Articles filed under Opinion
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A Christmas tradition with Italian rootsDec 22, 2025 9:34 am - If any readers are turning 60 years old this year, they share an anniversary with an amazing piece of American pop culture: “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” first broadcast o...
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On ignoring (erasing) Native American historyDec 22, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: This month marks the 135th anniversary of an iconic event in American history: the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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Today’s editorial cartoonDec 21, 2025 4:00 am -
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Parsing the new call to defend ‘Western civilization’Dec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: While the president’s new national security policy correctly argues that a strategy is a statement on ends and means, the ends and the means it describes do not explain how the administration will seek to get from Point A to Point B.
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Why health care is not a rightDec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Ethically, a right is something that can be guaranteed without requiring another person to provide ongoing labor or expertise against their will. This distinction is cruc...
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The quiet engine behind Gen Z and Millennial malaiseDec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Hopes for the new yearDec 21, 2025 4:00 am - Since no one asked my hopes for the new year, I'd like to offer the following: a ceasefire between warring factions in our own country, a permanent ban on assault weapons...
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Daily Herald opinion: ‘Another story’ on the Bears stadium: There is room for negotiation and lawmakers best not dally over taking advantage of itDec 20, 2025 4:57 pm - If anyone thought Chicago Bears CEO Kevin Warren was bluffing last week about moving the team to northwest Indiana, that state’s governor was quick to demonstrate just ho...
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Illinois politicians finally gave business some breaks in 2025Dec 20, 2025 12:03 pm - State lawmakers and local leaders avoided taxes and cut regulations in 2025 to improve the state’s business climate, reduce costs and signal that job creators matter.
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Drug plague must stopDec 19, 2025 8:26 am - The tragedy of the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife possibly at the hands of their son, is a reflection of U.S. citizenry overall. Reiner’s son was addicted to drugs. St...