Every election season heats up and partisan feelings can easily create hot tempers.… MORE
Category Archives: Opinion
WJBC Forum: The Bloomington Edge
Recently, my wife Laura and I took in a Bloomington Edge indoor football game.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Climate in American politics
Although a retired educator, I maintain my curiosity about many things.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Trump Rally
I was one of many at the Trump rally on Sunday – not as a supporter or protester. I wanted to experience it – see and hear it for myself. This is not about the candidate. I have and will again vote democratic, republican and other parties.… MORE
WJBC Forum: In the palm of his hand
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!… MORE
WJBC Forum: Not now, not ever
Monday’s Minigraph reported that the University of Illinois is conducting a study to determine whether it is now time to begin seeking ideas for a sports mascot.… MORE
WJBC Forum: R-E-S-P-E-C-T
It is primary election day locally and in Illinois.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Taxes
I sat down with all the w-2s and 1099 forms and bank statements to try and figure out how much money I made last year.… MORE
WJBC Forum: Is our American glass half empty or half full
Is the American glass half-full or half-empty?… MORE
WJBC Forum: Lessons learned
Recently, one of my tenants informed me that he had to move out in a few days. … 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…