Articles filed under Opinion
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The last safe placeFeb 11, 2025 4:00 am - A few years ago, some people acted like they were horrified when a poll showed that a lot of high school and college students wanted to work for the government when they ...
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Parental-consent apps are simple solutionFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - As a community advocate and the president of the Dennis De La Rosa Scholarship, I see the transformative power of mentorship in young lives across Chicago every day. But ...
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Township board’s support appreciatedFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - I don’t usually write to the newspaper but I have to give a big thank you to the Elk Grove Township government and its employees. My mother has macular degeneration and c...
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Save money: Eliminate emissions testsFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - As the state legislature considers a change in driving testing for seniors, why not review the current requirement in the metropolitan Chicago area relating to emission c...
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Ego and the future of the countryFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - In response to the Feb. 6 JB Pritzker ego article by the chairwoman of the Illinois Republican Party: I agree that JB Pritzker has an ego. What successful person doesn’t?...
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Personal attacks are not constructiveFeb 10, 2025 4:00 am - An open letter to Lori Fink of Elgin I began reading with interest your open letter to Sen. Durbin published in the Daily Herald’s Opinion Page on Feb. 3. My focus waned ...
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Who are these evil USAID workers?Feb 10, 2025 4:00 am - The Herald reported that Elon Musk “has called the agency (USAID) a criminal organization that needs to die.” The Herald also reported Musk calling those in USAID “worm...
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Electric school buses are important trendFeb 09, 2025 4:00 am - Thank you to the Daily Herald for the Jan. 12 article, “Suburban school districts slowly rolling out electric school buses.” We appreciate the attention paid to this impo...
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Who, really, are the federal employees now under fire?Feb 09, 2025 4:00 am - As Secretary Hegseth takes charge of the Pentagon, he aims to create an "iron dome" missile defense system to protect the U.S., but faces technological and diplomatic challenges - and will it make us safer anyway?
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RFK Jr. not qualifiedFeb 09, 2025 4:00 am - Please, everyone who reads this, please do all you can to discourage the Senate approval of Kennedy as the head of HHS for the next four years. I assume most of us have r...