Letters to the Editor
-
Library offers safe, welcoming environmentJul 20, 2025 4:00 am - I am a decades-long user of the Palatine Public Library. I write to share my appreciation of the work that it does to make the library a safe and welcoming space for all....
-
Pay the billsJul 20, 2025 4:00 am - I can't believe the bickering going on between DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek and County Board Chair Deb Conroy about withholding payment for two suppliers who have n...
-
More enforcement neededJul 20, 2025 4:00 am - In my estimation, there are about 20% of the cops on the roads, highways and freeways as there were 10 years ago. Fellow Daily Herald reader, Kenneth Labuda, suggested th...
-
What AI can't teachJul 18, 2025 10:00 am - With recent advancements in artificial intelligence, the new technology can teach a dedicated learner virtually any verifiable fact. What it can’t teach, though, is the ...
-
Disrupters at pool should have been arrestedJul 18, 2025 9:59 am - Your July 16 editorial about the incident at Sunset Pool in Glen Ellyn is all wrong. They were not unsupervised teens creating a disturbance. They were inner city hoodlum...
-
Hostile, ineffective letterJul 17, 2025 4:00 am - I was appalled to see the Herald publish Bob Janz’s letter in today’s paper. Why give a platform to something so riddled with misinformation, exaggeration, and outright h...
-
Choose healthy ice creamsJul 17, 2025 4:00 am - It’s funny how our government held a big press conference for National Ice Cream Day, with officials praising ice cream like it’s a health food. They don’t mention how th...
-
Youth ready to lead on climateJul 16, 2025 4:00 am - As a young person from Naperville attending Metea Valley High School, I have felt the brunt of our climate crisis. This past fall, my neighborhood saw detrimental air qua...
-
A different truth about ICE and masksJul 16, 2025 4:00 am - Re: “The sad truth behind ICE masks” by Debra J. Saunders: I say, baloney. ICE doesn't just target criminals and gang members. They're dragging down and arresting innocen...
-
Next election should produce Project 2029Jul 14, 2025 4:00 am - Passage of the Republicans’ “Big Beautiful Bill” has codified the fascism of Project 2025 into law: — Tax evasion thievery for the morbidly rich, paid for by stripping he...