Articles filed under Opinion
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The people have spokenNov 17, 2024 4:00 am - “In a democracy, people get the leaders they deserve.” — Joseph de Maistre, 1811 May God protect us. Lawrence F. Buettner Inverness ...
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What doesn’t countNov 17, 2024 4:00 am - After the dust had settled from the presidential election, I was driving past an elementary school in Arlington Heights and across the entrance to school was the phrase “...
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What truly should define us as AmericansNov 17, 2024 4:00 am - I read every letter on your “Opinion” page for Monday, Nov. 11, and all, save one, sounded like they were written by a bunch of kids who didn’t get what they wanted and a...
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Today’s editorial cartoonNov 17, 2024 4:00 am -
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Daily Herald opinion: Real shopping dangers: Beware counterfeit products that could cast a dark cloud over your holiday gift givingNov 16, 2024 2:30 pm - OK, so you’re keen to get some holiday shopping out of the way early and you’ve just found a Louis Vuitton purse online that Aunt Edna would love for a price you just can...
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Population decline and its implications for the futureNov 16, 2024 2:00 pm - This past August, I wrote a column about a 1974 Saturday Review issue that assembled a group of luminaries to forecast what America and the world would be like 50 years h...
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Playin' it safe: One writer's guide to cowardiceNov 16, 2024 2:00 pm - As an enemy of the people, or “journalist” as we were called in the pre-Trumpian eras of light, I am at some risk of being silenced. How soon? Well, that depends on how m...
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Today’s editorial cartoonNov 16, 2024 4:00 am -
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Return to greatnessNov 16, 2024 4:00 am - I am writing to express my disappointment with the Daily Herald pre- and post- election coverage. With your endorsement of Kamala Harris, and your running of WaPo article...
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Don’t give up fight over driver testsNov 16, 2024 4:00 am - Once again, we read in the Daily Herald that the legislation needed to eliminate senior road tests is still being stalled. We now know the top leader who is blocking the ...