Conversation at our house lately has centered around homecoming and going home.… MORE
Category Archives: Opinion
WJBC Forum: On the verge of deliverance
The 2016 Cubs are the latest team to be asked by long-suffering Cub fans the question put to John the Baptist: “Are you the One who is to come, or shall we look for another?”… MORE
WJBC Forum: Superstitions
Let me add my hearty CONGRATULATIONS to the Chicago Cubs and all fans—both living and in heaven—as that is where all long-suffering Cubs fans surely are—for their national league pennant win.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Vote
Recently Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declared the election is rigged.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Let’s keep our culture positive
Now I’m not very athletic, but I have been in my share of locker rooms and male only conversations.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Economic outlook for state and local governments
Our Country, Illinois and McLean County continue to struggle to recover from the recession.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Writing in code
When I was a kid growing up with 5 brothers on the farm, we used to create secret messages using codes we had devised using letters and numbers.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Consent
This forum is about the recent release of a recording.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Dress like a man
All right ladies, this one’s for you.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Kindred spirits
Several years ago, I was taken to task by an Illini fan for suggesting that maybe, just maybe, Illini fans and Cub fans were kindred spirits.… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…