Articles filed under Opinion
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Daily Herald opinion: The Trump naming syndrome: Why is the unprecedented zeal to honor the president's name met with only yawns?May 12, 2026 8:54 am - Daily Herald Opinion: One of the more curious apparent Trump affectations that seems to get virtually no attention, despite its echoes of self-aggrandizing global despots, is his penchant to have things named after himself.
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America still playing catchup as EV battery technologies growMay 12, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson:
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Today’s editorial cartoonMay 12, 2026 4:00 am -
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Saving environment needs full fundingMay 11, 2026 12:34 pm - The current administration is on a mission to set back our scientifically proven needs to clean up the environment and save our planet. They have proposed cuts of $4.6 bi...
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GOP policies help rich at expense of needyMay 11, 2026 12:34 pm - Regarding a recent letter headlined, “Pray for resolution”: It is not a resolution if one side has to acquiesce to others, who support the ever-widening gap between the r...
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Project is investment in our communitiesMay 11, 2026 12:34 pm - Every year in Illinois, approximately 15,000 people leave prison and attempt to rebuild their lives. For many, that effort begins with a major obstacle: finding a stable ...
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Little treats, big impact: How Illinois can retain teachers without breaking the budgetMay 11, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Yameira Church: When we build micro-moments of celebration, we teach children what community looks like. We show them how to see each other. Adults need the same.
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Bill promotes density, not affordabilityMay 10, 2026 12:34 pm - The BUILD Act, HB 5626, now before the Illinois General Assembly, would override the zoning authority of every Illinois municipality, including Naperville. As I read it, ...
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A lie about the popeMay 10, 2026 12:34 pm - In his latest attack against Pope Leo, Trump claims that the pope is endangering Catholics because the pope “thinks it's fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon.” Trump's ...
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Daily Herald opinion: A Mother’s Day messageMay 10, 2026 4:00 am - EDITOR’S NOTE: On this Mother’s Day, we offer this reprise of our Mother’s Day commentary on May 8, 2021, lightly edited and updated. A mother, said China's First La...