Letters to the Editor
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President is in conflict with ConstitutionJun 13, 2025 4:00 am - This is a response to Steve Koivula’s 6/2 letter to the Daily Herald. He is sad that Trump is being treated like a criminal. Well, he is a criminal. He has 34 felony conv...
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U.N. should control aid to GazaJun 13, 2025 4:00 am - Last month, President Trump acknowledged that many people are starving in Gaza. Since then, the U.S. has backed the plan of providing aid through the Israeli-controlled G...
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We can still build on anti-opioid successesJun 12, 2025 4:00 am - I was pleased to see the article “Saving Lives,” published on June 8, reporting on the Illinois and nationwide decline in opioid overdose deaths, as well as addressing th...
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Choice at the end of lifeJun 12, 2025 4:00 am - When Jesus Christ walked this earth, we did not have a medicine man that could keep the body alive even when you are brain-dead. Today, we have the ability to extend suff...
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Too much hatredJun 11, 2025 10:44 am - As a regular reader, I ask how can you pretend to be balanced? You have occasional conservatives, but the majority of columnists and reader letters are just hateful anti-...
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Trump and PutinJun 11, 2025 10:44 am - On Mr. Barone’s Thursday Column titled: “Trump’s eyes are opened on Putin. Now what will he do?” Here’s an easy response: nothing. Patrick Keating Arlington Heights ...
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Parade plan is misguided, wastefulJun 11, 2025 10:44 am - Do we really need a Russian-style military parade? The U.S. Army is set to hold a “Grand Military Parade” on June 14 to commemorate its 250th anniversary. June 14 is Trum...
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The spending dilemmaJun 10, 2025 10:46 am - What a dilemma. The city of Chicago has a budget deficit and wants more money from the state of Illinois. The State of Illinois also has a deficit and wants more money fr...
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Positive economic newsJun 10, 2025 10:45 am - The only way Daily Herald readers will get positive economic news is via letters like this (if they’ll run it): April report: Personal Income up. 8%; GDP 4%; Inflation do...
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Education, military ironiesJun 10, 2025 10:45 am - It’s ironic that Donald Trump is bashing and withholding billions from world-renowned Harvard University after his own Trump University -- described by the National Revie...