Articles filed under Opinion
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Chief Justice Roberts handed Trump the keys to powerApr 01, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts cleared a path for Trump's rise and illegal actions, from Citizens United to inventing presidential immunity. Now Trump ignores laws and claims a right "to do whatever I want".
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Abundance versus 'everything bagel' liberalismApr 01, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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How does this happen?Mar 31, 2025 4:00 am - In the past two weeks, I have received texts from two local candidates asking for my vote in the April election. This is not the first time this has happened. Last fall b...
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On reading the news …Mar 31, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: As news becomes more polarized and biased, it undermines the authority and integrity of the free press, making it harder for people to determine what is factual.
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Try this for getting fair and balanced newsMar 31, 2025 4:00 am - First let me say I love the Daily Herald. I love the old-fashioned paper. I read mine with a scissors. I love Eric Peterson and Steve Zalusky, and I especially love the L...
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Who’s really paying?Mar 31, 2025 4:00 am - Let me see if I have this correct; President Trump is annoyed that President Zelenskyy lacks gratitude for the billions that he has gotten from American taxpayers over th...
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Mar 31, 2025 4:00 am - Let’s be honest with ourselves Benjamin Franklin said that the Constitution would be served well for years and then collapse in despotism. One of the other Founding Fathe...
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Give great minds incentive on climateMar 31, 2025 4:00 am - Believing that humans have an effect on climate change is similar to believing in God. If your beliefs are correct, you adjust your life accordingly and you have a much b...
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Disgraceful Dems during Trump speechMar 31, 2025 4:00 am - During President Trump’s speech to Congress earlier this month, I could not believe that the Democratic Illinois members would not even stand up when several people in th...
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Can we survive these disappointing times?Mar 31, 2025 4:00 am - In the 1980s and ‘90s, I spent 10 years in uniform, stationed in Europe. The Soviets had gobbled up much of Eastern and Central Europe after World War II. They were the W...