Articles filed under Opinion
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Accept change in department’s titleDec 08, 2025 10:09 am - Recently, on several occasions, I have noticed that the Daily Herald has identified Pete Hegseth as the U.S. Secretary of Defense. Now, I ask, is the Herald stupid or ign...
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Cheney’s evolution deserves attentionDec 08, 2025 10:09 am - After former President Richard Nixon died, a cartoon appeared with St. Peter sitting at his heavenly cloud-framed desk. There were two over-stacked trays of documents, on...
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Vaccine policy should be grounded in scienceDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - Independent, science-based recommendations of experts have been used for decades to help shape vaccine schedules, guide insurance coverage and protect millions from preve...
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Accountability questionDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - Seriously, how could Donald Trump ever live and breathe without having Biden to blame? Art Dulan Huntley ...
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‘Affordability’ a myth?Dec 08, 2025 4:00 am - The inflation rate when Donald Trump took office in January 2025 was 3%. Not so good. By April the inflation rate had dropped to 2.3%. Much better, because Bidenomics was...
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Government should revisit HAS modelDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - Economist Milton Friedman once said the most efficient and effective way to spend money is to spend one’s own money on oneself. He reasoned this would result in the purch...
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War crime precedentDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - During World War 2, the German submarine U-852 sank the Greek merchant ship Peleus, after which the U-boat commander ordered the killing of the helpless survivors. At the...
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Resist biased reportingDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - The Daily Herald has had several opinion pieces about how newspapers are struggling. Journalists are to blame. On average, only around 28% of people trust journalists. Jo...
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Data centers put most valuable resource at riskDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - It’s increasingly becoming clear that the new currency won’t be green — it’ll be blue. The sparkling, deep blue of water, to be specific. Our area of the Midwest is bless...
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Defense chief’s new dependency: powerDec 08, 2025 4:00 am - It’s good news that Pete Hegseth has given up alcohol — a difficult and admirable decision. But sobriety is more than swapping one habit for another; recent events sugges...