We all are born with the desire to belong somewhere and to someone. It is not a place or person that you have chosen that counts. It is the love and will of the Father that has created you.

  SPRINGFIELD — “Tom Railsback supports impeachment.”

You might have been asked recently to sign a petition to put a candidate on the ballot in 2020. It’s that season, and, though a truism, if good people don’t run for office, democracy doesn’t work. You ought to try running. Here’s how.

Clarifying why cannabis is good on many fronts

The buzz in the cigar shop the last couple of weeks has, of course, centered around the impeachment proceedings taking place in Washington. 

Due to my cultural heritage and for a very obvious reason I have been always interested in ceramic art and potteries since I came to Illinois. 

Some things never change. I was reading a 100-year-old paper from our archives and the editor was grousing about how everyone wants their events and businesses mentioned in the newspaper but apparently don’t think the editor needs to eat.

Let the sunshine in. The Rantoul City Schools (RCS) has the opportunity to shed light on its future school board meetings. 

To the editor:

Most mornings are spent on thinking about the day ahead and figuring out how it should be. Will it be easy, slow or hard? 

“At the cross, at the cross where I first saw the light, 

It’s time to peek inside the ol’ mailbag to answer readers’ most perplexing questions.

Board should vote to OK sports complex

Sir Edward Baldwin Malet was one of Queen Victoria’s most trusted diplomats, representing Great Britain in China, Greece, the Ottoman Empire, Belgium, Germany and Egypt. In his book, “Shifting Scenes,” he tells some of the experiences he had during his career, one of which involved a private…

I admit it. I blew it.

I switched over to a cigar brand called Mark Twain hoping they would help provide inspiration. A box and a half later, all I’m inspired to do is to buy a better brand of cigars.

A couple of Democrats demanded something be done about the state’s ever-increasing property tax bills during the spring legislative session. 

Great Forever memories at White Hall

The only way for Illinois to avoid a fiscal apocalypse is to create a powerful, independent board that would administer bitter budget medicine. 

You may not have my testimony, integrity or my work ethic. God has created me.

There are a lot of other things I’d rather be writing about, but as Sept. 11 approaches, I cannot ignore the memory, now 18 years old, of that infamous day — my generation’s Pearl Harbor. 

There are good reasons Republicans aren’t eagerly lining up to jump into the race to succeed veteran U.S. Rep. John Shimkus in a congressional district exceedingly large and exceedingly Republican.

To the editor: 

In the course of the workday, my co-workers and I scan documents to ourselves frequently. These documents are scanned through a copier machine then sent as an email attachment to the person who scanned it. 

I may be the cheapest guy you ever knew. I prefer the word “economical,” but it’s not up to me to determine words assigned by others. As a wordsmith, though, I don’t think “cheap” is the most accurate.

I have a family member who I only hear from when she needs money. This puts me in a very awkward position. I have worked very hard for what I have, and she doesn’t work at all. I try not to be judgmental of her life choices, but it is hard not to when she calls for a hand out. I also end up …

Finally got the computer fixed and hopefully will have a column once again. I must say I really miss not writing and having to be still and keep myself quiet.

BUFFALO – Libraries are like supermarkets for the soul.

Blessed be the divine wisdom that invented grandfathers and grandmothers!

I’ve given all I have so that you might be spared the pain of disappointment. But in all that I have given you still have chosen disappointment and not the parts of love that I have shown.

In the casino business, the house always wins. Unless that house is in Chicago.

This week’s note is a lightly revised submission from five years ago. If you feel gipped by getting an old column this week, we do have a money-back guarantee. 

SANTA FE, Texas – Last week, I sat in this small Texas town and listened to a mother tell me how a gunman killed her son as he hunkered in a classroom closet.

According to the National Newspaper Association, there are more than 1,400 daily newspapers in the U.S. and more than 7,000 weekly newspapers. 

Doug Rokke wants you to believe installing solar energy at a home or business is almost certainly a waste of money. He’s wrong, and my goal here is to tell you why.

By PRECIOUS KELLY

SPRINGFIELD – A few years back, I was driving through downtown St. Louis with my family when we saw a group of young people waving signs that read, “Forgive my student loans.”

Re: Scott Reeder’s article about Barack Obama being born in the United States, July 24, 2019, issue — 

The editorial cartoon in the July 24 edition of the Rantoul Press makes fun of the myth that Area 51 harbors intergalactic spacecraft and aliens.

I am writing in response to the opinion piece, “Rokke: Solar energy not easily affordable.” 

The following was written in response to a recent item in the Press regarding the village of Rantoul’s solar policy.

When folks find out I’ve done some writing, it often happens that someone will mention how much they’d like to be an author. 

My wife showed me a thing online the other day offering special classes for men. Like “How to put the toilet lid down” and “Yes, you can wash dishes.”

FORT FRANCIS, Ontario — How is it that a society with the engineering know how to put a man on the moon 50 years ago can’t make a decent gasoline can today?

 A good friend of mine is pregnant, and I really want to help her when she has the baby, but I am not sure how to do this. This is her first child, and I have no children of my own. I am really at a loss as to what would help her and what would not.