Articles filed under Opinion
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Chicago carries the nation’s freight; merger must carry its weightAug 28, 2026 11:31 am - Guest columnist Erin Aleman: The proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railways deserves close attention because decisions about the national freight network will be felt locally in our railyards, Metra corridors, roadways, crossings and neighborhoods.
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Make Illinois a two-party state againAug 28, 2026 10:27 am - Well, we now see the attack ads appearing on television telling us all how Darren Bailey is just too radical for Illinois. Just why is Bailey too radical? Bailey supports...
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We the People enable Trump, who then betrays usAug 28, 2026 10:27 am - Free of charge, We the People provide police to keep Trump safe and secure. Safe and secure, Trump uses police to terrorize, criminalize, disappear, subjugate, suppress, ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Cornered DuPage board deserves answers on clerk’s election-spending needsAug 28, 2026 8:50 am - Backed into a corner, the DuPage County Board appears poised to give County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek’s office $665,000 of the $2.5 million she claims to need in order to oper...
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Evidence-based funding can’t overcome state’s structural deficitAug 28, 2026 4:00 am - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: A decade after the evidence-based funding law passed, most Illinois school districts still don’t have the resources needed to fund educational practices the research shows work.
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Truths and omissions as U.S. hits $40 trillion in debtAug 28, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Today’s editorial cartoonAug 28, 2026 4:00 am -
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The mirror of the suburbs reflects a diverse range of imagesAug 27, 2026 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Over the past weekend, I was interested to note how two stories in particular provided insights into who we are in the suburbs and with vastly different, almost polar opposite, images.
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Democratic voters reject Resistance starsAug 27, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: