https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events daily 0.75 2024-09-19 https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2021/9/23/world-class-cso monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/185d78e4-4b27-411b-a2d7-ba78a5534ab1/Chicago+Henge.jpg Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out A glimpse of the sun setting between Chicago skyscrapers - known as Chicagohenge - was a precursor to a delightful evening. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4ea2e7a2-60cf-4068-9669-42547636dc6d/CSO+Bldg1.jpg Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out Symphony Center is home base for the world-renown Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5ffc6c31-076f-4734-9abb-f6f4e6c882bc/CSO+box+H+door.jpg Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out Attending a CSO concert for the first time required going first cabin, i.e., box seats. It was a great decision. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f2f29216-63ce-47fa-bd71-29f0d4597cf1/CSO+Muti+2+%282%29.jpg Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out Room with a view. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/45165185-3c4f-4fbd-8b69-b08b83a7a39d/CSO+Pit.jpg Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out Moments earlier, these seats were filled by top-of-the-line musicians. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5ee33577-7d97-48e6-a6b5-619bde5ee1b7/CSO+Tbone+BADF.png Events - WORLD-CLASS CSO - Make it stand out We had a splendid evening with one exception. Other than participating in the national anthem, trombones were left out of the evening’s performance. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2024/8/21/dnc-in-chicago monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0098183e-dff4-4e4c-a668-33b5ed87f7c5/DNC+banner.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out By all accounts Chicago and the Democrats ran a smooth convention. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fd349b8b-5e60-47bf-88cf-6587e3289794/DNC+United+Center.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out The United Center in Chicago was the center of world politics for four days in August. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d2b27422-2b71-4664-b8ab-e75913f7726b/DNC+Cops+Bikes+2.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out With one exception on opening night, the strong police presence kept protesters from acting out of bounds. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f8a63a21-4a6b-4371-ae93-a6c3520c7e18/DNC+protest+group.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out Protesters couldn’t have asked for better weather. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/af31d578-b2be-4bb3-8286-4a994404c034/DNC+protester.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out Like this woman, protesters are not enamored with the two choices. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5077d0af-a946-474c-a616-43935c7d816f/DNC+sign.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out What’s the replacement if the whole system goes? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4d244a84-d9ab-405c-beb2-3f9a00732f19/DNC+Union+Park.jpg Events - DNC IN CHICAGO - Make it stand out After the convention left town Union Park returned to normalcy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2022/9/9/lincolns-home monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3b52017f-c1d4-4172-9b40-25d40d27842e/Lincoln+house+1.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out Abraham Lincoln’s house looks much like it did in the mid-19th Century. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/00e84559-7494-4a40-ba45-69873d49635b/Lincoln+couch.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out An authentic couch that Lincoln would have sat on when he lived here. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e0fa8349-7eae-4ab3-8fdf-f878efe2c446/Lincoln+stove.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out Mary Todd Lincoln would have used this stove to cook for her family. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6a864b55-3f37-492d-ad3d-0030cf7df62d/Lincoln+train+depot.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out The Springfield, Illinois train depot Lincoln departed from when he travelled to Washington, D.C. to become president. Presumably, his body returned to this depot four years later. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bc8f13f3-e4c3-4ad6-acf2-71c5b4477890/Lincoln+gloves.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out Gloves Lincoln wore the night he was assassinated. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5120bfc5-1c49-44a0-9045-92d00f3595e3/Lincoln+vault+original+2.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out The original vault that contained Lincoln’s body. His obelisk atop his permanent burial site can be seen in the background above. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6e8a0202-58af-4ad6-af84-76da77516a77/Lincoln+tomb+1.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out This spectacular monument and tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois’ Oak Ridge Cemetery. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/62c2f7f2-e7be-4596-ab55-db6211615c37/Lincoln+tomb+stone+2.jpg Events - LINCOLN'S HOME - Make it stand out Lincoln’s headstone. For security purposes, his coffin is buried 10 feet below, covered with two tons of concrete. