Category Archives: Opinion

By Ron Ulmer Our Country, Illinois and McLean County continue to struggle to recover from the recession. The U. S. economy has been creating about 200,000 new jobs per month with an annual economic gr...

By Nancy Cruse When I was a kid growing up with 5 brothers on the farm, we used to create secret messages using codes we had devised using letters and numbers. We thought we were brilliant! We could b...

By Pamela Sweetwood This forum is about the recent release of a recording. It’s not about the people or context, rather the tone and reaction. It did create a substantial stir, mostly for the le...

By Elisabeth Reed All right ladies, this one's for you. Have you ever looked at your closet to see the many pieces of clothing and still feel like you have nothing to wear? Nothing matches. It doesn't...

By David Stanczak Several years ago, I was taken to task by an Illini fan for suggesting that maybe, just maybe, Illini fans and Cub fans were kindred spirits. How dare I compare Illini fans with peop...

By Jim FisherMy name is Jim Fisher and I am not running for president.But If I did this would be my platform: Send pink slips to a lot of government employees, starting with the IRS. When this country...

(Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Ron Ulmer The Normal Town Council recently approved a $1.4 million consulting fee to evaluate alternative pedestrian crossings for trail and rail users at Gateway Pl...

By Mike Matejka This election people talk about a divided America. That point came home to me when candidate Trump said that inner-city Americans were "living in hell." I scoffed at the notion at firs...

(WJBC file photo) By David Stanczak Yesterday, Bob and Julie Dobski shocked the entire community by announcing that they are selling their franchises and getting out of the McDonald's business. They h...

(Photo courtesy La Real noticia/flickr)By Mary Kay ScharfDuring the presidential campaign of 2008, I thought the country could never be more politically divided. How wrong I was! The polarization of t...