Category Archives: Opinion

(City of Bloomington) By David Stanczak Monday night, the Bloomington City Council approved a 90 day temporary contract with VenuWorks to run the U.S. Cellular Coliseum until a 5-year agreement can be...

By Dan IrvinMy wife shares my love of college basketball so we just spent a second consecutive weekend of immersion in the tournament.Along about bedtime on Sunday I couldn't find my cell phone. We fi...

By Mary Kay Scharf A few weeks ago we had our first amazing spring day and the patterns of our neighborhood were reestablished once again...if only short lived. We live in a "normal" neighborhood in N...

By Mike MatejkaEvery election season heats up and partisan feelings can easily create hot tempers. I am especially anxious about this election, to make sure we truly analyze our political problems, an...

(WJBC file photo)By Dale AveryRecently, my wife Laura and I took in a Bloomington Edge indoor football game. I am a huge NFL and College football fan, but it was Laura who turned me onto indoor footba...

This is Pamela Sweetwood for WJBC's forum.I was one of many at the Trump rally on Sunday – not as a supporter or protester. I wanted to experience it – see and hear it for myself. This is ...

By Nancy CruseHappy St. Patrick's Day!With all the political campaigning and primaries going on I've been thinking a lot about the qualifications of a good leader.St. Patrick himself had a bit of a ro...

(Photo courtesy Flickr/anarchosyn) By David Stanczak Monday's Minigraph reported that the University of Illinois is conducting a study to determine whether it is now time to begin seeking ideas for a ...

By Dan IrvinIt is primary election day locally and in Illinois. In the current political climate, it seems more important than maybe any time in your life that your choices be registered.I am so, so s...

By Mike Matejka Is the American glass half-full or half-empty? As we go into the Illinois primary, I wonder not only about our nation's reality, but the perceptions of our reality, that are motivating...