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The next steps for our community
Jul 18, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist David Kaptain: It has been a long, difficult 16 months since the city of Elgin experienced its first officer-involved fatal shooting in more than 20 years. -
The newspaper as a magical looking glass into history
Jul 18, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Jim Slusher: Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with.
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Trump never takes a vacation from provocation
Jul 17, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Michael Gerson: Sometimes an American president is called on to be a comforter. Other times he is required to inspire. This is the American president as loud, bigoted drunk at the end of the bar, making it impossible for anyone else to talk or eat in peace.
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Nobody eats wolf
Jul 16, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Kathleen Parker: From Little Red Riding Hood's terrifying encounter with the Big Bad Wolf to Kevin Costner's balletic romance with some kindred, four-legged spirit in "Dances With Wolves," Americans have long had a love-hate relationship with the ancestral predecessor of our favorite family pet.
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Editorial: In the wake of Trump tweets, is this who we are?
Jul 17, 2019 6:56 AM - In this editorial, the Daily Herald says that in the end, last weekend's insulting tweets by Donald Trump require the nation to realize that the citizenry must be better than its president. -
Illinois representatives can help save the rest of the country
Jul 16, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Nicole Wolter: In February, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill which will eventually raise the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 an hour. -
Lessons from Israel's "we can fix it" spirit
Jul 17, 2019 11:46 AM - Guest columnist Burton Herbstman: Throughout my nearly 40-year career as a cardiologist in Chicago's hospitals, I've always been driven by a single mantra: "We can fix it." -
Immigrants need to know their rights to protect themselves from ICE
Jul 14, 2019 1:00 AM - Columnist Esther Cepeda: There are many people reading this who wouldn't bat an eyelash if they saw an agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) walking up the driveway to their house or stepping into their local greasy spoon.
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In presidential politics, the only certainty is uncertainty
Jul 14, 2019 1:00 AM - Steven and Cokie Roberts: There is no clarity in the presidential race at this point, no obvious favorite, no predictable outcome.
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Spending cuts have been made; state must keep focus on revenue
Jul 12, 2019 1:00 AM - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: J.B. Pritzker's first year as governor stands in stark contrast to that of his immediate predecessor Bruce Rauner.
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