Perspectives

Perspective: You gonna eat that? 21.08.2025 1:28 ↓

Road-tripping Rosie Klepper tries to balance the joy of gas station cuisine with common sense.

Perspective: The manufacturing daydreams need a reality check 18.08.2025 1:53 ↓

Before we restore our nation's manufacturing glory, Frances Jaeger wants us to look at our past.

Perspective: My collections 15.08.2025 1:33 ↓

Does Francisco Solares-Larrave really need all those watches and pens?

Perspective: From Rockford, with gratitude 14.08.2025 1:59 ↓

Wendy Larson Bennett is grateful for the years Rockford has benefitted from the presence (and hard work) of Rev. Dr. Matthew Johnson.

Perspective: A summertime breather 14.08.2025 1:44 ↓

Connie Seraphine highly recommends spending some time with family and friends before summer's over!

Perspective: A few words of wisdom on marriage 12.08.2025 1:41 ↓

Wester Wuori and his wife celebrate more than a quarter century of marriage.

Perspective: The three foes of human beings 12.08.2025 1:52 ↓

Tom McBride says you should cherish and protect your "human-ness."

Perspective: Why different perspectives matter 09.08.2025 1:53 ↓

Rick Brooks shares his thoughts about the value of public broadcasting.

Perspective: The NIU Art Museum 07.08.2025 1:34 ↓

Northern Illinois University's art museum is closing. Deborah Booth calls it a huge loss for the community.

Perspective: Education isn't dying in one place. It's being dismantled everywhere. 06.08.2025 1:46 ↓

Some of the luster is off a national award and that symbolizes a lot more to Marianna Ruggerio than her own experience.

Perspective: Public broadcasting, I have your back! 06.08.2025 2:03 ↓

Lou Ness urges NPR and PBS fans to fight back.

Perspective: Words will not save us, but they can point the way 05.08.2025 1:47 ↓

Dan Kenney has always turned to words in times of trouble — are they enough now?

Perspective: You need a rest 04.08.2025 1:56 ↓

NIU student Donna Gillespie says "when in doubt, rest it out!"

Perspective: It's time to speak out in favor of life 01.08.2025 1:31 ↓

Emily McKee says we all must speak out to make the annihilation of people in Gaza stop.

Perspective: Support your public media 30.07.2025 1:41 ↓

Joseph Flynn urges fans of NPR, PBS, and their favorite local public stations to keep up the fight for funding.

Perspective: It's time for more research on this rare disease 29.07.2025 1:39 ↓

Katie Andraski learns about CRPS from her neighbor

Perspective: The awful irony of nuclear proliferation 29.07.2025 1:43 ↓

Bob Evans looks at what nuclear proliferation means to a United States moving toward isolationism.

Perspective: Guilt 27.07.2025 1:28 ↓

Alyssa Hartline feels guilty but is dealing.

Perspectives: My legs, my choice 24.07.2025 1:30 ↓

To shave or not to shave? Beloit College student Fiona Hughes says the beauty is, you don't have to.

Perspective: Toxic boss behavior 23.07.2025 1:45 ↓

Frances Jaeger says it's time to fire The Apprentice — and put the kibosh on the toxic boss behavior it normalized.

Perspective: Ships, colleges, and John Coltrane 23.07.2025 1:12 ↓

Tom McBride wonders if you completely change a thing, is it still that thing?

Perspective: There's no better time than now to dive in 23.07.2025 1:34 ↓

What stops us from doing what we've always wanted to do? Paula Garrett takes the plunge.

Perspective: My tech is aging faster than I am 23.07.2025 1:18 ↓

Time for a new phone already? Francisco Solares-Larrave knows your pain.

Perspective: It's called 'Elderspeak,' hon. 22.07.2025 1:38 ↓

Lonny Cain has a message for waitresses and caregivers.

Perspective: Laundry calamities 16.07.2025 1:31 ↓

Do you suffer from chronic food stains on your favorite shirts? You are not alone, says Rosie Klepper.