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Speak Out allows readers to comment on the issues of the day. Email Speak Out at speakout@southtownstar.com or call 312-222-2427. Please limit comments to 30 seconds or about 120 words and give your first name and your hometown.
John Durham’s preliminary investigation report finally exposed the only collusion with Russia was with the corrupt Democratic Party. It’s the crime of the century. It’s another chance for the so-called mainstream media to ignore it because it is not detrimental to Donald Trump.
Bill, Plainfield 2/15
Chicago teens are at it again. A 16-year-old boy goes before a judge on a weapons charge and even on an electronic monitoring device carjacks the Lyft driver, proceeds to kill a 15-year-old and shoot another teen in the head. It’s obvious that State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is easy on crime. We all remember how she decided not to charge Jusse Smollett and how that eventually played out. I can’t help feeling that in the back of Foxx’s mind she has regressed, knowing that regardless of her stance on crime, it’s very simple, boys will be boys.
YCM, Orland Park
Many of the same people who demand the freedom to reject the vaccines and masks that can save the lives of others impose their right to life mandate on only females unwilling or unable to risk a pregnancy. Too many Americans are logically inconsistent, irrational, mindless and selfish. One anti-masker said only 750 kids died from omicron COVID-19. That’s 750 grieving families, Mr. Thoughtless.
Cassandra, Tinley Park
The law of unintended consequences suggests that the newly proposed gun law on reporting a missing gun within 48 hours can lead to unfair and inequitable results. I’m thinking of the law-abiding citizen who does not know his gun is missing and then is charged with civil penalties for the actions of someone else using it. The proposed law does nothing to actually limit gun trafficking.
J.I. Oak Lawn
Why has my church left me? Why did it leave my neighborhood? People with no religious beliefs moved into the neighborhood. My church people left the neighborhood. The price of education is out of the reach of many parishioners. More children attend public schools. The scandals by the church elders and the cost to defend them took much money that was used to support our church and schools. It’s very simple. When a neighborhood changes the religion in the area changes. Goodbye church, it’s just the way it is.
Don, Orland Park
