Letters to the Editor
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Turning tragedy into political gainMay 04, 2026 9:14 am - Expanding the pretrial detention net is not the way to keep our communities safer. The tragic death of Estefania Abril-Hernandez is heartbreaking, and we need to think ab...
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Only explanation for testing law is ageismMay 04, 2026 9:14 am - Rather than doing the right thing and repealing senior road tests, our Illinois leaders chose to just change the age and then test every single year. We already know that...
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Development benefits are overstatedMay 03, 2026 9:14 am - Why should it be incumbent upon us — the people of Illinois — to make the Bears’ dreams come true just because they decided to purchase the former Arlington Racetrack? Th...
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The vice president’s futureMay 03, 2026 9:14 am - Was it just me, or did anyone else notice the vice president did not applaud when King Charles mentioned supporting Ukraine or when he spoke about protecting the intrinsi...
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Let’s live without so much plasticMay 01, 2026 9:14 am - Reading today about how Environment Illinois is finding plastic pellets in area waterways dovetails with a recent article in Audubon Magazine about researchers finding pl...
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Community theater is great family funMay 01, 2026 9:14 am - Our family, kids and grandkids went to Opera in Focus two weeks ago at the Rolling Meadpws Park District Playhouse on Central Road. Opera in Focus is stick puppets and mu...
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The president’s selective gratitudeApr 30, 2026 11:06 am - President Trump’s expression of gratitude for law enforcement’s response to his safety at the National Press Club Dinner was proper and well deserved. Why was that gratit...
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The source of the fractureApr 30, 2026 11:06 am - Letter writer Charles Danyus asks: “Is today's Hollywood and the mainstream media responsible for much of the fracture in America?” He also asks: “Do you remember when ev...
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New hope for saving our republicApr 29, 2026 4:00 am - The 2024 presidential election revealed that millions of Americans seemed to have paid little heed to the threat that Donald J. Trump posed to America's democracy, specif...
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Alarming views on popeApr 29, 2026 4:00 am - Mr. Vercillo’s letter to the editor on April 27 is both amusing and alarming. Mr. Vercillo questioning the pope is laughable, as is him calling the pope “the patron saint...