Articles filed under Commentary
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Help for our heroes: Addressing mental health needs of COVID-19 health care workersFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - One of the enduring images in America's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has been the heroic actions of our health care workers and first responders. While we like to...
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Give it up for LentFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - We don't need Lent. Not this time. At the very least, we don't need to "give something up," this year, 2021, during Lent. Like a lot of other people, I come from a Chris...
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Look for reliable alternatives to combat social media toxinsFeb 22, 2021 12:00 am - A friend asked if I thought COVID-19 was as bad as advertised. "In what way?" I said. Was he asking if it were as deadly? Or as widespread? My friend, a retired line wor...
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Want bipartisan cooperation in Washington? Focus on infrastructure and immigrationFeb 21, 2021 12:00 am - There is little doubt most Illinoisans are looking forward to moving past the tumultuous political conflicts of 2020 and a new start in 2021. While discord remains very ...
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African American history: It's the journeyFeb 21, 2021 12:00 am - February. Black History Month. The annual recognition and celebration of African American culture and heritage. Against all odds, obstacles and oppression, every generat...
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Never let a good manufactured crisis go to wasteFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need for their services is to fabricate or exaggerate a problem, promise to fix said problem with a new program ...
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Washington must provide the help our local partners deserveFeb 19, 2021 12:00 am - President Biden's COVID-19 relief package is moving swiftly through Congress. I strongly support his efforts to get help to the millions of Americans who need it - from ...
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Should a '9/11-style' commission investigate the Capitol riot?Feb 18, 2021 12:00 am - Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote to create an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. There's no doubt there needs to be ...
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Getting relief where neeededFeb 18, 2021 12:00 am - I read with interest a letter-to-the-editor that appeared in the Daily Herald on Feb. 13 from a gentleman who expressed his frustration that he had received two COVID re...
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If Greene is the standard, what about Democratic 'kingmaker' Sharpton?Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am - Because of offensive tweets posted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, before she won office, House Democrats joined by 11 Republicans voted to strip h...