Articles filed under Opinion
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Shutdown demand won’t lower health care costs; here’s what willOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are Democrats sabotaging efforts to reduce health care costs by insisting on extending the COVID-era Obamacare subsidies? Critics argue the $410 billion move is a massive giveaway to insurance companies that won't address skyrocketing medical costs.
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The ‘Catch 22’ of unions and costsOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - I was kind of shocked by Frank Manzo's column on Illinois workers rights in the Daily Herald of Oct. 5. Mr. Manzo seems to promote Illinois workers’ rights and unionizati...
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Today’s editorial cartoonOct 09, 2025 3:58 pm -
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Must forum be silenced?Oct 09, 2025 11:34 am - Since the online forum of the Daily Herald was suddenly stopped, I recall when engaged with someone whose opinion differed greatly from mine, that I would respond by sayi...
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Protests do make a differenceOct 09, 2025 11:33 am - Over the past months, I overcame my hesitancy and stood in various locations in the Western suburbs with fellow participants in protests. At each one, we showed our opini...
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Illinois should hit the gas on driverless carsOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Kouri Marshall: With world-class universities and a thriving logistics sector, the Chicago area could lead the Midwest in AV deployment, paving the way for safer, greener and more equitable transportation across the region.
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The meat of newspaper week is in what happens every dayOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: It’s difficult, if not impossible, to summarize why National Newspaper Week is important. That answer comes from the work local journalists do every day.
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Donald Trump: Energy in the executiveOct 08, 2025 11:39 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Whatever else you want to say about him, President Donald Trump has what Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 70 called “energy in the executive.”
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Today’s editorial cartoonOct 08, 2025 4:00 am -
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Slaughter at sunrise: They came only to danceOct 08, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Oct. 7 didn't have to happen, and what followed wouldn't have if it hadn't.