The Daily Journal Editorial News

Limiting care

11/21/2009, 10:36 am

It is a clear glimpse of the medical future under Obama-care.

This week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended raising the routine age for mammograms, the most common procedure used to detect breast cancer from 40 years to 50

Steve York's view: Nov. 21

11/21/2009, 8:49 am

Poll: Readers evenly split on health plan

11/20/2009, 1:34 pm

This week in The Daily Journal Internet poll, readers were asked: Do you support President Obama's health care bill? In extremely close race among 504 voters, 46 percent said they do support the president's health care bill; 47 percent said

Hometown pride: Nov. 20

11/20/2009, 11:17 am

Local honors and achievements worth noting:

* River Valley Special Recreation Association participated in the State Special Olympics volleyball tournament in Rockford Oct. 24 and 25. Team Lightning won the Gold Medal in Division 3 by defeating both Orland Park

Letter: Sustainability definition questioned

11/19/2009, 11:19 am

Our Nov. 14th edition of The Daily Journal featured an ill-thought out article on "Going Green" and "Sustainability." It focused primarily on what our local college (Kankakee Community College) was doing to educate a new generation of "green" pioneers to

Norm Grimsley: Former mayor disagrees with court ruling on Ali settlement

11/19/2009, 11:18 am

Last week The Daily Journal reported to the community in several articles on their position on the Kankakee School District verses School Superintendent Brian Ali.

I would like to give you my take on the articles. First, I do think

Ellen Goodman: Abortion debate and the health care bill

11/19/2009, 11:20 am

BOSTON -- It was one of those small shocks that come unexpectedly in the wake of a death. Just days after the country had buried Ted Kennedy, Cardinal Sean O'Malley took to his blog to defend himself from critics attacking

Editorial: Smokeout day

11/19/2009, 11:17 am

The stall in cutting smoking can be reversed with action, instead of hand-wringing

Today is the Great American Smokeout, one of those media-anointed days designed to nag people into doing the right thing. It's an annual event set up

Today is the Great American Smokeout Day

11/19/2009, 8:46 am

Today is the Great American Smokeout, one of those media-anointed days designed to nag people into doing the right thing. It's an annual event set up by the American Cancer Society. For a wealth of good information on why you

Tinker Parker: Payback time for the grandparents

11/18/2009, 11:11 am

Being a grandparent is the best job in the world.

We do just about everything we can to spoil those precious babies; bake cookies, read to them, rock them and as teens, teach them some cool dances. Dylan may not

Speakout for Nov. 18

11/18/2009, 11:12 am

Nov. 10-11

SPORTS

The Charlie Weiss situation: As was pointed out in the Tribune, his winning percentage is now the same as Bob Davies and Ty Willingham, which got both of them fired.

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I'd like to make a comment

Editorial: Ali settlement

11/18/2009, 10:29 am

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; ..."

~ Charles Dickens

Charles Krauthammer: No sympathy for a cold-blooded killer

11/18/2009, 11:12 am

WASHINGTON --- What a surprise -- that someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" (the "God is great" jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the

Letter: Self-destruction

11/17/2009, 12:15 pm

Veteran's day is a reminder of the untold number of our citizens who went to war against those foreign enemies who threaten our way of life, our values and the freedom we so dearly cherish. This nation is recognized around

Community notebook: Quick thinking means free church brats

11/17/2009, 12:15 pm

Salvation Army Major Jerry O'Neil, who heads the Kankakee Corps office with his wife Vangie, says he's never been in a community that works together as well as Kankakee County does.

O'Neil told this story last week as the Salvation

Editorial: Add retail to the surprising mix in downtown Kankakee

11/17/2009, 10:48 am

The national economy is in its worst spot in nearly 30 years. Unemployment remains high, both in the nation, and in the area.

But if you want a bright spot -- a literal beam of sunlight breaking through a cloud

Speakout for November 16

11/16/2009, 10:52 am

November 7-10

SPORTS

The Chicago Cubs could have had as their manager Joe Girardi. How would you have liked to have had that, Cub fans?

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The National League is never going to match up with the American League until

Letter: Veterans Day concert well done

11/16/2009, 10:54 am

On behalf of my father, a decorated World War II veteran and myself, we would like to congratulate Bradley Central Middle School for the terrific Veterans Day concert we attended No. 10. Principal Mr. Schweizer, band director Mr. Betz and

Letter: Patient named 'Cowboy'

11/16/2009, 10:54 am

When I was a small child, I remember sitting on my grandfather's lap while he told me stories of his life... some would make me laugh; some would make me think; some would even make me cry. What I remember

Editorial: Grant Park cash

11/16/2009, 10:51 am

Columnist Thomas Sowell, used often in this publication, says that blaming greed for financial problems is like blaming gravity for plane crashes.

Indeed, long acquaintance with money leads us to the inevitable conclusion that people pay a lot more attention

Thomas Sowell: The path toward a government monopoly

11/16/2009, 10:52 am

What is so wrong with the current medical system in the United States that we are being urged to rush headlong into a new government system that we are not even supposed to understand, because this legislation is to be

What were they thinking?

11/14/2009, 9:33 am

One of the most famous statements during the Vietnam War was made by an Air Force General who said they had to destroy a village in order to save it.

In the same fashion, the tax "reform" bill just passed

Steve York's view: Nov. 14

11/14/2009, 8:14 am