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Daily Herald opinion: During the long, dark winter, let holiday lights linger a while

Daily Herald opinion: During the long, dark winter, let holiday lights linger a while

Daily Herald opinion: Perhaps it’s time we take a deep breath and relax about a few extra weeks of twinkling lights. Less judgment, more acceptance.

 
Daily Herald opinion: A new recycling buzz: With new law, batteries getting focus for safety, convenience

Daily Herald opinion: A new recycling buzz: With new law, batteries getting focus for safety, convenience

Among new Illinois laws taking effect this month is an important measure adding batteries to paint and electronics as materials for which manufacturers must accommodate a...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: 'Hello, freedom man': In Trump's America, does the country still represent something larger than just its power, wealth and self-interest?

Daily Herald opinion: 'Hello, freedom man': In Trump's America, does the country still represent something larger than just its power, wealth and self-interest?

Daily Herald Opinion: For most of our history, America has represented something large, something bigger than our military might, more captivating that our ingenuity, more inspiring than our nebulous alpha pride.

 

Letters to the Editor

Columnist incorrect about aid programs

In her Jan. 9 column, Veronique de Rugy discusses the fraud revealed in several programs funded by federal grants to the State of Minnesota. The fraud primarily involved ...

 

Fake outrage

When Renee Good's last words were, “That's fine dude. I'm not mad at you,” and the ICE agent's words were “f-ing b***h” as he walked away, spare me your fake outrage when...

 
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Facts and the Fed

Jerome Powell, the head of the Federal Reserve, is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for possible criminal activity related to the $2.6 billion renova...

 

Columns

I've got addiction down to a tea

I've got addiction down to a tea

Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: The advice to “Write drunk, edit sober” is often attributed (probably incorrectly) to the hard-drinking Ernest Hemingway, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist. Here's my own riff on that advice.

 
Profane ‘salutes’ and a confusion of public standards

Profane ‘salutes’ and a confusion of public standards

Columnist Jim Slusher: In September 1976, then-Vice President Nelson Rockefeller was pictured prominently in newspapers across the country playfully and prominently aiming his middle finger toward a group of hecklers during a campaign event. Today, I’m intrigued by a confusion of incongruities the incident exposes

 
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The prime of tough-guy progressivism

The prime of tough-guy progressivism

Syndicated columnist Byron York: New poll shows voters have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats to handle key issues, despite disapproving of Trump's handling of economy, inflation, tariffs, and foreign policy.

 

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