Articles filed under Opinion
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Social Security can’t afford tax cut to benefitsAug 11, 2024 4:00 am - Social Security is facing enormous shortfalls. It is insolvent. Within the next 10 years, no one will be able to avoid this reality — despite decades of politically exped...
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Daily Herald opinion: Nixon's advice: A half century later, what lessons are we to take from the only presidential resignation in history?Aug 10, 2024 7:44 pm - Friday marked the half century anniversary of Richard Nixon's resignation. Fifty years ago, a distance of almost a lifetime. Those of us who witnessed it then in the flow...
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Short memoriesAug 10, 2024 4:13 pm - I find it astonishing that Republicans are trying to find reasons to question the legality of the replacement on the Democratic presidential ticket, when we all remember ...
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Humanitarian crisis not on Israel aloneAug 10, 2024 4:13 pm - Before Israel attacked, I had written my representatives asking them to use their voice to stop Israel. Not because they weren’t justified in acting but because world opi...
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Principles on life in generalAug 10, 2024 11:39 am - There is a simple principle regarding life in general: “You may not take a deliberate action to terminate an innocent human life.” This covers the entire spectrum of life...
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The importance of agritourismAug 10, 2024 11:38 am - We are small flower farm owners in Barrington Hills, advocating for a text amendment to support agritourism, particularly for our U-pick flower farm. This initiative supp...
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This third party deserves supportAug 10, 2024 11:37 am - Dear McHenry County voters: If you’re a person who votes their conscience, is disappointed with the quality of candidates and weather vane parties you are given to choose...
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Look for the truthAug 10, 2024 11:37 am - A recent letter writer made two claims about Kamala Harris’s policies that are simply not true. The writer claims that Harris will ban fracking. This is false. Her policy...
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Wrong focus on home schoolingAug 10, 2024 11:36 am - Tera Costa Howard and her fellow Democrats want to punish families who want better for their children. During COVID she sponsored legislation to arrest people who protest...
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Takeaways from Harris at NABJAug 10, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: