Perspectives

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

Perspective: The continuing saga of Monty and Rose 06.06.2025 1:41 ↓

We wait with bated breath to see if the next generation of Great Lakes piping plovers will hatch. David Gunkel is keeping an eye on the nest.

Perspective: Getting help with the loss of our dear pet, Betty 04.06.2025 1:41 ↓

Connie Seraphine is comforted by friends after the loss of her dog Betty.

Perspective: Is Chicago's Pope up to the job? 04.06.2025 1:37 ↓

Wester Wuori ponders what, if anything, it means to have a pope from Chicago.

Perspective: Thank you! 04.06.2025 1:29 ↓

Have you ever run interference on a lone child darting through a store or airport, so the parent could catch up? Kelli McGee Yugsi wants to say thanks!

Perspective: It's a bad, not beautiful, budget bill 04.06.2025 1:39 ↓

Deborah Booth says the budget bill doesn't take the health of many Americans into consideration.

Perspective: Surely it couldn't happen here 28.05.2025 1:56 ↓

Rick Brooks asks how we got here politically.

Perspective: Treating others with dignity is one way to heal America 27.05.2025 1:44 ↓

Dan Kenney supports an idea he says can help heal America.

Perspective: Sailing away with Yacht Rock 23.05.2025 1:16 ↓

Lindsay Curtis escapes to sunnier days with Dad's favorite tunes.

Perspective: Family estrangement and grandparent alienation 22.05.2025 1:37 ↓

Between Mother's and Father's Days, Suzanne Degges-White looks at how people get through less-than-ideal family situations.

Perspective: The circus is in town, part II 22.05.2025 2:06 ↓

Lou Ness is critical of our nation's current crop of leaders in a follow-up to a previous Perspective.

Perspective: Elder, not elderly 20.05.2025 1:44 ↓

Katie Andraski says older women have a lot to offer the world.

Perspective: The grace of lifelong friends 19.05.2025 1:45 ↓

Marnie O. Mamminga is meeting up with friends from childhood — and there's one thing that's OFF the menu.

Perspective: A distorted view of 'refugees' 16.05.2025 1:46 ↓

Joseph Flynn shares his thoughts on genocide, land, and apartheid.

Perspective: A simple sentence 16.05.2025 1:43 ↓

Lonny Cain shares the sentence that changed his life for the better.

Perspective: It's time to act for endangered species 14.05.2025 1:52 ↓

The Trump administration is on the verge of gutting the Endangered Species Act. Holly Jones says there's still time to weigh in.

Perspective: Coming together over kittens 13.05.2025 1:40 ↓

A stray kitten helps Paula Garrett overcome some big differences with her neighbor.

Perspective: The flat 09.05.2025 1:33 ↓

Nia Springer Norris puts faith in humanity on her way to a concert

Perspective: Liver makes me shiver 08.05.2025 1:34 ↓

What's the worst food? Rosie Klepper knows from experience.

Perspective: The beauty of our dreams 07.05.2025 1:26 ↓

Amarion Weathersby has known what he wants to be since he was six years old.

Perspective: Raise your voice for AmeriCorps 06.05.2025 1:41 ↓

Ann Wasser says for every dollar spent on it, AmeriCorps provides $34 in value to the community. And that's an investment that needs to be saved.

Perspective: Homework 05.05.2025 1:34 ↓

Andrew Nelson says an awful lot of people neglected their homework before last year's election.

Perspective: The digital bar mitzvah 04.05.2025 1:37 ↓

David Gunkel asks the big question: When should a kid get their first phone?

Perspective: About that book you borrowed... 01.05.2025 1:42 ↓

Kyle White discusses overdue books, the end of the world, and how YOU are part of the problem.

Perspective: Due process 30.04.2025 1:37 ↓

Dave Rathke looks at the plight of a fellow union member.