By James E. Gierach What would cause a white police officer in Minneapolis to think he could pin a black, handcuffed, submissive arrestee suspected of passing a $20 counterfeit bill to the pavement wi…
Opinion
I don’t fish, but the idea reels me in
Take it from someone who hasn’t cast a line into a body of water for at least 40 years. I like fishing. Well, let’s say I like the idea of fishing. I’ll qualify it further by saying there’s a pa…
Finding the meaning of Easter–in church
Pastor Marty Michniewicz casts a blessing with holy water on parishioners and the palm fronds they are holding aloft during Palm Sunday Mass at St. Alexander Catholic Church, 7025 W. 126th St. in Palo…
The Editor’s View: Through the Glass, Brightly
Earlier this week I officially moved into the editor’s desk at The Regional News. My workspace is equipped with the usual computer, phone, filing cabinets and a few reference books, but …
Trump’s last hurrahs
Statesmanship. The word is defined as the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs. &nb…
Heights Fitness Center can change your life
The new entrance into the expanded Palos Heights Recreation Center has been open since August. The new fitness center inside the refurbished Recr…
See you on Harlem for Heights’ Classic
Could it really be that 13 years have gone by since that first-ever Palos Heights Classic Car Event rolled onto Harlem Avenue? …
The enemy within must not divide us
Internalized homophobia may have been a motive of the mass killer in the shootings early Sunday in a gay nightclub in Orlando. Reports that the shooter frequented the club before his massacre of 49 pe…
Trump still shows himself lacking presidential timber
Republicans willing to support Donald Trump as their presidential nominee hoped by now to see him pivot into being, well, actually presidential, to have any chance of winning the White House. Instead …
Work-fashion balance
Photos from left courtesy of Jorge Gera, Nick Cormier and Caroline Foreman Grant, Mike and Phil (from left) are three gentleman of the business world who enjoy expressive clothing. &…