Opinion Stories from October 4, 2017 (Change date)
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Slusher: Reports of tragedy can be vivid, accurate, sensitiveOct 05, 2017 4:05 pm - A news outlet confronts many conflicting demands when it comes to reporting sensational news. Some of them have to do with sensitivity. Some with service. Some with audi...
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Editorial: Safety and the value of advancing self-driving vehiclesOct 05, 2017 6:07 pm - Imagine a day when you could enjoy one more at your local watering hole, hop in your car worry-free and get home safely. Imagine a day when road rage is obsolete, or nea...
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Thankful to be AmericanOct 05, 2017 10:34 am - Thank you, Karen Meadows, for your eloquent letter Sept. 26 about honoring the American flag. ("Even in protest, show respect for our flag"). You said what many of us fe...
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Protest during game, in middle of the fieldOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - I have found the solution that should make everyone happy. Professional athletes want to protest what police are doing to black people by kneeling when the national anth...
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Get facts straight on football protestsOct 05, 2017 10:34 am - Regarding Jim Slusher's column "Kneeling, talking and the need to listen": First: Statistics do not support a "stream of killings of black people by police." It is the f...
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Find another wayOct 05, 2017 10:34 am - I wonder how many young men out on ball fields today ever think, or even know, how many men and women died to keep America free so they could make big money playing a ga...
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Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoonOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - Today's Opinion Page editorial cartoon ...
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Reforms give ex-prisoners a second chanceOct 05, 2017 9:21 am - Prisons have been filled beyond capacity for so long that overcrowded prisons are now the norm in Illinois, and meaningful rehabilitation is a rarity. Policymakers can d...
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NFL supports anti-American whinersOct 04, 2017 1:00 am - The protests over the national anthem and the flag have gotten way out of hand. Anyone that posts an opinion is chastised or characterized as unfit to do their job. Jus...
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