Articles filed under Opinion
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Where are the grownups?Jan 07, 2026 6:52 pm - I write out of alarm at the accelerating erosion of congressional oversight and constitutional checks and balances. A president who campaigned on avoiding foreign wars ha...
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Feel safer now?Jan 07, 2026 6:52 pm - Operation Midway, making Illinois safe from “those” foreign immigrant gang members, only cost $59 million. Forget the sound bites from left- or even right-leaning news ou...
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Thank you, hourly workersJan 07, 2026 10:29 am - I am writing to recognize and express my appreciation to the hourly workers of America. These are the people who build America, our homes, our offices, our highways and ...
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Congress must act to control presidentJan 07, 2026 10:29 am - The Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela, in the middle of the night, and the capture (kidnapping) of Maduro and his wife is extremely worrying on multiple levels. Trump is shredd...
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Perilous lessonsJan 07, 2026 9:52 am - The U.S. has been meddling in the affairs of Central American countries since the 1954 Guatemalan coup, during which the CIA deposed a democratically elected leader to in...
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Climate question is a culture problemJan 07, 2026 9:51 am - Michael Barone claims that we’ve reached the “never mind” moment on climate change, quoting Bill Gates and others who say the situation isn’t as bad as scientists have pr...
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Venezuela: It all depends on the meaning of the word 'run'Jan 07, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: There have been two parts to the political world's reaction to the American operation that deposed and captured Nicolas Maduro.
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Today’s editorial cartoonJan 07, 2026 4:00 am -
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Tatiana and TrumpJan 07, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: On Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library announced the death of the late President's 35-year-old granddaughter. Tributes flooded in from around the world. And what did President Donald Trump do? He took to social media to attack the Kennedy family.
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Daily Herald opinion: Our national identity: Increasing imperialistic tendencies require Congress to assert itself into foreign policyJan 06, 2026 7:12 pm - Editor’s Note: This editorial has been updated to correctly identify Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary. As famously observed 2,000 years ago, there hav...