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2022/2/18/desert-mod-squad monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a7a892be-70a9-476c-baa6-e15f709a2c5e/Palm+Springs+Feb.+couch.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out These couches typified the cool vibe of Modernism Week in Palm Springs, California. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/107565d1-e021-4dab-a094-126dc44be8be/Palm+Springs+Feb.+pool+1.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out Who wouldn’t want to hang out at this pool? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fd3621c8-3f89-4d40-908a-f2ff2137f841/Palm+Springs+Feb.+pool+2.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out Or this pool? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e2cfdfb1-6fb6-4d7a-b69c-4bdf5685ea6f/Palm+Springs+Feb.+cafe+arts.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out A favorite place to eat while visiting the Palm Springs area. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/93c8901f-a5e8-4096-81c4-9f7760e140d5/Palm+Springs+Feb.+giraffe.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out There’s an awesome zoo out here, too! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0abb2764-5d59-4494-b05a-aea858ee2fcc/Palm+Springs+sunrise.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out Mountain sunrises make it easy to get the day started. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3d23128f-e042-4ad1-add9-969b23415966/Palm+Springs+Feb.+sa+fault.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out The San Andreas fault runs alongside these mountains. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a4d52138-f110-4bf5-958b-cd6ea51d479a/Palm+Springs+Feb.+frey+view.jpg Events - DESERT MOD SQUAD - Make it stand out Another pool, why not? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2023/8/26/60th-dc-march monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c2bbc24e-d337-47e4-baf0-52ebd889584e/Harpers+Ferry+beauty.jpg Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out Scenic serenity abounds in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and belies what took place here 165 years ago. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/13636fff-2106-4675-9a41-11dc02cc4787/Harpers+Ferry+downtown+night.jpg Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out Downtown Harper’s Ferry sparkles at night. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/85a51322-fdac-49ae-bc44-9c77eb457f5c/Harpers+Ferry+John+Brown+fort.jpg Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out In 1859, abolitionist John Brown occupied this Harper’s Ferry fort and started the skirmish that led to the Civil War. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/679f7d77-43de-4a03-aa92-484008fb3540/DC+March+crowd+1.jpg Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out It was a beautiful day for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/386ddc90-abc4-46d3-818a-c48d2df9cf72/DC+March+group+2.png Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out Among star-studded speakers were (Top L clockwise) MLK III, Rep. James Clyburn, Eric Michael Dyson, and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ead59360-8457-4b10-b302-96fcc870ed2b/DC+March+group+3.png Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out Attendees were passionate and energized with a mellow undercurrent. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fec8223a-44ba-42c8-a015-ee8bccc7effd/DC+March+group+4.png Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out It was a memorable day in D.C.! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/314094f4-1d9f-4497-9e49-9a0498ee6c83/Harpers+Ferry+train+view.jpg Events - HARPERS FERRY / D.C. MARCH - Make it stand out Riding the rails saying goodbye to Harper’s Ferry on the way home from D.C. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2020/3/12/iu-delivers monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584023317800-CBEREO71EQO8MGO0KLSG/IU+Delivers+Big+Sky.JPG Events - IU DELIVERS A beautiful early-spring drive down Indiana’s I-65 between Chicago and Lafayette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584023460591-KAR3JGVBL76WWOL5VANR/Indiana%27s+Hamilton+SGIS.JPG Events - IU DELIVERS The building housing the Hamilton Lugar School is a magnificent building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584023606594-YGXSPHIU5PTJZK2D9F5G/IU+Delivers+Crowd.JPG Events - IU DELIVERS Standing room only crowd in the Shreve Auditorium both days necessitated two overflow rooms! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584023760754-BAFYYTPCS5AK6PKR6VYY/IU+Delivers+China+Panel.jpg Events - IU DELIVERS The Day One panel on U.S. - China relations was outstanding, as were all of the panels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584023883499-ET9T8B0CZFDW1FQ130YL/IU+Delivers+Gunn.jpg Events - IU DELIVERS Ambassador William Burns being interviewed by Susan Glasser of The New Yorker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584024049559-61WJ2PICAZHXYGQJQPD7/IU+Delivers+MarieY.jpg Events - IU DELIVERS Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch shortly before receiving the Richard G. Lugar Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584024154580-05UP1RWGH7UNR1ZENXCR/IU+Delivers+Auditorium.JPG Events - IU DELIVERS The IU Auditorium was packed for Ambassador Yovanovitch’s appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584024296534-33IGDCBMC9DI41U1TVIJ/IU+Delivers+Courthouse.jpg Events - IU DELIVERS Bloomington, Indiana’s Monroe County Courthouse, bathed in sunset Friday evening after the conference ended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584036584350-3FFW7NIS0EV7B2AKCPBD/IU+Delivers+Pollution.JPG Events - IU DELIVERS Smoke stacks are smoking just south of Indianapolis as I head home Saturday morning. