Articles filed under Opinion
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Endorsements: Bertucci, Gilbert, Santa Maria, Karafotias for village board in Arlington HeightsMar 15, 2025 2:45 pm - Daily Herald endorsements: Jim Bertucci, Colin Gilbert, Anargyros Karafotias and Carina Santa Maria for Arlington Heights Village Board.
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Call the coup what it isMar 15, 2025 2:01 pm - The Trump/Musk assault on federal programs already funded by Congress is a coup. This is the fulfillment of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. We may not see blood ye...
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Reality overwhelming American idealismMar 15, 2025 2:00 pm - For 50 years, I have possessed a naive and idealistic view of America as a work in progress, striving to become a more pluralistic, more evolved society. That hope has be...
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Silence not acceptableMar 15, 2025 2:00 pm - Thank you, Gov. Pritzker for your courage and strength last month in forcefully calling out the hateful venom spewed daily by the current occupant of the White House. Too...
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What will we do after identifying efficiencies?Mar 15, 2025 2:00 pm - Government efficiency is an oxymoron. Whether you face right or left, no one can deny there is probably waste (inefficiency) in the government — yet-to-be-identified frau...
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Looking aheadMar 15, 2025 1:59 pm - In two or three years, after the current president has implemented all of his executive orders and our government is in a constitutional crisis, and the economy is tankin...
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Go back to racingMar 15, 2025 1:59 pm - Dear NASCAR: If you’d like my interest back, that is IF, ditch the stages, yea, the rolling one used to overhype the drivers and more importantly, the races broken down i...
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Shameful acts by president, GOPMar 15, 2025 1:54 pm - I truly hope that a peace deal can be negotiated in Ukraine and in Gaza. These wars have gone on far too long. And if Trump does it, I will give him credit. However, ...
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Pritzker’s budget sleight of hand ignores Illinois’ fiscal problemsMar 15, 2025 1:01 pm - While Gov. JB Pritzker points fingers at Washington, D.C., as the source of Illinois’ problems, his budgeting tells a different story, says Matt Paprocki, president/CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute.
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Daily Herald endorsement: Boe for Sleepy Hollow village presidentMar 14, 2025 1:08 pm - For the first time in nearly a quarter of a century, Stephan Pickett’s name will not appear on the ballot for Sleepy Hollow village president. As this longtime suburban l...