Category Archives: Opinion

By Mike Matejka Happy New Year!  I hope 2015 brings us a more peaceful world.  Despite all our modern means of communication, we often seem more distant within our own human family. &nb...

(Photo courtesy Flickr/suacctnt) By Bill Fike Since I was very young, at the end of each year, I contemplate about what the New Year would bring. Sometimes I would write down my predictions, sometimes...

(Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By David StanczakAs I thought about what I would say in my Christmas address to the nation, it occurred to me that nothing I say, here or elsewhere, is likely ever to be etched i...

As I thought about what I would say in my Christmas address to the nation, it occurred to me that nothing I say, here or elsewhere, is likely ever to be etched in anything, anywhere.  But I do ha...

(Flickr/DM)I’m Dan Irvin.I’d like to be single-minded about the holidays. But, there’s so much going on it seems.Sports never take a vacation. When’s the last time Illinois Sta...

(WJBC file photo)By Camille TaylorDo you remember the Seinfeld T.V. show when they celebrated “Festivus?” The main characters celebrated around an aluminum pole and had the traditional &ld...

(Adam Studzinski/WJBC) By Dale Every So this is Christmas and what have you done? This time of year I know many of you are hearing the famous song by John Lennon “The War is Over”, a Chris...

(Photo courtesy Flickr/Alexandre Duret-Lutz) By Michael J. Whelan It’s that time of year again, all kinds of fun and festive events and parties, and never enough time to get to all of them. But,...

(Adam Studzinski/WJBC)By David StanczakI am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, or maybe I’m Don Quixote, or maybe just the Grinch.  Monday night, the Bloomington City Council compos...