Perspectives

Perspective: Gracie, a pandemic gift 16.07.2025 1:44 ↓

Marnie O. Mamminga is grateful for her time with a chocolate lab. Although short, Gracie was one of the good parts of the pandemic.

Perspective: With apologies to President Lincoln... 15.07.2025 1:23 ↓

Andrew Nelson twists a famous speech.

Perspective: Watch out! Your walk in the park may get ruined 15.07.2025 0:52 ↓

Scott Summers finds his opinions aren't welcome during a walk in the park.

Perspective: Only one branch of government? Keep fighting to preserve our democracy 10.07.2025 1:57 ↓

Connie Seraphine says it's time to stand up for chccks and balances.

Perspective: College students should read more 10.07.2025 1:27 ↓

Victoria Wakeford shares the good news about the side effects of reading for pleasure.

Perspective: The first 169 days 08.07.2025 1:44 ↓

Wester Wuori says maybe it's time to burn it all down.

Perspective: The Fascism Cycle 08.07.2025 1:58 ↓

Frances Jaeger says some very bad ideas are being recycled — and it's poor people who get hurt.

Perspective: Let's talk about tax cuts 03.07.2025 1:44 ↓

Marcia Snyder asks, as much as you like your billionaire neighbor, how much are you willing to give up to give him a tax cut?

Perspective: Teaming up with Dolly Parton 02.07.2025 1:26 ↓

More books in the hands of local kids? Deborah Booth says that's the goal of the Dolly Parton foundation and the DeKalb Public Library.

Perspective: No greater value 01.07.2025 1:44 ↓

From his ABCs to blowing his nose, Kwesi Caldwell appreciates the strong start he got toward a lifetime of education.

Perspective: Gardens of Resistance 01.07.2025 1:47 ↓

Dan Kenney urges people to be rebels and plant "Gardens of Resistance."

Perspective: We are a 'banana republic' 30.06.2025 1:33 ↓

Francisco Solares Larrave says it's finally here: The U.S. is a banana republic. And he knows from experience.

Perspective: Make hay while the sun shines 30.06.2025 1:35 ↓

Despite the weather challenges. Katie Andraski says somehow, putting up hay always works out.

Perspective: Puppies, unicorns, fire-breathing dragons 25.06.2025 1:32 ↓

Suzanne Degges-White celebrates (?) the joys of dog ownership.

Perspective: Goodnight, Beloit College 25.06.2025 1:45 ↓

Svea Jones says goodbye to some of the little things that have made their time as a student at Beloit College transformational.

Perspective: Resistance and celebration 19.06.2025 1:50 ↓

It's Juneteenth and Joseph Flynn says the holiday deserves celebrating.

Perspective: Yes, waste time! 18.06.2025 1:44 ↓

Lonny Cain assures you it's OK to waste a little time each day.

Perspective: My summer watch list 17.06.2025 1:40 ↓

Nothing on TV? Let Paula Garrett make a few suggestions.

Perspective: Sparkle & shine vs. food divine 17.06.2025 1:24 ↓

Rosie Klepper asks, "Are you a cooker or a cleaner?"

Perspective: Let's find the common ground 13.06.2025 1:42 ↓

Nia Springer Norris says it's important to stand up against injustice — just start on common ground.

Perspective: Not my clown, not my circus 12.06.2025 1:07 ↓

Saturday, June 14, a military parade is expected in Washington D.C. to celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th anniversary and the President's birthday. Megan Bichon says Women's March Rockford will hold its own observance.

Perspective: The forgotten details of history 11.06.2025 1:45 ↓

Frances Jaeger introduces us to Friederich Wilhelm Von Steuben, a man who set the U.S. military on the right path 250 years ago.

Perspective: The root of all evil 10.06.2025 1:45 ↓

The root of all evil? Taylor Atkins says it's bigger than money.

Perspective: For the price of a yearly cup of coffee... 09.06.2025 1:36 ↓

The feds are making a dangerous mistake by cutting funding to the nation's weather service, says Andrew Nelson

Perspective: Summer reading lists should be generated by humans, not by A.I. 06.06.2025 1:43 ↓

Frances Jaeger rage-reads against the AI machine to kick off our summer reading list. What's on your list? Share it on social with #WNIJReads