Articles filed under Opinion
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Why not cut back?Dec 15, 2025 4:00 am - In the past month or so, there have been numerous postings in the newspaper regarding “Notice of proposed property tax increase.” It is shamed that some of these taxing b...
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Let’s get facts straightDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Readers often see the Daily Herald’s political leanings through their own personal viewpoint. In the news sections, some see blatant liberal bias where I see a corporate ...
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Country is upside downDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - In the 10 months since he took office, Donald Trump has changed our perception of what the United States has become. It’s now a country where brown and black people, citi...
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Here’s what’s differentDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Lee Hunt wants to know why there weren’t protests in the street when Presidents Obama and Biden were deporting even more people than President Trump has. A quick internet...
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How deep does fraud go?Dec 15, 2025 4:00 am - With the daily developments out of Minnesota of the multi-billion-dollar fraud include possible remittances to Somali terrorist groups of US taxpayer money, but who is to...
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As students adopt AI, critical thinking matters more than everDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Kelly Torres: The question isn’t whether my students will use AI, it’s whether I can teach them the critical thinking skills they will need to work with it effectively.
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Daily Herald opinion: Compassion and control: ‘Deb’s Law’ offers an important, regulated choice for the terminally illDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - Last week, Illinois became the 12th state to enact legislation that allows terminally ill adults to end their lives with medication prescribed by a physician. On Friday, ...
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Trump's job is to stay focused on the economyDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: New poll shows voters have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats to handle key issues, despite disapproving of Trump's handling of economy, inflation, tariffs, and foreign policy.
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Springfield cuts lifeline of Big Beautiful BillDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - After reading a recent column in the Daily Herald blaming federal policy for potential job losses in Illinois, my first reaction was the commentary completely missed the ...
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GOP lacks courageDec 14, 2025 4:00 am - Being one year older than Donald Trump, I see he is clearly declining, as all of us older people do, at an accelerating pace. The cowardly Republican party can only whisp...