Letters to the Editor
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Respect ICE officersNov 08, 2025 10:35 am - Protesters should show compassion to the ICE officers. They would rather be home with their family and making a living. Dave Forster Elk Grove Village ...
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Honoring the full story of adoptionNov 08, 2025 10:35 am - November is National Adoption Month — a time to celebrate the families formed through adoption and the love that binds them together. As both an adoption social worker wi...
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An unintended consequenceNov 08, 2025 10:35 am - I agree on principle that it is wrong for Congress to receive their pay during a shutdown while federal employees do not — especially given how Congress has control over ...
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Key ideas at root of government shutdownNov 08, 2025 10:34 am - Recently, I received an email from Congressman Casten. It was about the government shutdown and how we got there. He brought up the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (OBBB) and ho...
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School leaders live in a different worldNov 08, 2025 10:34 am - Is High School District 214 replacing desks because they aren’t functional or because a consultant doesn’t like the look? Not everyone in the district lives in a million-...
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Proud of ancestors who were antifaNov 08, 2025 10:33 am - A lot of my relatives were antifa during World War Two. I am not ashamed; I’m proud. Although some among us try to vilify the term by calling it a terrorist organization,...
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Open the government, then fix health careNov 08, 2025 10:32 am - OK, let me get this straight. The government is shut down because a spending bill that legislators approved nine previous times is not acceptable to Democrats. The Sen...
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It’s the math that shows who is to blameNov 08, 2025 10:32 am - Who to blame, Democrats or Republicans? What is our constitutional republic form of government for funding this government? Congress and the president failed to agree on ...
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We must work to resist dictatorshipNov 08, 2025 10:31 am - Because it hasn’t been updated in 35 years, our immigration system is profoundly broken. This at a time when humans around the globe are on the move more than ever before...
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Tone down rhetoric? It starts at the topNov 08, 2025 10:30 am - I read with interest your “Our View” column recently urging people to tone down the rhetoric. Both sides? Do you not remember the chaos of the first Trump administration,...