To the editor: In “The biggest issue facing Black Americans today” (Feb. 19), Ira Weinberg says, “Beauty, like racism, is in the eye of the beholder.” When he looks at the John Brown Statue, he sees Brown is looking down and the black boy is looking up. Thus, Mr. Weinberg views ...
To the editor: I am not much for politics and, unfortunately, cannot vote in village elections as a resident of Bloomingdale, but, as they have been there for me, I am writing to express my strong support for Mayor Jimmy Williams, Josh King and Katie Stiles in the upcoming village of ...
To the editor: I avoid saying anything political in this newspaper for obvious reasons. One comment though: Election results rarely reflect people’s actual wants. Imagine there were only two cars for sale in our area, both four wheel drive. You can buy a four-door, 4 cylinder ...
This time each year something happens here with the grinding regularity of stores starting to play X-mas music the day after Halloween. And like the stores and their premature musical Ho Ho Ho, our version annoys me to no end as well. So what is it? It’s people here wingeing about — ...
“There’s a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen It was winter and I was mad. “You can’t play with us,” my brother said, tossing rubber pucks on our backyard rink. I waved my stick around and skated backwards. I pointed to my Canadians jersey as ...