Articles filed under Opinion
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Better government accountability neededAug 31, 2026 10:21 am - JD Vance said that if Watergate happened today, it would be only a 12-hour news story. That statement captures how normalized corruption has become in American politics. ...
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Arms trafficking adds to dangers of return to HaitiAug 31, 2026 10:20 am - As reported in a recent article in the Daily Herald, our current administration has terminated Temporary Protective Status (TPS) for approximately 1 million people from d...
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Roman could help on some of space’s biggest questionsAug 31, 2026 10:19 am - Despite the rapid acceleration in our understanding of the universe in recent decades, big questions still abound: What is dark matter? What is dark energy and what cause...
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Families need trusted medical guidance on vaccinesAug 31, 2026 10:18 am - As pediatricians and family physicians caring for children across Illinois, we share a fundamental responsibility: to give families medical guidance grounded in the best ...
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Who do I vote for?Aug 31, 2026 10:17 am - Without mentioning names, I will supply philosophies and directions of our political parties. You then fill in the names or the parties’ affiliations. One party supports ...
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Stop Stacking Costs on Illinois Small BusinessesAug 31, 2026 10:16 am - Illinois is home to more than 1.2 million small businesses. Small businesses create jobs, serve their communities, and drive economic growth across the state. To keep tha...
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The best projects are built togetherAug 31, 2026 4:00 am - Growing up in Batavia, I watched communities across Chicagoland constantly changing. Roads widened. Bridges replaced. Rail lines expanded. New neighborhoods seemed to app...
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Can this new initiative get Congress to do something about Social Security?Aug 30, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Two modern-day Don Quixotes, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy — a Democrat and a Republican — are trying to fix Social Security. They are prepared to grab the third rail of American politics because the system is in deep trouble and, in roughly 140 days, they will no longer be senators, so they assume no risk to careers that end on Jan. 20, 2027.
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What Dolly is taking with herAug 30, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: “If you're trying to decide what to do, and you only have two choices, do the thing that's hardest,” my pop used to tell me. “The right thing is always the hardest thing.”
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Daily Herald opinion: Surveillance fears: Legislation, community leadership needed to calm growing concerns about risks of license readersAug 29, 2026 3:00 pm - Some days it is hard to know which technological wonder is more aggravating to people in the suburbs, data processing centers or Flock cameras. In recent weeks, Flock cam...