It is really sad when it is “news” that our president speaks out against anti-Semitism. “News” being that it is something unusual for him. Speaking out against hatred towards any group of people -— whether the hatred is aimed at those because they are of a different religion, race, sexual orientation, nationality or sex — is something one expects a president to do. Reporting a president’s remarks against hatred is expected. The fact that he made the remarks shouldn’t be the story. So sad what our nation’s reality has become in a short time.
Red, Chicago
Coal is a dirty fuel. Relatives who came over from Europe went to work in the mines in West Virginia and Kentucky in the early nineteen hundreds. Immigrants were cheap and disposable labor then. If you didn’t die in a cave-in, you eventually died of black lung. We are unable to locate one great uncle, as some mines used numbers instead of names, so we are not sure what cave-in he died in. My grandfather died of black lung when my father was just twelve. Close the coal mines. Have the mine owners restore the land they have contaminated by giving the restoration jobs to the out of work miners. Put people back to work and help the environment.
I have been a voter for 50 years. President Donald Trump is the first elected official that I have ever seen that is actually trying to fulfill his campaign promises. Right wrong or indifferent Trump is addressing issues that should have dealt with many years ago. The difference is he is more concerned with the good of the country and not reelection.
J.K.
If those who march in protests are being paid as suggested by many, all I want to know is where’s my compensation? No evidence has been uncovered that those who attend demonstrations to show support for ideas they believe in are being paid. Wouldn’t the crowds would be much larger if this were true?
Rose, Chicago
Somebody needs to explain to me how Jesse Jackson Jr. collects disability ( Depression, really?) and workman’s comp payments of over $100,000. I’m sure his father has something to do with this.
There is just no end to the corruption in Illinois. There are many other people who need this help.
Greg
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