Articles filed under Opinion
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Acknowledge president’s achievementsAug 11, 2026 1:44 pm - Are the media not reporting on President Donald Trump’s achievements? Should he be given more credit for his achievements in the media? Steven Cohn Buffalo Grove ...
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Sound familiar?Aug 11, 2026 1:43 pm - I just watched a program about the Gilded Age, a term taken from a novel by Mark Twain. The period lasted from 1870 to 1900. What struck me was how much the era described...
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Focus on teaching how, not what to thinkAug 11, 2026 1:42 pm - Teaching students a controversial topic is one thing. Teaching them what to think is another This past school year, during one of my classes, the other students and I wer...
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Stop the dictator this NovemberAug 11, 2026 1:39 pm - Keith Raffel's column, “Time to break Trump's anti-Midas spell” (Daily Herald 07/30/2026) was a scathing indictment of this administration's corruption, incompetency, imm...
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Democrats must disavow the DSAAug 11, 2026 1:39 pm - The Democratic Party appears to accommodate socialism, not the Nordic model of social democracy that is grounded in capitalism. Specifically, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sen...
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Qualities of Fox River recognizedAug 11, 2026 1:37 pm - I was so glad to read recently about how good the Fox River is. This article referred to the Midwest Living publication as the source. It said our Fox River ranks as one ...
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Activate AmericaAug 11, 2026 1:37 pm - At a time when civic participation feels more important than ever, we each have a role to play in strengthening our democracy. Voting is one of the most direct and powerf...
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Celebrity appointees not fit for governmentAug 11, 2026 1:35 pm - So, now Jeanine Pirro, another Donald Trump appointee, drops the chargers of vandalism, a felony, against former Olympian David Hearn on Friday. A rush job by Trump’s no-...
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State to blame for some abortion deathsAug 11, 2026 1:34 pm - This is in response to the etter of July 30 by Denise Berry. While she partly blames the overturning of Roe vs. Wade as part of an increase in the injuries and even death...
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Daily Herald opinion: St. Charles officials remain focused on improving eastern gateway of the cityAug 11, 2026 8:04 am - Daily Herald opinion: As St. Charles reviews a proposal to redevelop the former Pheasant Run Resort site, city council members say the eastern entrance to the city needs to be unique and different from neighboring towns.