Articles filed under Opinion
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Daily Herald opinion: The pride of place: The ‘routine’ of local improvements shows a region constantly striving for better thingsAug 19, 2026 4:00 am - Significant park improvements in Libertyville. A new fire station in Buffalo Grove. New school facilities in communities throughout the suburbs and major rail line upgra...
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Trial time for Trump: The Democrats' impeachment imperativeAug 19, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” the recently published account by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of the last 20 months of Trump's gleeful, largely unchecked abuse of power, is a compendium of arrogance, titanic self-dealing, the crude deployment of government for personal gain and the assault on the rule of law so overwhelming as to challenge the conventional wisdom that if Democrats retake control of the House, impeachment of Trump is a bad idea because “it won't work.”
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The ballroom and the corruptionAug 18, 2026 10:56 am - If you actually believed our president when he said that the “ballroom” would not be paid for with taxpayer dollars, you might want to put the “deed” in the drawer where ...
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We’re falling behind on climate changeAug 18, 2026 10:55 am - From the New York Times, July 30: “Ravenous fires. Searing heat waves. Freakish storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several Europea...
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Daily Herald opinion: Should you accept a politician’s ‘gold standard’ vaccine policy? Ask your doctorAug 18, 2026 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: A certain question stands out in the wake of the president’s directive last week regarding childhood vaccinations: If your child is sick, who will you trust? Your doctor or a politician?
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A spirited back-to-school giveawayAug 18, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jessica A. Johnson: My church in Columbus, Ohio, Vision of Breath with Life Ministries, hosts an annual back-to-school giveaway in August on the far east side of town, in the Leawood neighborhood
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Presidential chutzpahAug 18, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: When Truth Social, President Donald Trump's media mouthpiece, announced that it would be selling advance access to Trump's posts, I thought they were kidding.
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Today’s editorial cartoonAug 18, 2026 4:00 am -
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Why not do the math better on immigration?Aug 17, 2026 12:34 pm - The recent immigration crisis in Spain made me think about our immigration policy, especially given the current environment. Like most Americans, I don't believe in open ...
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Teachers should opt out of union feesAug 17, 2026 12:33 pm - I encourage all public-school teachers to ditch their government unions this August, during national union opt-out month. Thanks to the SCOTUS decision “Janus v. AFSCME,”...