Letters to the Editor
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Include vouchers in education discussionJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - An open letter to Ralph Martire, regarding your July 17 “Guest view”: The next time you write a piece on the funding of K-12 education in this “great” state of Illinois, ...
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State keeps stacking costs on manufacturersJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - Running a small manufacturing business in Illinois means you pay three times before you ever produce a product: once in taxes, once in compliance and once for a legal cli...
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Why is town welcoming so many data centers?Jul 20, 2026 4:00 am - As a 40-plus year resident of Elk Grove Village, I have always been happy to live here, but lately that has changed. Our small village already has 20 data centers and our...
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Fear is stealing our freedoms from usJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - Fear is a thief. In today’s political climate, it is quietly stealing something essential from us: our democracy. When political leaders and media voices rely on fear to ...
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Trump is right to stop the bully IranJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - The question is often asked, “Are Trump’s actions against Iran justified?” Most Democrats, some Republicans will say no. Susan Estrich, the Daily Herald’s anti-Trump colu...
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Nation must repent and return to GodJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - In 1941, Archbishop Fulton Sheen wrote “When we deny God as the foundation of our rights, we shall no longer have rights. The Declaration of Independence, I repeat, is a ...
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Program should have been rescheduledJul 20, 2026 4:00 am - On July 16, all of the Chicagoland area was under an air-quality alert. Carol Stream was not exempt from that. Our community pool was closed, the miniature golf course wa...
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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...