Category Archives: Opinion
WJBC Forum: Local government units
(Joe Ragusa/WJBC)By Bob BradleyMore elections are held in the United States more often for more positions than any other nation in the world. The nation is also number one in the world for the amount ...
Nov 06, 2015
WJBC Forum: Quality of life is worth the taxes
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Friends of Constitution Trail) By Mike Matejka On occasional mornings, just as dawn is breaking, I'll often head over to the Constitution Trail and pedal for six or eight mile...
Nov 05, 2015
WJBC Forum: Facebook
(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Camille Taylor In 2004 Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Harvard roommates, launched a social networking site now known as Facebook. It reached its height about ten years ago as the...
Nov 03, 2015
WJBC Forum: Climate change
By Jim FisherI was just thinking about how cool this past summer has been. The Temperatures seemed much lower for most of the summer that I didn't even get a chance to take my boat out. I have become ...
Nov 02, 2015
WJBC Forum: Physical time
By Dale AveryAnnual Physical Time...I don't know many people that get overly excited about the annual physical appointment on their calendar. The thought of being poked, prodded, tested, and checked a...
Oct 30, 2015
WJBC Forum: Tuition to pay and casinos to visit
By Michael J. WhelanWith those words memorialized in her own e-mail to one of her alleged co-conspirators, the (former) Superintendent of the Chicago Public School system pleaded guilty to a variety o...
Oct 29, 2015
WJBC Forum: These newfangled technologies
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Johan Larsson)By Dan IrvinYou know when somebody you know is binge-watching one of your favorite old TV shows? They've never seen it and you're kind of reliving the experience o...
Oct 27, 2015
WJBC Forum: TED talks
By Mary Kay ScharfI would like to bring you forums each month with the talent, clarity, and compelling nature observed in TED talks...which are videos of somewhat ordinary people with extraordinary de...
Oct 26, 2015
WJBC Forum: A downtown hotel can be Bloomington’s spark plug
(Joe Ragusa/WJBC) By Mike Matejka Is a downtown Bloomington hotel, or hotels going to happen, and can it happen without governmental support? The Bloomington city council will face that issue again in...
Oct 22, 2015
ISU Basketball Cancun Challenge with Suzi Davis Travel
Dan Swaney has your chance to win a trip for two on the Cancun Challenge! Listen to Dan from 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm for him to play the Cancun basketball sounder. Call in to qualify. Winner will be d...
Oct 22, 2015
