Category Archives: Opinion
WJBC Forum: The Iran nuclear deal
(Photo Courtesy Flickr/JamesOMalley)By Mike MatejkaThe final show down is approaching over the nuclear deal with Iran, which the Obama Administration has negotiated. Republicans and some Democrats are...
Sep 10, 2015
WJBC Forum: Kentucky county clerk and same sex marriage
(Photo courtesy Facebook/GayMarriageUSA) By Bob Bradley In a short period of time my daughter will be getting married. She will marry her soul mate. They share a love that will sustain them through an...
Sep 09, 2015
WJBC Forum: The real steel magnolias
By Michael J. Whelan I'm sure we all remember this movie about six Southern ladies who stuck together and helped each other, and anyone else they knew, in many different ways. Well, you may recall fro...
Sep 03, 2015
WJBC Forum: Disagree versus disagreeable
By Mary Kay ScharfAs I contemplated a topic for today's forum, I started thinking of what controversial issue I might weigh in on when the enormity of controversial topics began flooding my thoughts. ...
Sep 02, 2015
WJBC Forum: Fall roller coaster ride
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Ron Cogswell) By David Stanczak There's a guy in Oxford, Mississippi who needs a new Cubs t-shirt. I saw him one fall when I was taking my daughter back to school. He was coming...
Sep 02, 2015
WJBC Forum: Pamela Sweetwood
This is Pamela Sweetwood for WJBCs forum. This week I was able to see The End of the Tour, the new movie featuring David Foster Wallace the acclaimed author who made Bloomington Normal home. In the mo...
Aug 31, 2015
WJBC Forum: Staring into the abyss – Command & Control
By Mike Matejka Occasionally I'll share a recent book I read on the WJBC Forum, and I'd like to recommend a real life thriller, which might leave you actually frightened, Eric Schlosser's "Command &am...
Aug 27, 2015
WJBC Forum: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
By Dale Avery Reminder! September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month! It is that time of year again - wow, howquickly a year flies by!If you have listened to my forums over the years you may remember ...
Aug 26, 2015
WJBC Forum: Explaining “The Donald’s” rise
(Photo courtesy Flickr/Gage Skidmore)By Bill FikeHow does a "compassionate conservative" like myself, explain "The Donald's" recent rise in the polls after his debacle in the Fox News' debate? I think...
Aug 21, 2015
WJBC Forum: Letting go
By Michael J. Whelan Next Friday the 28 marks the beginning of my 50 year high school class reunion. Wow! Fifty years! The Trinity High School class of 1965 was the largest graduating class in the his...
Aug 20, 2015
