Another View: Another institution failed to protect kids
The most enduring image from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta was gymnast Kerri Strug's courageous second vault and perfect landing on a badly sprained ankle that sealed the all-around gold medal for Team...
View ArticleAnother View: Tariffs almost always bad for business
President Trump decided on Tuesday to kick off his long-promised war on imports — and American consumers."Our action today helps to create jobs in America for Americans," President Donald Trump...
View ArticleAnother View: Checking the long arm of the law
We're glad to see changes on the horizon for the state's "civil asset forfeiture" law.But we're unsure that those changes go far enough to prevent the abuses that local officials say could...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Business codes and partisan columnists
In last Sunday’s edition, The Register-Mail published an in-depth story about the code process for business owners in Galesburg.The first thing I’d like to clear up is the headline, which was modified...
View ArticleAnother View: Curtailing use of the 'R' Word
The overflowing indignation over President Donald Trump's reportedly profane characterization of Third World countries during a private meeting cemented in the minds of many Trump critics that he is a...
View ArticleAnother View: Girl Scouts take on big tobacco, and win
To battle a giant, send in the Girl Scouts — a special-forces team Big Tobacco should fear.The tobacco industry sets the standard for lobbyists. The industry's stealth, formidable tactics affect...
View ArticleAnother View: Opioid crisis requires help from Congress
For most of the past 20 years, prescription opioid abuse was treated like the weather: Everyone complained about it, but no one ever did anything about it. As a result, it exploded into a national...
View ArticleAnother View: Big money crippling our politics
If you're frustrated at the easy availability of assault rifles in America, don't blame the National Rifle Association.If the rise of "sanctuary cities" infuriates you, don't blame liberal groups like...
View ArticleAnother View: Officers risk lives for others
Critics say a few deputies are "cowards" for declining to enter Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, to save children from a madman on a killing spree.Although troubled by the lack of assistance...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Readers depend on Register-Mail
My first coffee hour with readers yielded only five people, but we had a valuable discussion.The lasting message from these readers was that they depend on this newspaper. In fact, one man looked at me...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Next coffee with editor is Thursday
Join me at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 29, at InnKeeper's for my third coffee hour with readers.I’m interested in your thoughts about The Register-Mail and galesburg.com. Stop in at InnKeeper's anytime...
View ArticleEditorial: What would make us safer?
The Galesburg community is still reeling from the fatal shooting of Jenni McGruder one week ago.Her body was found outside Seminary Street Pub, 105 S. Seminary St., early Easter morning after police...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Galesburg an 'unassuming slice' of heartland
A story by Eric Shawn of Fox News was sent to me by many readers over the past week. And why not? Galesburg was in the headline of a national story about Russians hacking our “voter rolls.”The story is...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Coffee with the editor Thursday
Readers, I’ll be at Hy-Vee, 2030 East Main, from 9 to 10 a.m. Thursday, April 26.This is my fourth coffee hour out in the community this year. I did three in March — at Henderson Street Hy-Vee,...
View ArticleEditor seeking reader feedback
Come visit me Thursday or Friday morning. It’s been April since I held coffee hours in the community, so I’m planning one at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Hy-Vee on Henderson Street and another at 8:30 a.m....
View ArticleAnother View: Trump shouldn’t ease up on Russia sanctions
Unlike his Singapore one-on-one with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, slated for July 16 in Helsinki, doesn't suggest history in...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Thanks for support in light of newsroom shooting
Last week journalists at The Register-Mail mourned the deaths of five people in the Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland. There, a man with an apparent grudge against the newspaper came into...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Visit R-M staff at Taste of Galesburg
The Register-Mail is once again a title sponsor of the Taste of Galesburg event, which runs from 4 to 10:30 p.m. Thursday on Simmons Street downtown. It’s one of the city’s top events each summer with...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Was Bill Higgins' letter over the edge?
Bill Higgins wrote a local letter last week that included references to former President Barack Obama’s race and religion. Specifically, Higgins wrote that Obama is “neither totally black nor...
View ArticleEditorial: We believe in power of good journalism
President Donald Trump wants you to believe that some journalists are your enemy. He draws a distinction between news media and "fake news" media, a term he uses to discredit reporting that presents...
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