Articles filed under Opinion
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Fourth of July, reflection and renewalJul 04, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Arthur I. Cyr: The Fourth of July celebrates America's independence won through revolution and war. The holiday obscures the brutality of war and revolutionary idea of equality that still challenges us.
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Today’s editorial cartoonJul 04, 2025 4:00 am -
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TikTok Runs the Table: After Mamdani, Democrats mull picking their poisonJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins:
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Social Security and Medicare's trustees have spoken. Will pols listen before the cuts hit?Jul 03, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Feeling fish’s painJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - I live in St. Charles and love to fish in the Fox River, one of the better smallmouth bass rivers in the Midwest. On June 26, a letter appeared from some guy criticizing ...
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Celebrate freedom and attend to its cracks and fissuresJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: On Independence Day, contemplate freedoms like speech and press, which face new challenges in the internet era. Support local journalism to maintain an informed democracy.
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On the regulation, testing of probioticsJul 03, 2025 4:00 am - I am a clinical nutritionist, and I enjoyed the Children’s Health article in the June 23 Daily Herald, but take issue with a couple of concerns. First, the opinion that p...
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Daily Herald opinion: A testament to ‘vision’: Emergency operation first studied 12 years ago ready to get to workJul 02, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A new $53.8 million 911 communications operation in Lake County is a testament to the vision and determination of early planners and should help provide better, more efficient responses to all kinds of emergencies.
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Social media’s pervasive influence cannot be ignoredJul 02, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: Shocking lawsuits accuse TikTok & Instagram of causing teens' eating disorders and suicidal thoughts. When will social media be held accountable for addictive and harmful content?
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Adolescents need guidance on media literacyJul 02, 2025 4:00 am - It is no surprise that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids are happening in Chicago, but many believe that this is not happening in the suburbs. There is...