 |
Opinion
Another mile marker passed, too soon
I'm in charge of teaching my kids to drive. It turns out to be a good fit. I enjoy how driving humbles my teens, who, like all before them, including us, feel they have the world already figured out.
Merit Badge Academy deserves attention
On Oct. 27, the Boy Scouts of America hosted a merit badge all-day training at Triton College. The theme of the training was concentrated on the STEM program - Astronomy to Weather.
OPRF should eliminate football
I am mystified that the OPRF High School discussion seems not to include eliminating football. Surely a community that fancies itself to be at the leading edge of social issues should be appalled...
OPRF concert lived up to 'Those Things that are Best'
I was fortunate to get a ticket for OPRF High School's "Prisms of Winter" concert last week and I wanted to say a public "Thank You" to the teachers and the students who participated.
Journal's editorials
Tough talk on OPRF's spending
The recommendations this week from the OPRF superintendent to the school board on initial steps in implementing the Imagine OPRF facilities master plan are encouraging to us.
Clipping a high-rise
It didn't take long for the collective wisdom and accumulating negative public response to bring Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb to issue a strong criticism of a plan to build a 28-story high-rise almost next...
Electing women of color
How many times have we heard it? "Finding African Americans to run in local elections is just about impossible." Repeatedly. How many times have we seen our elected boards with a shortage of women of...
Imagine this
Next week the school board at Oak Park and River Forest High School will have its first full opportunity to discuss, and possibly begin to make, choices related to the remarkably comprehensive...
Letters to the editor
Columns / One views
Beating the bushes for Bush testimonials
My name is John and I am a contrarian. I ask for sympathy. Nestled somewhere between pessimism and cynicism on the worldview spectrum lies contrarianism. As far as I can remember, I have always been...
How to reduce our property taxes
For years, our elected officials have said that new property will reduce our property taxes. It can be done. This is how: Zero is a powerful number. It is time for our local taxing bodies to use...
Learning a lesson at the turnstile
I work out regularly at the Tennis and Fitness Center. I've been a member there for many years, and I love their Yoga Centre.
D200's and Imagine's recommendations
Both the District 200 administration and the Imagine OPRF group have issued facility plan recommendations to the school board.
Ken Trainor
Words that stir something in us
The foundational passages highlighted in last week's column [A new birth, Viewpoints, Dec. 5], have long stirred something deep in me, so I wanted to see if they subjected you to the same...
A new birth
Here's an experiment. I'm interested in whether these words have the same impact on you that they recently had on me. No skimming allowed. Read every word — as if for the first time. Then...
More stick, less carrot this shopping season
They're cracking down on Shopper's Reward! Many residents have taken advantage of the program, run by the Downtown Oak Park Business District, more familiarly known as DTOP, for many years now....
Reasons to be thankful for 'America to Me'
Thank you, District 200 school board members, who said Yes to America to Me, the 10-week fall viewing phenomenon on the Starz channel that challenged our myths, liberated us from our illusions,...
Facebook Connect
Answer Book 2018
 | To view the full print edition of the Wednesday Journal 2018 Answer Book, please click here. |
Quick Links
Sign-up to get the latest news updates for Oak Park and River Forest. | |
    | |
| Subscribe | Classified |
| Multimedia | Contact us |
| Submit Letter To The Editor | |
| Place a Classified Ad | |
Latest Comments
Calling it right now. The road diet blows up in the...
By David Quinlan
Posted: December 16th, 2018 8:25 PM
Is he a Republican or a Democrat? Does he support the...
By Jeffrey Smith
Posted: December 16th, 2018 4:57 PM
The board should try to do what the community wants,...
By Tom MacMillan
Posted: December 16th, 2018 3:37 PM
Honestly this should have been saved for April 1st !!...
By Josh Baer
Posted: December 16th, 2018 10:06 AM
@Mike Hanline - Your comment about rolling up your...
By Corey Gimbel
Posted: December 14th, 2018 6:52 PM
In reality, the levy will be higher. The State will...
By Robert Milstein
Posted: December 14th, 2018 4:28 PM
Like the thought process. But cutting spending would...
By Tom MacMillan
Posted: December 14th, 2018 4:17 PM
Yes, we feel very thankless about the Imagine team and...
By Tom MacMillan
Posted: December 14th, 2018 4:03 PM
On: Imagine this