SJR Editorial: MLK’s message still resonates
If The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were still alive — he would have turned 90 on Jan. 15 — would he think his dream of equality had come to fruition?That dream — that one day, his four children would...
View ArticleAnother View: A resolution for the ages
Are you still looking for a resolution to keep in the new year, something more meaningful than visiting the gym regularly or avoiding saturated fats? Here's a suggestion. Take a trip down to the...
View ArticleAnother View: Troops pay price for Trump's Syria blunder
The tragic deaths of U.S. troops in northern Syria on Wednesday underscore how wrong — dead wrong — President Donald Trump was in declaring Islamic State's defeat to justify the withdrawal of 2,000...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Polar vortex: Will we break records?
Galesburg residents are braced for historically low temperatures that dropped overnight to reach minus 20 by 8 a.m. today, with wind chills as low as minus 44 degrees, according to the National Weather...
View ArticleAnother View: States should counter anti-vax movement
A well-known anti-vaccination enclave near Portland, Oregon, is now facing a measles epidemic, an outcome that was as predictable as the sunset. It's the result of high numbers of families in the area...
View ArticleAnother View: We must do more to stop the killing
Another tragedy has befallen our communities at the point of a gun, this one claiming the lives of five people working at the Henry Pratt Co. in Aurora and leaving five police officers wounded.We as a...
View ArticleAnother View: Draft shouldn’t distinguish between sexes
With greater equality comes greater responsibility. That's essentially what a federal judge said in a recent ruling that renders America's male-only military draft unconstitutional.While the propriety...
View ArticleAnother View: Privilege shouldn't include using fraud
The ABC television series "Desperate Housewives" became a huge comedy hit largely because of the exaggerated ways it depicted suburban families trying to get ahead. In one episode, star Felicity...
View ArticleAnother View: Electoral College adds political stability
Last week we wrote about Democratic ambitions to pack the Supreme Court. This week the Electoral College is on the chopping block as Senator Elizabeth Warren comes out in favor of its abolition, Beto...
View ArticleAnother View: Pritzker shouldn't use tax $ to sell referendum
If a school district — or any local government, for that matter — overtly promoted a bond issue that required voter approval, it would be drawn and quartered.That's against the law, and so when...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Saying goodbye to long-time editor
On May 8, The Register-Mail will lose a newsroom pillar. After 30 years, Local News Editor Rob Buck will work his final day at The Register-Mail.When I first arrived in Galesburg as editor nearly 16...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Uproar on Facebook over headline
If you don't follow The Register-Mail's Facebook page, you likely missed the backlash we received over a headline in Thursday's edition. More than 150 comments were left on a Facebook post showing our...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Register-Mail needs your stories, photos, talents
It's been quite a year for The Register-Mail and newspapers in general. I thank readers for sticking with us through this historic transition. The newsroom is smaller but just as dedicated to telling...
View ArticleEditor's Report: Cedar Fork idea tops opinion section in 2019
A variety of columns, editor's Notebooks, letters to the editor and a Roundtable were most popular opinion pieces in 2019.Most viewed opinion pieces1. July 8 Stuart Allison: Bring Cedar Creek back to...
View ArticleRoundtable: What created political divide?
What created the current partisan divide with respect to political parties? Unrealistic policies push divideUnrealistic political policies are the number one partisan divide when it comes to governing...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: R-M publisher will be missed
On Friday, we said goodbye to our publisher David Adams with pizza and cupcakes.David started here in January 2017 and is leaving to take a position as general manager and vice president of sales at...
View ArticleEditor's Notebook: Letters on Facebook draw criticism, readers
Facebook has become a necessity in distributing the local news. I wish it weren't so.Back in the olden days, seven or eight years ago, we would post our stories to galesburg.com and readers would come...
View ArticleEditorial: Not enough testing to know if COVID-19 is here
These are unprecedented times.Schools closed for weeks. Offices shuttered. Business slowed. Travel stalled. The coronavirus has drastically impacted our lives.We’re hunkered down in our homes trying to...
View ArticleEarth is our home and you can fight for it while you're at home
The 50th anniversary of Earth Day will not get the attention it deserves as the world deals with the novel coronavirus pandemic.Instead of the rallies, parades and other hoopla that accompanies just...
View ArticleEditorial: We must plan and allow for more voters to choose to vote by mail
The scenes last month during the Wisconsin Primary Election should enrage us all. In Milwaukee, as the polls were closing, there remained lines wrapped around several blocks, voters spaced a...
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