Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Earlier this evening, I was doing my (hopefully-regular-into-my-second-straight-week-again-finally) 30 minutes on the treadmill at Quality Classic Health and Fitness Center, DownTown Park Forest. Yes, that was a commercial for Earl and Alia. I was reading the report of the Illinois Municipal Assistance Program prepared by the[Read More…]
Opinion
Cut Spending in the Tax Code: Wasteful Tax Expenditures Are Fertile Ground for Deficit Reduction
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2011. Our nation needs jobs, a strong and competitive economy, and deficit reduction. The way to win that trifecta is not the House of Representatives’s continuing resolution for the remaining seven months of fiscal year 2011—a bill panned by a wide range of economists from across the[Read More…]
Op-ed by President Obama in USA Today: Jobs at Top of Latin America Agenda
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2011. The full text of the op-ed by President Barack Obama is printed below. The piece titled, “Jobs at Top of Latin America Agenda” was published in today’s USA Today. Jobs at top of Latin America agenda USA Today March 18, 2011 By Barack Obama In recent[Read More…]
Where is Catholicism’s Tahrir Square?
Commentary By Mary Gail Frawley-O’Dea National Catholic Reporter Editor’s Note: Part of the column is graphic in nature. Across the Middle East and in North Africa, courageous citizens are calling to account monarchies and dictators who have invested in power and personal privilege over the wellbeing of their people. The[Read More…]
Race and Beyond: Every (Black Man) an Obama?
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011. Almost immediately after Barack Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States, conservative pundits quickly shifted gears from predicting calamity to heralding the dawn of a post-racial society. Ah, if only it were so. It’s a cruel jujutsu of politics and sociology to listen[Read More…]
Op-ed by Vice President Biden in the International Herald Tribune: The Next Steps in the U.S.-Russia Reset
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2011. The Next Steps In the U.S.-Russia Reset International Herald Tribune March 14, 2011 By Joseph R. Biden Jr. When we came into office two years ago, our relationship with Russia had reached a low point. The war between Russia and Georgia played a role in[Read More…]
Op-ed by President Obama in the Arizona Daily Star: We Must Seek Agreement on Gun Reforms
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 14, 2011. We must seek agreement on gun reforms Arizona Daily Star March 13, 2011 By Barack Obama It’s been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the nation. It was a moment when we came together as one people to mourn and to[Read More…]
Park Forest Is Unique; Welcomes All, And Always Has
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Patronage is an ugly thing. We don’t do patronage in Park Forest. Our Village employees in Park Forest have their jobs because they are good at what they do. Elected officials in Park Forest can hire no one except the Village Manager, can[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Focus Needs to Be on Clean Energy Jobs, Ending Oil Addiction
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2011. The Sierra Club’s executive director Michael Brune released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s press conference on concerns about rising oil prices. “The Sierra Club applauds President Obama’s renewed commitment to move beyond oil swiftly and to pursue clean energy sources in the immediate term.[Read More…]
GOP Detainee Bills Represent Return to Bush Policies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 11, 2011. Today, the Center for American Progress released the column, “GOP Detainee Bills Represent Return to Bush Policies,” by Ken Gude, Managing Director of the National Security and International Policy Program, discussing the extreme provisions in the House and Senate GOP bills relating to detaining terrorists and[Read More…]
