Articles filed under Opinion
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Department wasn’t born of ‘wokeness’Sep 12, 2025 4:00 am - First of all, it’s still legally the Department of Defense. The executive order does nothing to overturn the legislation that established the department. You’ll never hea...
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Cost of defianceSep 12, 2025 4:00 am - The toxic tort bill expanding Illinois courts’ jurisdiction to cases that arise outside Illinois is now enrolled in state law, despite the Daily Herald editorial urging G...
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Today’s editorial cartoonSep 12, 2025 4:00 am -
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Unintended consequences of wickednessSep 12, 2025 4:00 am - Why was Charlie Kirk assassinated? First, he publicly defended the truth and the fundamental principles upon which our country was founded. Secondly, he did it very effec...
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Daily Herald opinion: The too-frequent, illusive obvious: In wake of horrific killing, we cannot let ‘the extremes pull the rest of us over the edge’Sep 11, 2025 4:12 pm - What does one say when the only things that can be said are obvious? That the murder of a young political activist in his prime is horrifying and unacceptable. T...
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Why has president forsaken Republican cities?Sep 11, 2025 3:54 pm - Currently, I am visiting my niece’s family in Naperville for the summer, and will be here through the fall, having coffee, and reading the Daily Herald. recently, our pre...
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Today’s editorial cartoonSep 11, 2025 1:08 pm -
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Britain, land of the unfreeSep 11, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: When the Irish comedian Graham Linehan arrived at London Heathrow Airport recently, he was greeted by five armed British police officers who arrested him for — get this — three rude tweets.
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Memory, meaning and the pursuit of magicSep 11, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: The number 24 may not be special in itself, but on this anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we are reminded that what matters is not simply that we remember. It is how we carry the memories forward in our daily lives
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Today’s editorial cartoonSep 11, 2025 4:00 am -