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2020/2/20/three-fabulous-days monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216921001-TTZE9GSQDPU3LICML7OC/3+Fab+Days+view+2.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS Add a cup of coffee and this view is the way to start every day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216367537-4FHTHF476BL8NL6NT03K/3+Fab+Days+beach+1.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS Follow the footsteps into the Atlantic Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216820336-YK02UECAP428PAE27MAN/3+Fab+Days+versace.jpg Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS The former mansion of the late Gianni Versace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216539182-1WO107YG3H3H971S1R6L/3+Fab+Days+cafe.jpg Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS The newsstand - and the news - is gone from South Beach’s News Cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216645764-HREB1AZF9MIJFMQAW9V4/3+Fab+Days+shuckers.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS The place to be for a relaxing, slow lunch and conversation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582222597126-LKTAXAM31ZAEV96Q5W5M/3+Fab+Days+skyline+3.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS A leisurely way to spend midday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582217033667-NE281KGSA3FTWNDZMGQS/3+Fab+Days+ship.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS Our tour boat was dwarfed by ships carrying containers to and from faraway locales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582218165269-ZXA8XRT78T4BNEA9TWRL/3+Fab+Days+capone.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS Chicago gangster Al Capone’s swimming pool was behind this structure. His home was hidden in the grove of palm trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582222690722-2G0FVT7IVAJ60L7PFA1V/3+Fab+Days+palms.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS Palm trees sure put you in a good mood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582216448118-9TMZ4KNA5RKG7N08Y45Z/3+Fab+Days+beach+2.JPG Events - THREE FABULOUS DAYS The sun begins to fade on my last day in Miami Beach. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2019/11/21/where-time-stands-still monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574012646679-MK8AQZRQR1GAM1STTGM8/JFK+Event+School.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL East Grade School, where I was a first-grader, emptied upon news President Kennedy had been shot. (Photo credit Plainfield Public Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574012368851-GGO6HE8RDM9ZL2EP5415/JFK+Event+Wife+Life+Mag.jpg Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL The glamorous First Couple arriving at Dallas Love Field on November 22, 1963. (Photo credit Life Magazine). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574018513960-PKOHUR9BXG9Z0GUSMV19/JFK+Dealey+Plaza.png Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Dealey Plaza looks much the same today as it did in 1963. Clockwise from top left: the orange bricked Texas School Book Depository Building; the grassy knoll; the triple underpass; the spot where Abraham Zapruder filmed the assassination. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574014990921-W5WTNLE78TCG4VGFMQ05/JFK+Love+Field.jpg Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL The presidential motorcade began at Love Field. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574014294541-6I9H0I1DT7KP4CQ3K0ZM/JFK+Event+Elm+Houston+2.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Like San Francisco’s Haight and Ashbury, the corner of Houston and Elm streets in Dallas is famous, or in this case, infamous. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574017011085-FTI981WWLU9A6ZRSRY73/JFK+Snipers+Nest.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Lee Harvey Oswald’s sniper’s nest on the 6th floor of the Texas School Book Depository Building. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574017563327-W5NHWEZIG170DDMHLIWX/JFK+Snipers+View+2.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald’s view from the sniper’s nest. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574357925807-8BUXKN74W2Y3BFU0WGU5/JFK+Dealey+Plaza+1.jpg Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL The X on the street near the center of the photo is where the fatal shot hit Kennedy. Evidence points to accidental friendly fire from a Secret Service rifle. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574015734228-MCZ69JBAIFST13ZBO74Z/JFK+SServ+Unnamed+2.jpg Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Notable ballistics and forensics experts believe Secret Service Special Agent George Hickey, shown here brandishing his AR-15 behind JFK’s limo, inadvertently fired the shot that killed Kennedy. Their fact-based theory is intriguingly plausible. (Photo credit Unnamed Motorist) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574016175146-5IYPFSFKP97I323LPKUG/JFK+Parkland+2.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Barely one-hour after it began, JFK’s motorcade ended here at Parkland Hospital. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574017986447-L85X76QCONQ5143WLBXV/JFK+Event+Newsp+%282%29.