Articles filed under Opinion
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Learn from historyMar 31, 2025 4:00 am - Our political leaders would do well to learn from the past. What goes around comes around. Guarantees of peace made by countries are tenuous at best. Consider the ultimat...
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Today’s editorial cartoonMar 30, 2025 4:00 am -
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Cutting NIH funding could be devastatingMar 30, 2025 4:00 am - I can only assume that the president and the Republicans have no understanding of biomedical research funding and the critical nature of the NIH in this funding. While th...
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What governor should not sit still forMar 30, 2025 4:00 am - Gov. Pritzker recently stated as quoted in the March 14 edition of the Daily Herald that, “I'm not going to sit still for it” concerning the dismantling of the U.S. Depar...
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Meaningful doctrineMar 30, 2025 4:00 am - Who can fault the idea of Diversity-Equity-Inclusion? What could go wrong? Well, more than two centuries ago, the idea of Liberty-Equality-Fraternity was hoisted as the d...
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County is ensuring language access as a human rightMar 29, 2025 2:30 pm - Guest columnists Toni Preckwinkle and Josina Morita: Cook County is dedicated to language access for its diverse population, seeing it as an issue of respect and dignity, not just translation, and is expanding services to be more inclusive.
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Small businesses are anxious over lack of clarity on tariffsMar 29, 2025 1:44 pm - The chaotic and unpredictable nature of tariff negotiations have caused the small business community great uncertainty, as small businesses attempt to navigate the changing landscape.
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Time for change on township boardMar 28, 2025 4:00 am - Wheeling Township does a lot of really good work in our community. Unfortunately, the current board did not enact the will of the voters regarding the 708 Referendum appr...
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No need to justify sales tax increaseMar 28, 2025 4:00 am - After reading a few letters supporting the sales tax increase in Kane County, I have to comment that it’s a ridiculous notion. Every government agency that receives taxes...
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Some clarifications regarding meetingMar 28, 2025 4:00 am - I write in response to Emily Piro’s recent commentary, which misrepresents the events of March 13, 2024 — not March 14, as she mistakenly reported. Accuracy is essential,...