that, “Our American ancestor...
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The ‘guiding light’ we should be postingJul 15, 2026 4:00 am - Some say the USA has lost our way. Fortunately, our founders gave us the Preamble. It is our guiding light and should be behind every law we pass with the goal of forming...