Articles filed under Commentary
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Punching fellow Republicans and getting on TVNov 19, 2023 12:00 am - There have been more than 2 million illegal border crossings during each of the last two years under President Joe Biden. It should be no surprise then that a September ...
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Bidenomics 2023: Inflation down, prices upNov 19, 2023 12:00 am - The government announced Tuesday that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.2% in October from the same time last year. That is less than the 3.7% prices rose in September, le...
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Early-childhood efforts a key to success in lifeNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - As DuPage County state's attorney and a proud member of the executive committee of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, I strongly support the wide-ranging value of ear...
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A careful look in the mirror shows it's Hamas, not Israel, that supports genocideNov 17, 2023 12:00 am - Mirror politics is accusing your opponents of doing the very thing you yourself are doing or wish to do. That's what's going on in the Middle East right now when anti-Is...
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See no evil: On American campuses, it's tiki torch timeNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Lexington, Massachusetts, is a peaceful town, famous for being an ideal place to raise children. Young couples move there from everywhere so that their children can atte...
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Young voters spring (contradictory) political surprisesNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - What's with young voters? It's a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventional wisdom and prevailing ...
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From the river to the sea ...Nov 15, 2023 12:00 am - It is part of the 2017 Charter of Hamas, which rejected "any alternative to the full and complete liberation of Palestine, from the river to the sea." It is part of the ...
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Cease-fire, negotions required to return sanity, reach peace in MideastNov 15, 2023 12:00 am - It has been over a month since the horrible attack of Oct. 7 on Israel in which 1,200 lives were lost. Since that time, there has been unprecedented violence, the likes...
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Forgetting, and how we fight the war to end warNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - You went to work if you had to. You grocery shopped, maybe. You made love or ate soup or had a drink in the evening. It was Veterans Day, which was once Armistice Day, a...
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When a political cartoon, or any idea, strikes a nerveNov 14, 2023 12:00 am - For nearly the past week, a torrent of complaint messages have inundated my email along with that of other Daily Herald editors and executives and of our fencepost@daily...