Category Archives: Opinion
WJBC Forum: Hotels, incentives, and cop shoppers
By Dan Irvin I'm happy to hear there may be some hope that at long last the old Holiday Inn property in North Normal will be developed. You know it was not all that long ago that the hotel on that sit...
Dec 08, 2015
WJBC Forum: Let’s end the corporate tax loopholes
By Mike MatejkaAmidst all the news, there was a recent business development that exemplifies why Americans are angry about taxes.You might not know the drug companies Pfizer and Allegran, but I bet yo...
Dec 03, 2015
WJBC Forum: Holiday giving
(WJBC file photo) By Mary Kay Scharf Now that we have spent a week considering how thankful we are for the blessings in our lives, it is a wonderful time to consider "paying forward" some of our grati...
Dec 01, 2015
WJBC Forum: People and things for which I’m thankful
By Dan Irvin Sometimes finding a forum topic is easy. There are half a dozen things I could talk about, but in the spirit of 'T was the Tuesday before Thanksgiving..... I'm thankful...again....for our...
Nov 24, 2015
WJBC Forum: Saying good bye to Mitsubishi
(WJBC File Photo)By Mike MatejkaAlthough next week's Thanksgiving holiday is a time for appreciating our lives, it may be a challenging one for our neighbors working at Mitsubishi. The final day for t...
Nov 19, 2015
WJBC Forum: What can you do?
By Ron Ulmer The other day one of President Kennedy's most inspirational lines popped into my head, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," As I began to rumi...
Nov 13, 2015
WJBC Forum: Thankful
By Michael J. WhelanIt's still two weeks until Thanksgiving Day, but I thought I'd be the first to bring it up.My regular Forum schedule called for me to have a commentary ready to air on Thanksgiving...
Nov 12, 2015
WJBC Forum: Double feature
(Photo courtesy Flickr/planetc1) By David Stanczak Usually when I have two topics I really want to use for a Forum, one of them can wait a couple weeks. Not so today, which is November 11. When I was ...
Nov 11, 2015
WJBC Forum: Some things change, some don’t
By Dan Irvin We saw something in the paper on Sunday about cremation being in vogue. It seems like if the trends continue that our kids or their kids will be about as familiar with funerals and cemete...
Nov 10, 2015
WJBC Forum: The Hastert Rule
(WJBC file photo)By Bill FikeA few days ago I posted on my Facebook account that the Hastert Rule, used by House Republicans to limit floor votes on certain bills, must be eliminated.I did so after I ...
Nov 06, 2015
