Paul Gordon: Audacity of our autocrat
We have to have something to which to cling as our country continues on a turbulent spin that started Jan. 20. We have to hope our democracy can survive the chaos wrought by the deep divisions in our politics — divisions that threaten families, friendships and freedoms we’ve known all our lives. We have to hope the millions who marched in cities across America had an impact on other political leaders who may be able to keep our democracy from becoming an autocracy.
Emily Gill: Refugee status for Afrikaners is deplorable
When so many others, such as former Afghan allies, are being turned away from the U.S. as refugees even before they are given an opportunity to explain why they deserve that status, the obvious question is why South Africans are different.
Big Cats on the Ledo Road
Excerpt from ‘Tracks Across America: Caterpillar Tractors and The Growth of A Nation’ shows how Big Yellow helped build ‘the road that couldn’t be built’ during World War II
The Lion’s Den: To read, perchance to dream
‘Once you learn to read, you will be forever free’ — Fredrick Douglass
Yes, reading broadens our horizons and embarks us on a life’s journey of endless possibilities
West Peoria News: Preservation of our past improves independence
Tradition of Fourth of July Parade paves way to new events in West Peoria; plus St. Mary’s gates get a makeover
Bill Knight: Will public media go dark and silent?
President Trump’s executive orders, cuts in GOP’s big bill are the ‘most serious threat ever faced by public broadcasting.’ So what will that mean to local agencies WCBU and WTVP, which rely on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting?
Straight Talk: Birthdays are great for parades, I say
No one called the first military parade — the Grand Review of the Armies in Washington D.C., in 1865 — President Johnson’s parade; no one called the military parade in New York City in 1942 President Roosevelt’s parade; no one called the 1991 parade in D.C. marking the end of the Gulf War President Bush’s parade; so why was last month’s Army Day parade in the capitol President Trump’s?
Arts Alerts: Pour Bros. summer series starts; Garage Band Open Stage is back; musicals ‘Shrek’ and ‘Ruth’ plus ‘Wizard of Oz’ at local theaters’
‘Cows in the Gallery’ reception July 11 and Barry Cloyd and Band performing at Wildlife Prairie Park; Peoria Municipal Band concerts at Sundays at Glen Oak; Peoria Heights Community Band at Tower Park July 31; open houses at Pettengill-Morron House July 3, 13, 17, 27 and 31; and at Flanagan House on Glen Oak Avenue July 6 and 20.
Manual hoops hits the big screen with new documentary
Fourpeat standout Creston Coleman dives into the legendary basketball program — and much more about Manual — in his film ‘Orange and Black: Beneath the Numbers’
Vixen’s veteran
The “Vixen War Bride” six-book series by Thomas Doscher takes place on the planet Va’Sh when humans occupy it after winning their first interstellar war. Doscher served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force and majored in history at the University of Maryland. He discussed his books with Community Word reporter JL Shannon.
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Nature Rambles: Prickly nature of our pretty cactus here in Illinois
Look for beautiful blooms of Prickly Pear, but beware: Be very, very careful handling the plant
Letters: Shake your shyness and shine
For shy people, (and aren’t we all?), smiling is the easiest and most effective first step to enjoying getting to know people. And, after all, isn’t that what it’s all about?
Letters: Watershed moments for Kickapoo Creek
It is a living entity that deserves our respect and attention because when we improve the Kickapoo we improve our own lives.
Letters: Demo 2025 — symphony of destruction
The machines resembled dinosaurs, an extinct species, devouring the extincting shelter for carnivorous, unleashed predatory dire wolves of Wall Street.
Inland Art: Where bison roam
Statues of the native animal are scattered throughout Peoria County, and you, too, can help celebrate 200-year Bison-tennial
Peoria County Bicentennial: ‘Why they came’ to Peoria
Peoria Historical Society exhibit at Wheels O’ Time Museum in Dunlap is a perfect complement to commemorate county’s 200th birthday
Peoria Academy Journalism Club: Time travel — where worlds collide, or not
Having some fun with some theorems surrounding the space-time continuum. But wouldn’t life be more interesting if it was?
Labor roundup: Is Pope Leo XIV a lion for labor?
New Pope’s name seems to be meaaningful in promoting workers; Trump administration policies seem to be against them
Bill Knight: Empathy can be our specialty
DO UNTO OTHERS: ‘Active empathy is life-changing, not only for the people with whom you interact, but for you.’ Its powers protect people, society, and democracy