Editorials
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Daily Herald opinion: Vance’s selection emphasizes the importance of the V.P. nominee in this electionJul 17, 2024 10:26 am - Donald Trump's choice of a running mate has been a source of speculation and political game playing for months. Now that the president and the Republican Party have made ...
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Daily Herald opinion: Questions remain about why DuPage lost millions of dollars in pot revenueJul 15, 2024 1:20 pm - There was a sense of urgency among DuPage officials when they gathered in May 2022 to discuss the county losing millions of dollars in marijuana tax revenue. At the time,...
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Daily Herald opinion: Abhorrent violence disrupts tenor of campaign, but not our systemJul 13, 2024 10:02 pm - The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee had never held much promise for political deliberation. The abhorrent violence in Butler, Pennsylvania, only diminishes fu...
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Daily Herald opinion: Who will debate our point? Social media is not designed for the thoughtful discourse traditional media has tried to fosterJul 11, 2024 6:29 pm - For as long as we have published an Opinion page, print or digital, we have encouraged letters to the editor. We have seen this as part of our obligation to spur the civi...
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Daily Herald opinion: Remembering the Vietnam generationJul 09, 2024 2:33 pm - Baby Boomers among us will be forgiven if they have a hard time thinking of the Vietnam era as “history.” The war ended in 1975, or 49 short years ago. In the minds of to...
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Daily Herald opinion: Supreme Court ruling means voters must double down on weighing a presidential candidate’s characterJul 08, 2024 7:15 am - The Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity means character should play a large role for voters going forward, this editorial states.
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Daily Herald opinion: Protesters targeting Schneider in the middle of the night went too farJul 05, 2024 9:44 am - Protests over the war in Gaza have taken many forms in the past nine months, some peaceful, others quite ugly. But the protesters that targeted the Highland Park home of...
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Daily Herald opinion: On Independence Day, we celebrate our nation’s birth and recommit to its futureJul 03, 2024 10:32 am - Editor’s Note: The editorial below is an updated version of one first published on July 4, 2014: John Adams, an imperfect but reverent statesman, is one of our favor...
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Daily Herald opinion: We owe a debt of gratitude to those protecting the Great LakesJul 02, 2024 7:24 pm - As we head into the holiday weekend, it is important to remember those who protect Lake Michigan against invasive species, this Daily Herald editorial states.
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Daily Herald opinion: Supreme Court's self-described strict constructionist majority dangerously redefines the presidencyJul 01, 2024 8:01 pm - “When the president does it, that means it is not illegal, by definition.” — Richard Nixon to David Frost, 1977 Was former president Nixon saying in effect that U.S....