Steve Long: We are in this for the long haul
On March 16th, I wrote an “open letter to the community” outlining the potential impact of COVID-19 on the residents of our county. On...
Letter to the editor: Help local business by thanking first responders
To the editor:We are in the midst of a very real medical situation. I have been thinking.The average American eats out four times a...
Focus on what lasts — faith, hope and love
We find ourselves in unprecedented times as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on our world. As I write this column the weight of...
Michael Adkins: Your money or someone’s life
When the spread of the novel coronavirus was initially announced, there appeared to be three camps of individuals: those who didn’t pay any attention...
Norm Shaw: How we learned to shelter in place
The first inkling something was going on happened a week before the entire San Francisco Bay Area began its shelter-in-place order. My wife and...
OUR OPINION: Our year of living dangerously
Some of our favorite restaurants have closed, some of them so suddenly we didn’t realize it until we showed up to locked doors and...
John Krull: Life in the time of coronavirus
Most of my writing is done from this same spot.We have a library/study on the second floor of our home. There’s a window along...
ANOTHER VIEWPOINT: It’s Biden’s moment, but party moving in Sanders’ direction
The Wall Street JournalAnother sign of the age: Chicagoland Congressman Dan Lipinski, one of the Democratic Party’s final antiabortion holdouts, lost a primary election...
Michael Leppert: Embracing our new connectivity
When we get through this chillingly historic time, what precious ritual in our lives will be changed or gone forever? Were any of them...
Michael Hicks: Virus will have enduring impact
The world economy has been decelerating since 2018, and without stimulus we would probably be in a modest global downturn. That is changing for...
