Letters to the Editor
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There is precedent for Venezuela policyDec 16, 2025 4:02 pm - Claims that President Trump’s actions toward Venezuela were unprecedented ignore well-established U.S. history. The United States has repeatedly refused to recognize gove...
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Middle ground neededDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - According to news reports, ICE agents’ enforcement efforts have been too aggressive. That may be true; however, let’s realize that ICE agents do have a very difficult job...
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The civility campaignDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - The U.S. Department of Transportation has launched a civility campaign for air travelers - The Golden Age of Travel Starts with You. Our unqualified U.S. Secretary of T...
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Why not cut back?Dec 15, 2025 4:00 am - In the past month or so, there have been numerous postings in the newspaper regarding “Notice of proposed property tax increase.” It is shamed that some of these taxing b...
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Let’s get facts straightDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Readers often see the Daily Herald’s political leanings through their own personal viewpoint. In the news sections, some see blatant liberal bias where I see a corporate ...
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Country is upside downDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - In the 10 months since he took office, Donald Trump has changed our perception of what the United States has become. It’s now a country where brown and black people, citi...
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Here’s what’s differentDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Lee Hunt wants to know why there weren’t protests in the street when Presidents Obama and Biden were deporting even more people than President Trump has. A quick internet...
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How deep does fraud go?Dec 15, 2025 4:00 am - With the daily developments out of Minnesota of the multi-billion-dollar fraud include possible remittances to Somali terrorist groups of US taxpayer money, but who is to...
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Springfield cuts lifeline of Big Beautiful BillDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - After reading a recent column in the Daily Herald blaming federal policy for potential job losses in Illinois, my first reaction was the commentary completely missed the ...
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GOP lacks courageDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - Being one year older than Donald Trump, I see he is clearly declining, as all of us older people do, at an accelerating pace. The cowardly Republican party can only whisp...