Articles filed under Opinion
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Today’s editorial cartoonDec 31, 2025 4:00 am -
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Monuments now, dust laterDec 31, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: With only three years left in his presidency, Donald Trump does not want to be forgotten, not ever. Like an emperor of olden days or a 20th-century tyrant, he is engraving his name on both old and new monuments wherever he can.
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Daily Herald opinion: Remove the debt ceiling: Repeated abuses show Congress must find a better way to fiscal disciplineDec 31, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: We disagree with President Trump on many things, but we can find common ground on abolishing the debt ceiling.
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Thank you to my readersDec 31, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson:
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Insurance efficiencyDec 31, 2025 4:00 am - Keith Peterson wrote about the American health care system being inefficient. I have a good health care plan with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois that I would like to ...
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Columnist ignores real climate scienceDec 30, 2025 4:00 am - Michael Barone’s column uses a familiar move: point to a cold winter, cite a few recalibrated opinions and suggest that concern about climate change has been overblown. B...
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Daily Herald opinion: Illinois lawmakers must avoid the mistakes that created the state’s pension crisisDec 30, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: While some progress has been made in addressing the pension crisis in Illinois, state lawmakers need to stop the behavior that caused the problem in the first place.
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Don’t balance budget on people with cancerDec 30, 2025 4:00 am - The future of federal funding for cancer research is increasingly uncertain, and the consequences are deeply personal for millions of Americans who have been diagnosed wi...
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Today’s editorial cartoonDec 30, 2025 4:00 am -
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In a gloomy winter, read a couple of classic booksDec 30, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: