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Daily Herald opinion: Stepping up for schools: Governor’s Blue Ribbon program boosts education by celebrating excellence and inspiring progress

Daily Herald opinion: Stepping up for schools: Governor’s Blue Ribbon program boosts education by celebrating excellence and inspiring progress

Daily Herald opinion: With the launch of the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Schools initiative, Illinois reaffirmed its commitment to recognizing excellence in education across public, private and parochial schools. We commend the state for continuing the recognition.

 
Daily Herald opinion: For now …: A momentous peace is far from secure, but we can be grateful for a small step toward ending a war

Daily Herald opinion: For now …: A momentous peace is far from secure, but we can be grateful for a small step toward ending a war

For now, let’s be hopeful and thankful. We have so few opportunities for pure joy in international politics, we can sometimes feel that we have to take whatever comfort w...

 
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Daily Herald opinion: A celebration of Chicago: The disparagement in our national politics of our city by the lake sadly obscures all that is fabulous about it

Daily Herald opinion: A celebration of Chicago: The disparagement in our national politics of our city by the lake sadly obscures all that is fabulous about it

As frequent visitors to our neighboring metropolis to the east and occasional tourists elsewhere around the country and around the globe, we would -- with pride and witho...

 

Letters to the Editor

Rooftop courage?

I watched the video of a masked agent shooting an unarmed minister in the head with pepper balls. Perhaps the out-stretched arms in prayer were too intimidating and frigh...

 

A life measured in moderation

The residents of North Aurora and Kane County have recently lost a real gentleman and a genuine leader. Every time I would speak with Dale Berman, our conversations and h...

 
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Hypocritical on health

What hypocrisy. An overweight commander in chief had the audacity to dismiss the fitness of the United States Military. Here is a person who did not serve one day in the ...

 

Columns

It had to end

It had to end

Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.

 
Zohran, ‘Tish’ and the new resistance

Zohran, ‘Tish’ and the new resistance

Syndicated columnist Byron York: This week saw the debut of a new alliance in the ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump

 
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A lesson about lessons and getting outside our comfort zones

A lesson about lessons and getting outside our comfort zones

Columnist Jim Slusher: I have written in the past about the many unexpected things we can learn about subjects other than what a news story is actually about. Today, I write about how unexpected lessons can form the central theme of news events themselves, and the lesson we all can take when that happens.

 

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