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Daily Herald opinion: ‘We just can’t ignore what is happening’: County program offers comfort, practical help to mothers needing support

Daily Herald opinion: ‘We just can’t ignore what is happening’: County program offers comfort, practical help to mothers needing support

It is probably a common reflection for first-time parents — and maybe veterans as well — as they leave the hospital cradling their newborn: “Are they really sending this ...

 
Daily Herald opinion: The Trump naming syndrome: Why is the unprecedented zeal to honor the president's name met with only yawns?

Daily Herald opinion: The Trump naming syndrome: Why is the unprecedented zeal to honor the president's name met with only yawns?

Daily Herald Opinion: One of the more curious apparent Trump affectations that seems to get virtually no attention, despite its echoes of self-aggrandizing global despots, is his penchant to have things named after himself.

 
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Daily Herald opinion: A Mother’s Day message

Daily Herald opinion: A Mother’s Day message

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this Mother’s Day, we offer this reprise of our Mother’s Day commentary on May 8, 2021, lightly edited and updated. A mother, said China's First La...

 

Letters to the Editor

Athletic fees could hurt participation

For junior high students, even small barriers can prevent them from taking chances. As the father of two former junior high athletes and one soon to be, I’ve seen what ju...

 

Understand Iran

I feel sorry for the woman who wrote the letter on May 7 about the hypocrisy of the US regarding nuclear weapons. She enumerated the many thousands of nuclear warheads th...

 
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We need progress on improving education

We need to quickly address the declining skills and education levels coming out of our public schools. While I don’t support the “defund” idea, we need very specific fixe...

 

Columns

What the experts missed about Trump in Indiana

What the experts missed about Trump in Indiana

Syndicated columnist Salena Zito: Last week’s primary in the Hoosier State once again proved that the press, both local and national, still does not understand the impact that President Donald Trump has on the electorate.

 
‘News you can use’ can appear in unexpected ways

‘News you can use’ can appear in unexpected ways

“News you can use” is something of a marketing cliche related to newspapers, but the phrase, like most cliches, has some basis in fact. In addition to stories about polit...

 
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Our savings matter, but this bipartisan push misses the mark

Our savings matter, but this bipartisan push misses the mark

Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:

 

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