Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Fighting for the rights of her students. That’s just one of the goals that drives Mrs. Debra Thomas, a Special Education teacher at Rich East High School who was recently named a Golden Apple recipient. In a statement, Golden Apple refers to Mrs. Thomas as “… an[Read More…]
Politics
To The Editor: Are We Forgotten In The South Suburbs By Candidates?
To The Editor: My name is Tony Mielcarz and I have lived in Park Forest for about 50 years, voted in all elections that I could. But this is the first time in my 77 plus years of living in the south suburbs that I can remember not receiving any[Read More…]
Is The Day Of Reckoning Near For The GOP?
Commentary By Bruce Lindner “If Mr. Trump has a substantial delegate majority at day’s end, it would take an extraordinary effort to defeat him, even with 40% of the delegates (most in proportional contests) remaining to be selected after March 15. Put another way: Donald Trump could well have a[Read More…]
Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump: Stephen Colbert Video
From Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Sarah Palin endorses Donald Trump.
What Iowa and New Hampshire Do, and Do Not, Predict About the November Election
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg While lots of media attention is given every four years to the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary election, those events appear to be only minimal predictors at best of what else will occur in the presidential contests. The first-in-the-nation status of the New[Read More…]
Still Blaming President Obama? Time To #VoteDemocrat
Commentary By Bruce Lindner The day Barack Obama was sworn in back on 1/20/09, the unemployment rate stood at 7.8% and was rising fast, peaking at 10% in October of that year. On the very day he took the oath on Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, eleven Republicans—including both the current Speaker[Read More…]
Poverty May Slightly Increase Childhood Risk of Neurological Impairment, NIH Study Suggests
Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Children from low income environments appear to have a higher risk of neurological impairment than those from more economically secure circumstances, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. This neurological impairment appears to be distinct from the risk of cognitive and emotional delays known[Read More…]
Donald Trump Wants Bill Gates To Turn Off The Internet, Because, Well, ISIL, Daesh
Yes, this is true. I saw this on The Independent from the UK. Some thought it must be a joke, or satire., Turns out, The Donald actually said this. From International Business Times: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has some pretty radical plans for the U.S. should he ever get[Read More…]
Media Matters: Putting the ‘Partisan’ in ‘Bipartisanship’
Analysis by Jamison Foser If there was any doubt that the news media have a badly skewed understanding of “bipartisanship” — one in which no number of concessions from Democrats is enough and no number from Republicans is too little — the reaction to Judd Gregg’s decision to back out[Read More…]
Young Harness Racing Driver to Gov. Quinn, ‘Please Sign Senate Bill 744 As-Is’
Matteson, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Jay Hochstetler has been a harness race driver for six years, the last four driving competitively at race tracks across the Chicagoland area and beyond. The 18-year-old graduated from Marian Catholic High School in May and is heading to the University of Kentucky to study economics and continue[Read More…]