From the Village of Park Forest’s Facebook page: UPDATE: Village Hall remains closed as ComEd crews continue to work to resolve the power outage. Park Forest Officials hope to open now at 2 p.m. Original message: Village Hall will open at noon today due to a power outage. ComEd is[Read More…]
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…]
Gulf Coast Marks Katrina Anniversary, Copes with BP Disaster, Leads on Clean Energy
New Orleans–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2010. As the fifth anniversary of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita approaches, Gulf Coast residents are continuing to cope with the damage wrought by the latest tragedy, the BP oil disaster. Gulf Coast communities are also leading the way in clean energy solutions that will prevent future oil[Read More…]
FACT CHECK: John Boehner’s Attacks on the President Obama’s Job Creation Agenda
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2010. Today John Boehner proved once again that his party would only take the country back to the failed policies of the past – policies that cost more than 8 million American jobs – and launched a series of false attacks on the measures that the President[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…]
One in Five Americans Obtusely Assert that President Obama Is Muslim
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Who are these Americans obsessing over the falsehood that Barack Obama is a Muslim? And how can we remain silent as the right wing continues to twist the word "Muslim" into a pejorative? In the midst of the last presidential election, I spoke with friends of[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…]