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Fuddy Duddy brings joy in a sad world

I perused a recent Saturday Daily Herald on the all-too-common disheartening events of the day. Page 1 had a story on the Mali siege. Page 2, an article on "the Donald"; our politicians were split on a plan for Syrian refugees, plus a new case of Ebola in Liberia. Page 3 was pretty decent with feel-good stories.

Page 4 had a story of an Elgin Islamic cleric charged with sexual abuse of a 22-year-old employee. Page 5 was OK, but Page 6 had more on the Mali group led by an ex-al-Qaida commander claiming responsibility for the carnage. Page 7 was full of downers, most notably the story of the black Chicago teen being shot by the police 16 times, and the Wednesday release of the squad car dash cam video.

Finally I'm to the Opinions page. The editors' Saturday Soapbox was pretty benign. The cartoons were nothing to bring a smile to your face, but generally OK and pertinent.

On to letter writers' views: One was about taking the offense in terror war, while the next recommended a D-Day strategy in the war against ISIS. Next was a writer who wanted the word "outrage" in a headline about emotions in Paris after the attacks. The rest of the drivel on this page was a discourse on abortion and a letter about Trump being a whining bully.

Then I saw it! Some self-described fuddy duddy ranting about what a sin it was for Mike Ditka to wear a Packers sweater in a commercial. The only sin here is the way the Bears have played the last few years. I knew there was something in the Herald funnier than your lame comics page. Thanks to Fuddy-Duddy for writing these hilarious words, and thanks to the Herald for publishing them.

Richard Morland

Elgin

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