Ottawa and La Salle County Opinion

I’m a man. I don’t fix things. I pay people to fix things, is what I do.

That moment when you start to believe in yourself is a turning point. I do think teachers, mentors and friends can be the game changers. They help us see who we are or are not. Sometimes better than we see ourselves.

What the president should be doing is featuring people who have benefited from his policies and others who did not benefit from policies when Democrats ran the government.

It is the morning after a destructive tornado tore a path through the south and east sides of Streator, leaving some with no homes, and all in a state of shock.

It is one thing to name airports, bridges and other public works after the handful of great presidents who saved the country. It’s another to similarly memorialize ordinary politicians for posterity, even those who did a mostly good job.

Suppose I told you that aging really is a state of mind. And it might be healthy to live in the past.

Maine Democrats have just chosen Platner to challenge five-term Republican Susan Collins in November.

Management canned Scott Pelley for doing the hard thing, which was the right thing, as it almost always is.

In early June, French economist Thomas Piketty and his team unveiled a comprehensive program for global managed decline dressed up in the language of climate justice and equality.

Where is the soaring rhetoric of the past, even the recent past, that sought to proclaim a unity of purpose?

For those who live according to the liturgical calendar, seasons like Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time become guiding forces in our spiritual lives. In addition to these seasons, feasts and memorials throughout the year celebrate various saints and occasions, suc

From our editorial board: The Bears have now advanced a “site TBD” in Hammond, Indiana. The phrasing matters. It is not a plan. It is not a commitment. It is not even a fully described proposal. It is a directional signal carefully calibrated to do two things at once

Billions meant for real needs flowed to scammers

The Democrats’ apparent choice to replace Maine Republican Susan Collins in the U.S. Senate has built a rap sheet of dazzling disqualifiers.

I am a simple human being doing what comes naturally. Instead of tuning in to the world around me, I wander off in many directions. I tune it all out so I can see what I want to see.

While political divisions existed during World War II, the slogan “We’re all in this together” forged a unity that is nearly unheard of today, unless we are attacked as on 9/11.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson isn’t nearly as polished a social media performer as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is, but they share an equally deep well of ignorance over how a big city funds itself.

If the president wants to help himself and his party ahead of this year’s midterm elections, the most effective thing he can do is eliminate the tariffs.

