Articles filed under Opinion
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Let’s negotiateOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Many Americans don’t want immigrants here illegally to get free health care of any kind. Well, we have a government that can negotiate with other governments. Can’t the g...
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Paying 'victims' to sueOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: There is a special place in hell for phony victims who take money from settlements meant for the legitimate victims of sexual abuse. Ahead of them, however, come the lawyers who make such scams work and pocket as much as half the settlements themselves.
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Daily Herald opinion: Not dead after all: Happy to see new burst of energy for Chicago-to-Rockford rail lineOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Daily Herald opinion: This week, a proposed Chicago-to-Rockford rail project simultaneously took a step forward and one back, but we’re pleased to see that it hasn’t been dead after all, just delayed.
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Shutdown demand won’t lower health care costs; here’s what willOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Are Democrats sabotaging efforts to reduce health care costs by insisting on extending the COVID-era Obamacare subsidies? Critics argue the $410 billion move is a massive giveaway to insurance companies that won't address skyrocketing medical costs.
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The ‘Catch 22’ of unions and costsOct 10, 2025 4:00 am - I was kind of shocked by Frank Manzo's column on Illinois workers rights in the Daily Herald of Oct. 5. Mr. Manzo seems to promote Illinois workers’ rights and unionizati...
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Today’s editorial cartoonOct 09, 2025 3:58 pm -
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Must forum be silenced?Oct 09, 2025 11:34 am - Since the online forum of the Daily Herald was suddenly stopped, I recall when engaged with someone whose opinion differed greatly from mine, that I would respond by sayi...
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Protests do make a differenceOct 09, 2025 11:33 am - Over the past months, I overcame my hesitancy and stood in various locations in the Western suburbs with fellow participants in protests. At each one, we showed our opini...
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Illinois should hit the gas on driverless carsOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Kouri Marshall: With world-class universities and a thriving logistics sector, the Chicago area could lead the Midwest in AV deployment, paving the way for safer, greener and more equitable transportation across the region.
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The meat of newspaper week is in what happens every dayOct 09, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: It’s difficult, if not impossible, to summarize why National Newspaper Week is important. That answer comes from the work local journalists do every day.