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Daily Herald opinion: Patrolling legislative ethics: Departure of yet another inspector general emphasizes the urgent need for reform

Daily Herald opinion: Patrolling legislative ethics: Departure of yet another inspector general emphasizes the urgent need for reform

Another legislative inspector general in Illinois has resigned and all we can say is, can we finally get this right? The legislative inspector general is tasked with inve...

 
Daily Herald opinion: A neighborhood safety issue points up challenges of responding to public concerns

Daily Herald opinion: A neighborhood safety issue points up challenges of responding to public concerns

On the surface, calls for a traffic light near then Marian Park apartments in Wheaton can have a very parochial feel. It is, after all, one light affecting one suburban n...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: Grandparents Day: Let's do more to recognize and celebrate the role grandparents play in our families

Daily Herald opinion: Happy Grandparents Day, whether you're a grandparent or a grandchild.

 

Letters to the Editor

Consider context in using ‘S’ word

I very much appreciate and agree with Keith Peterson‘s Sept. 9 editorial. Conservative, right-wing people are demonizing the “S” word without context. Most of the federal...

 

Examine what’s behind political changes

Michael Barone makes an interesting comparison between the rise of the Bolsheviks and some of today’s Democratic Socialists. But I think he misses the more important less...

 
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When will we have had enough?

Even though it's illegal, or at least contingent on congressional approval, President Trump is promising $5,000 to every American if Republicans win the midterms. How man...

 

Columns

AI: Its dilemma and its existential threat to humanity

AI: Its dilemma and its existential threat to humanity

The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. — E .O. Wilson, at the Harvard Muse...

 
Trump, inflation and the midterms

Trump, inflation and the midterms

Syndicated columnist Byron York: For President Donald Trump, inflation is a stubborn problem. Trump campaigned on a promise to bring down inflation and millions of Americans voted for him to do just that.

 
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Wherever you visit, a region’s spirit shows in its newspaper

Wherever you visit, a region’s spirit shows in its newspaper

We are all well aware that traditional newspapers have been adapting to a period of monumental change over the last two decades, but it is still true that if you want to ...

 

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