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Opinion
Happy 115th birthday, Percy!
I shook Percy Julian's hand for the first and only time back in 1963 when he presented a summary of his research to the faculty at Oak Park and River Forest High School. Shortly after, he was...
A light of hope went out last week
A light of hope for our planet, however small, was snuffed out one night last week by a $4 per month charge.
Does the corner of Lake and Forest ring any bells?
For four decades, the corner of Lake and Forest in Downtown Oak Park has often been connected with plans for high-rise construction, including the residential and commercial tower now planned for the...
Journal's editorials
Endless extensions
On an evening when Oak Park's village board took a pass on an actual discussion about an extension for a development project that actually matters and will likely actually be built, its members spent...
Township talks
It was a lost opportunity last week as River Forest Township held its annual meeting, turned out a much larger than usual crowd and then failed to offer an open discussion of the suggested merger of...
The challenge of apartments
Oak Park has a lot of apartment units. The village was built that way back in the 1920s and today some half of all housing units in Oak Park are rentals (or condos). That's got advantages and...
Without a trace
On the Friday before the Monday meeting, on the final day of District 97's spring break, came the e-mail statement: Mann Principal Sam LeDeaux was toast. It was jointly decided. It was jointly...
Letters to the editor
Columns / One views
Shop local, buy global, and do some good
Here's a nifty trick: shop locally … and buy globally. Or how about: find beauty … and do good. Ten Thousand Villages (TTV), the store devoted to bringing the handicrafts and objets...
Meet Tye Johnson: Someone you should know
To call her a Renaissance woman would be an understatement. She's a painter, a grade school teacher and a board member of a group that champions the rights of marginalized women. Like her art, she's...
Mann - Oak Park's outlier school
Mann Elementary School is once again in the paper. This time the principal resigned, but it seemed like he was going to get fired. No one really knows what is going on except the superintendent and...
The Supreme Court eviscerates democracy
With its recent McCutcheon decision, which buttresses their Citizens United decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has demonstrated its commitment to radical activism. The rationale presented by Roberts in...
Ken Trainor
What does it mean to be an Easter person?
If you asked 100 people what their favorite holiday is, I'm betting not one would say Easter (unless, of course, I was one of your 100). So I was surprised to see the headline last week on page one...
Racing to a life that's good
Sunday morning past had that "true-Sunday" feel, which I seldom feel anymore. Sunny (befitting Sun-day), more early spring than late winter, strollers out in force in Scoville Park with parents in...
Where do you fall on 'the spectrum'?
Today is Autism Awareness Day. The statistics are striking. One in 88 children is diagnosed with autism, one in 54 males. It is a somewhat mysterious "disorder," but occurs much more frequently than...
The phantom of Oak Park Avenue
Frankly, I look gruesome. Not a term I expected to use describing myself, but gruesome fits — fortunately, only for the time being. The good news is I'm not dying and I'm not contagious. The...
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