Opinion

Real progress lies in shifting men’s mentality
Saturday, November 25, 2017
It is impossible to say too often or loudly how important a moment this is, when many women feel brave and empowered enough to speak up about being sexually assaulted or harassed by powerful men. ...
Story of tiny dolphins has broad implications
Saturday, November 25, 2017
It sounds like a Hollywood movie. Unfortunately, there was no happy ending. The rescue team hoped to protect the vaquitas in open sea pens. But when an adult female perished after capture, scientists ended the operation. ...
Political solutions alone won’t halt tribalism
Saturday, November 25, 2017
John Bowlby is the father of attachment theory, which explains how humans are formed by relationships early in life, and are given the tools to go out and lead their lives. The most famous Bowlby sentence is this one: “All of us, from cradle to grave, are happiest when life is organized as a series of excursions, long or short, from the secure base provided by our attachment figures.” ...
Trump gets it on automakers
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
The recent letter concerning President Donald Trump’s comments on cars obviously was written by someone with little business understanding. People need to understand that although foreign cars are put together here in the U.S., the profit and positive economics are returned to the country where the company resides ...
Let’s call him DDT
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
Donald Trump appointed Scott Pruitt as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, which Pruitt tried to sue several times before his appointment. Now, Pruitt is now discarding a host of regulations and purging scientific talent from the agency.
Walrus needs protection
Saturday, November 25, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
Climate change has caused the sea ice to melt, so walruses are now swimming onshore, where stampedes are a big threat. How can a walrus nurse her young when she is subject to dangers on shore? ...
Moore election hinges on political tribalism
Friday, November 24, 2017
Can the descent of American political culture into ugly tribalism be halted? Alabama voters will give their answer when they decide whether to send Roy Moore to the U.S. Senate. ...
Blue states practicing what red states preach
Friday, November 24, 2017
As we watch Roy Moore thumping his Bible to defend himself from accusations of child molestation, let me toss out a verbal hand grenade: To some degree, liberals practice the values that conservatives preach. ...
Film sheds light on misunderstood disease
Friday, November 24, 2017
The movie is called “Unrest.” The unrest of the title is one of the many symptoms of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, often expressed as ME/CFS. It is at one level a touching love story and at another, where its real purpose lies, a cry to be heard. ...
Sun provides balance to R-J
Friday, November 24, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
You should be glad you have both sides of opinion. ...
Why not eye Social Security?
Friday, November 24, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
Once again Congress tinkers with the tax code and now plans to save all of us average taxpayers money by again increasing the national debt. ...
Too much noise? Shut it off
Friday, November 24, 2017
Letters to the Editor:
After months of debilitating depression that resulted in sleep deprivation, emotional instability and an indifference to the plight of my fellow man, I have come up with a fool-proof solution that I feel compelled to share with everyone. ...
GOP backed its way into unpopular tax bill
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
The Republican Party seems to have backed itself into a corner on tax policy. ...
Gap between ultra-rich and wage earners is growing rapidly
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Jeff Bezos recently became the richest person on earth. ...
Destructive ‘blue model’ driving heated election
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
This state’s story, which lately has been depressing, soon will acquire a riveting new chapter. In 2018, Illinois will have the nation’s most important, expensive and strange election. ...