YOGA: Good for what ails you? What if we could avoid degenerative bone loss with some simple yoga poses done at home? By Lisa Nelson Raabe I bet you have heard the sound of this word recently – yoga. We…
Opinion
Letters
by Kira Santiago • • Comments Off on Letters
OpEd Flowers that express love, not exploitation By Kira Santiago If you’re like most people, when you think of Valentine’s Day you think of flowers, chocolate or maybe diamonds. People have begun to realize there is a dark side to…
Medical marijuana works for me
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Medical marijuana works for me
The debate around medical marijuana should move away from the lack of scientific studies and focus on experience. I admit to formerly being a pot smoker. Some time back I quit smoking weed to focus on family and career. Unfortunately,…
Honk for peace
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Honk for peace
BY JACK RYAN If you have driven through the new bottleneck intersection of West Main and University between noon and 1 p.m. on any Saturday, you’ve undoubtedly noticed people on the Starbucks corner holding signs protesting war. Usually, one sign…
Health benefits of a plant-based diet
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Health benefits of a plant-based diet
BY DR. BOB EASTON AND NANCY LONG Most Midwesterners don’t worship sacred cows–or do we? If we count the varieties of meat and dairy products that fill the shelves of our grocery stores and compare the percentage of food budgets spent on…
Arctic Apples: What Would Granny Smith Do?
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Arctic Apples: What Would Granny Smith Do?
By Herman Brockman OpEd Two Arctic apple varieties have been in the news recently because of their “approval” by the USDA and FDA. “Approval” is commonly used in the media, but the reality is that the USDA “deregulated” these Arctic…
Racism and Inequality in America
by Clare Howard • • Comments Off on Racism and Inequality in America
Inequality is poisoning the American dream. As economic inequality grows, expanding geographic areas of this country lose hope. Hopelessness destroys democracy and poisons faith in the judicial system. Right now, faith in the American judicial system is paper thin: Trayvon…
Lift the ban on public housing for people with non-violent criminal convictions
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Lift the ban on public housing for people with non-violent criminal convictions
Hedy Elliott Gardner OpEd All across the country people struggle to find affordable housing. People who are low income or on a fixed income find it especially challenging. The demand is driving the cost up so high that there is…
Save the Monarchs
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on Save the Monarchs
By Bonnie Cox The monarch butterfly, state of Illinois insect, is in danger of extinction. Their population is down by 90 percent in the overwintering grounds of Mexico. Some believe the monarch will share the history of the passenger pigeon.…
My Freedom to Grow Food
by Community Word Staff • • Comments Off on My Freedom to Grow Food
By Anne Patterson This spring, I will walk out my door and become even more vigilant about what is happening on my small bio-diverse farm. I’m a little nervous about this upcoming growing year. Normally, I am not. Why can’t…