Letters to the Editor
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Teachers should opt out of union feesAug 17, 2026 12:33 pm - I encourage all public-school teachers to ditch their government unions this August, during national union opt-out month. Thanks to the SCOTUS decision “Janus v. AFSCME,”...
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Take off the headphonesAug 17, 2026 12:33 pm - I'm responding to the editorial cartoon in the Aug. 8 Chicago Tribune. Trump and Uncle Sam are in a car sailing over a cliff in an effort to escape nonexistent communists...
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Take off the headphonesAug 17, 2026 12:32 pm - I'm responding to the editorial cartoon in the Aug. 8 Chicago Tribune. Trump and Uncle Sam are in a car sailing over a cliff in an effort to escape nonexistent communists...
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NFL’s frustrating play stoppagesAug 17, 2026 12:31 pm - After watching many World Cup matches, it’s mind numbing now to attempt to watch the NFL with the incessant stoppages of play. An idea: instead of using advertising durin...
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Consider election decisions in light of faithAug 17, 2026 12:30 pm - We are fast approaching the coming midterm elections. This offers all citizens who are religious of any persuasion, to consider their vote in the light of their faith. Fo...
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Incompetence in government is costlyAug 17, 2026 12:29 pm - Let's make this simple so that a fourth-grader gets it. Cook County got their tax bills out late last year because of problems with a “new computer system” costing millio...
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Bears are just stallingAug 17, 2026 12:28 pm - The Bears President and CEO Kevin Warren says Hammond, Indiana, is the team's “sole focus” for a new stadium project. Pritzker and the Illinois state legislature are tryi...
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It took courage to go to warAug 17, 2026 12:27 pm - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel obviously is not a fan of our current resident. Allow me to respond to one of Raffel’s comments, “Trump waged war on Iran without making...
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Elections are in process of being riggedAug 17, 2026 12:26 pm - Let's be honest about what's happening to the 2026 election: it's being rigged in plain sight. Not by Democrats — but by the president, his administration and the Republi...
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Writers who got it rightAug 17, 2026 12:25 pm - On Monday, Aug. 10, the Opinion Page of the Daily Herald had the courage to publish six extremely well-written opinions stating facts not even the usual deniers could pos...