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL The news around the globe was the same. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574013128386-T65V0C8YS8X3PBF6U0QQ/JFK+Event+Paine+House+1.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Ruth Paine’s boarding house, where Lee Harvey Oswald slept the night before he shot the president. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574016295174-XYMD4CQJD878NH5FIO3V/JFK+Event+Texas+Theater.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald was captured at the Texas Theater, which still operates in the Oak Cliff section of Dallas. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574016407565-E6U5KRXYK0X7978RTW69/JFK+Jail+4.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald was held in cell #2 at the Dallas Municipal Building. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574091385167-0ZOFOLXML5JYP39GLDT5/JFK+Event+Mugshot+Wall.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald (and later Jack Ruby) stood in front of this wall to have his mugshot taken. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574091523099-UWGX0P1H9XIECKPLQMK2/JFK+Event+Hallway.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald was paraded up and down this hallway in front of media scrums. Note the silver-ish colored line on the floor (toward the right) that runs from the bottom of the photo to the top of the photo. That’s where the wall was in 1963, creating a packed, tension-filled space. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574024179941-NBDJYVQ1MCPKERQ3OM9B/JFK+Event+Elevator.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald, escorted by Detective Jim Leavelle, took this elevator to the municipal building basement to be transferred to the county jail. Moments later, Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574017768679-HWY1M9OA65NGARFA0P8Z/JFK+Event+Police+HQ+ramp.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL The ambulance that carried Oswald from the municipal building basement used this ramp. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574023921597-G936TIRG7S7ZDVP4RVVX/JFK+Event+Dallas+3.JPG Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Dallas is now a gleaming, cosmopolitan city with proud citizens. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2019/6/26/railing-away monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571646694-VJYQHD3L03PI8UN4T0V1/Railing+Away+GHall+1.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Midday mellowness abounds in Union Station’s Great Hall in Chicago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571771748-90Y3BG67X2SGHO6JB63C/Railing+Away+Roomette.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Cozy roomette quarters have a Mercury capsule feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571699329-Q2X1O15AVNLK222DGC2S/Railing+Away+Farm.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Glaciers did a number on Illinois, making it the second flattest state after Florida. Incessant rain has done a number on Illinois farmers. Many bare fields in late-June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571744052-AFY3JLWIWSX0XQ2WKQGN/Railing+Away+Mississippi.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! The Mississippi River is more intimidating when swollen from a deluge of rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571805939-0C4RYID0RLQWD9GUVG0L/Railing+Away+Harvey+Hotel.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! The Harvey Hotel in Dodge City, Kansas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571883061-ISVSUFVGR45C5PLXQ9AN/Railing+Away+La+Junta+CO.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Storefronts in La Junta, Colorado, seen during a stop for fresh air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561571849947-RZROG0Q39NNMBNS69KJ6/Railing+Away+CO+mtn2.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Here we go! First close-up of mountains, north of Trinidad, Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561572507382-1292V9UMKRAUYVGF93NS/Railing+Away+Room+View.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Room with a view, riding through New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573167646-APEVQ30SEKD6UQQSJMI7/Railing+Away+Longest+Day.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Big sky in New Mexico the day before the longest day of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573254740-O187KE1EOKCK0U571D45/Railing+Away+Cover.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! New Mexico’s rugged beauty offers ample photo opportunities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573332563-HM9U64LIFO4Z4AN6H6LS/Railing+Away+NMex+mtn.JPG Events - RAILING AWAY! A cool formation in New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573400719-C48WAI7E2F0LOXJ1E4E1/Railing+Away+NMex+Wall.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! A great wall in New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573449075-T3F9A8NQNKKTBSLSYECX/Railing+Away+LA+City.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Post-train ride, downtown L.A. seen from Griffith Observatory in the Los Feliz neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573528773-UIF9QDZYS66VZKYFI96E/Railing+Away+Bat+Cave.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Holy Toledo! The Griffith Park cave that was staged as the bat cave in the 1960s campy TV show “Batman.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573684671-Y691VSESQFRQDEOO49UB/Andrews+View.