Letters to the Editor
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Hypocritical on healthOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - What hypocrisy. An overweight commander in chief had the audacity to dismiss the fitness of the United States Military. Here is a person who did not serve one day in the ...
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Common sense needed on climate changeOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - I saw in the Daily Herald recently that Elgin is going to save the world by cutting emissions 60% in five years and be carbon neutral in 25 years using green energy sourc...
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A commander of hate and divisivenessOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - In the Fencepost of Sept. 17, a letter appeared from Mr. Nick DiGiovanni bemoaning the Daily Herald’s attempt at being honest with the American people by pointing out Mr....
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Wrong source for views on hateOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - A recent report by your Facts Matter columnist inspired me. If facts matter, I wondered why the Daily Herald regularly refers to the Southern Poverty Law Center as a sour...
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Losing faith in Supreme CourtOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - I think it’s important at this time to quote what is, perhaps, my favorite scene in a movie. This comes from The American President (1995): “America isn’t easy. America i...
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More to learn about fear of policeOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - This is in response to Bill Blaine’s comments on Sept. 19 asking “Why run?” Mr. Blaine, as a white female and a member of the CARE team (Committee for Anti-Racism and Equ...
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Take medical advice only from doctorsOct 13, 2025 4:00 am - My professional medical advice is don’t take medical advice from people who are not doctors. I am an old pediatrician, and I can remember doing two or three spinal taps a...
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Enjoy the adventure of readingOct 12, 2025 4:00 am - In the week just past, libraries across the nation shined a spotlight on Banned Books Week, a celebration of something simple but powerful: the Freedom to Read. Banned Bo...
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Tell what is happeningOct 12, 2025 4:00 am - One night last week in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Blackhawk helicopters hovered, ICE agents rappelled down and others got out of unmarked vehicles and raide...
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True fairness in electionsOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Keith Raffel’s column on Sunday espouses an idea brought up every election cycle, that all electoral votes be ascribed to the national winner of the popular vote instead ...