Articles filed under Opinion
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Daily Herald opinion: Low-hanging consolidation fruit?: Calls for blending mosquito fight into county operations tempting, but just a startApr 22, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A March 24 Civic Federation report calling for the consolidation of four separate mosquito abatement districts under the auspices of the Cook County Department of Public Health might seem on the surface to represent attractive “low-hanging fruit” to fight mosquitoes “more efficiently, equitably, and transparently,” in the words of the report.The emphasis there, though is on the word “might.”
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Today’s editorial cartoonApr 22, 2025 4:00 am -
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Is that my job? Kilmar Garcia and sheet metalApr 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Down here at the dollar store end of the economy, things are shaky, and that makes a lot of us mad about the things we don’t have or have but may not be able to keep.
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Vengeance is the wordApr 20, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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Daily Herald opinion: What was the hurry?: Mundelein board’s action on impact fees disrupted chance for ‘unity’Apr 20, 2025 4:00 am - In early March, Mundelein Village President Steve Lentz expressed the desire for “more unity” regarding the potential impact on school districts from the planned massive ...
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Project Labor Agreements deliver on policymakers’ promises to taxpayers and workersApr 19, 2025 1:48 pm - With tariffs, market volatility, and mass government layoffs dominating headlines lately, much of our national economic discourse has centered around whether public policies and investments are maximizing value for taxpayers and opportunities for American workers.
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Today’s editorial cartoonApr 18, 2025 4:00 am -
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Can't Keep Quiet: 100 Columns and CountingApr 17, 2025 1:20 pm - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: I started writing columns because I was angry at the world's problems. 100 columns later, I'm still angry but maybe making a tiny difference.
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Balderdash Express: The Anti-Weaponization Guy Weaponizes Everything in SightApr 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Trump pledged to end federal government weaponization yet has openly weaponized it, targeting law firms of political opponents and firing officials disloyal to him in an unprecedented abuse of power.
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Iran’s President Says Iran Does Not Want the Nuclear Bomb. Who Believes That?Apr 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: