Opinion

eNews Park Forest Welcomes Back Alan Edrinn

Commentary Alan Edrinn returns to eNews Park Forest with a degree in Journalism from Northern Illinois University, and we at ENEWSPF couldn’t be happier. Alan will report on local news and events in Park Forest and surrounding areas. We look forward to his contributions. An archived listing of Alan’s past[Read More…]

Taking Bin Laden’s Side by Protesting Ground Zero Mosque

From Nicholas Kristoff at the NYTimes: Is there any doubt about Osama bin Laden’s position on the not-at-ground-zero mosque? Osama abhors the vision of interfaith harmony that the proposed Islamic center represents. He fears Muslim clerics who can cite the Koran to denounce terrorism. It’s striking that many American Republicans[Read More…]

Incendiary Rant Exposes Dr. Laura (again)

Commentary By Eric Hananoki Media Matters for America The year was 1998, and radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s celebrity was soaring. A media group had recently paid $71.5 million for her program — the biggest radio deal at the time — and the Los Angeles Times reported that she had[Read More…]

Behind Obama Muslim Myth Stands the Right Wing

Washington D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– Two recently released polls show that an increasing number of Americans believe the falsehood that President Obama is a Muslim. According to the Pew Research Center, 60 percent of people who believe this false claim cite the media as the source of that information — and, indeed, the[Read More…]

Today, Rod Blagojevich Stands A Convicted Felon

Commentary This is not a huge victory, but, while virtually everyone in the state of Illinois bemoans the failure of the prosecution and the jury to render more convictions on the 24 charges, make no doubt: Former Governor Rod Blagojevich is now a convicted felon. Yes, he plans to appeal.[Read More…]

Patrick Fitzgerald – It’s Time to Know When to Fold ‘Em

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2010.  Today, a jury of his peers found Rod Blogojevich guilty on one of the twenty-four counts he was charged with.  As one could expect, Blogojevich’s attorneys vowed to appeal the charge while U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said a retrial would be held as soon as[Read More…]

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