Letters to the Editor
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Musk’s actions deserve outrageFeb 13, 2025 4:00 am - The biggest data breach in history occurred this month. Elon Musk and several college-aged students he hired orchestrated a hostile takeover of the Treasury’s payment sys...
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Coalition of parties must save governmentFeb 12, 2025 10:14 am - As we move further into his presidency, Donald Trump, with a blitzkrieg of executive orders, has shifted our government from a democratic republic to an oligarchy. While ...
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Put mental health needs ahead of profitsFeb 12, 2025 10:13 am - This is in response to the Daily Herald article, “Mental health advocates decry planned service cuts, layoffs at Arlington Heights hospital.” The article states, “In an i...
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Losing our knowledgeFeb 12, 2025 10:11 am - I used to work for a company that had a very specialized product. There were only seven engineers in the world that knew the product. We had four and another was with a l...
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What the president doesn’t understandFeb 12, 2025 10:11 am - Our president, an individual who has declared bankruptcy six times and basically bankrupted an entire football league, has said that he will quickly “fix” the economy. He...
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Parental-consent apps are simple solutionFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - As a community advocate and the president of the Dennis De La Rosa Scholarship, I see the transformative power of mentorship in young lives across Chicago every day. But ...
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Township board’s support appreciatedFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - I don’t usually write to the newspaper but I have to give a big thank you to the Elk Grove Township government and its employees. My mother has macular degeneration and c...
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Save money: Eliminate emissions testsFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - As the state legislature considers a change in driving testing for seniors, why not review the current requirement in the metropolitan Chicago area relating to emission c...
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Ego and the future of the countryFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - In response to the Feb. 6 JB Pritzker ego article by the chairwoman of the Illinois Republican Party: I agree that JB Pritzker has an ego. What successful person doesn’t?...
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Personal attacks are not constructiveFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - An open letter to Lori Fink of Elgin I began reading with interest your open letter to Sen. Durbin published in the Daily Herald’s Opinion Page on Feb. 3. My focus waned ...