Articles filed under Opinion
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Tell what is happeningOct 12, 2025 4:00 am - One night last week in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Blackhawk helicopters hovered, ICE agents rappelled down and others got out of unmarked vehicles and raide...
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Today’s editorial cartoonOct 12, 2025 4:00 am -
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Gay kids and garbageOct 12, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: The Supreme Court of the United States of America is very interested in gay “conversion therapy,” because, in a country where people are hefting 48-gallon trash cans half full of water, the government is taking yet another dive into the underpants of the nation.
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Daily Herald opinion: A celebration of Chicago: The disparagement in our national politics of our city by the lake sadly obscures all that is fabulous about itOct 11, 2025 2:00 pm - As frequent visitors to our neighboring metropolis to the east and occasional tourists elsewhere around the country and around the globe, we would -- with pride and witho...
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Congress should extend ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits and open the governmentOct 11, 2025 1:00 pm - Small businesses want to provide health benefits to their employees because it promotes a healthy and productive workforce and allows them to compete for talent with larger enterprises.
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True fairness in electionsOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Keith Raffel’s column on Sunday espouses an idea brought up every election cycle, that all electoral votes be ascribed to the national winner of the popular vote instead ...
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Let’s negotiateOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Many Americans don’t want immigrants here illegally to get free health care of any kind. Well, we have a government that can negotiate with other governments. Can’t the g...
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Paying 'victims' to sueOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: There is a special place in hell for phony victims who take money from settlements meant for the legitimate victims of sexual abuse. Ahead of them, however, come the lawyers who make such scams work and pocket as much as half the settlements themselves.
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Daily Herald opinion: Not dead after all: Happy to see new burst of energy for Chicago-to-Rockford rail lineOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: This week, a proposed Chicago-to-Rockford rail project simultaneously took a step forward and one back, but we’re pleased to see that it hasn’t been dead after all, just delayed.