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! View from hills in San Diego looking toward downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573741116-6L4Z8ETE6A364VROB5WP/Railing+Away+Milk+Honey.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! In the land of milk & honey, heading north on Hwy. 5 between San Diego and L.A. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561573801585-MIJIV003MZOHX2JNO4KZ/Railing+Away+Hotel+View.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Another room with a view, from my hotel balcony in Century City. Just beyond the foreground is Beverly Hills and hilly Benedict Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561771097550-PZ92HFQ34HGZW1VFCZGG/Railing+Away+Cali+Mtns.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! Headed home after a splendid SoCal vacay. Mountains at dusk north of Lytle Creek, California. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561771187010-JKOHKJ7KYAKKQDG8FBE8/Railing+Away+NMex+Olympus.jpg Events - RAILING AWAY! On the way home New Mexico was still magnificent! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1561772243725-J7PWJZG58WW8AD8MMOXS/Railing+Away+COKS+sunset2.JPG Events - RAILING AWAY! Final sunset of 9-night vacay. Near the Colorado-Kansas border. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2019/5/26/the-great-spectacle monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988060156-O418K6L02B5K10F8X604/Indy+Event+Watertower.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE This water tower says it all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558990824617-VSRFJ6S2J1U8ULTP18OY/Indy+Event+16th+St.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE The short chute grandstands between Turns 1 and 2 loom over 16th Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558993043658-NIB1H7UHOB7WRWJJ5OAA/Indy+Event+Campers.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Race fans campground just off Georgetown Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558993146526-5SVEASNG5EK33S5VWLJK/Indy+Event+Food.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Hungry? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1559007406352-UQHYNA4QHILGUF5TI5DS/Indy+Event+Georgetown+3.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Looking down Georgetown Road outside the front stretch grandstands at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988292627-S9Y2J5CEVABMFCZA0WW0/Indy+Event+The+Gang.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Yours truly on the left with the gang that attends the race together every year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988381543-9V4ARI13ASRTDX3H3K67/Indy+Event+Pilgramage.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE The huge crowd along 16th Street moves slowly toward the track on race day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988479143-81OAY3E8K5UYB2MTF3RW/Indy+Event+Beer.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Oops, these fans spilled their liquid gold! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988640253-BCUZKV1IQ7MRLTOPQO9Q/Indy+Event+Rick+Mears.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE The all-time best oval racer of them all, 4-time Indy winner Rick Mears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988720698-TB0EFK0CM2S278QX7914/Indy+Event+Turn+3b.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE The front row leads the field into Turn 3 on the pace lap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988819246-E3436OMDR36HO3KT0R0D/Indy+Event+Short+Chute.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE All eleven rows are visible (front row top left in Turn 4) moments before taking the green flag! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558988939954-AALYGKPRTQFLMVQMC4KI/Indy+Event+Crash2.JPG Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Cars avoid the wreckage from the crash involving Sebastion Bourdais and Graham Rahal near the end of the race. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558989191174-8DZRI0H6FAXN1J4FBKOA/Indy+Event+Post+Race.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE The race (won by Simon Pagenaud) is over. Go out the same way you came in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1558989711168-XIAKEXUEV20ML2MMGRV8/Indy+Event+Homeward.jpg Events - THE GREAT SPECTACLE Driving home from the race on Indiana’s I-65 an hour and a half south of Chicago. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2019/2/5/spring-break-in-florida monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554411474730-SVRLO9UF1FDD5TR1LXK4/Potpourri+That+Was+Fun+pic.JPG Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Yea, get me outta here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554411721959-3JWQCHRBG9FOCOQHZ8H1/Harpers+Ferry+Mt..jpg Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Along the Potomac river outside Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554411321177-UF3U9WCPHWTKTJYG06CR/Amtrak+Florida.jpg Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Rolling through central Florida. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554412002464-1BGV3FJL61VZ8LN0HPS8/Miami+Beach.jpg Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Miami Beach: How sweet it is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554412131229-SCF0GD88TR3A17X0MJG9/Alligator+Everglades.jpg Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Uh-oh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554412199218-0PWCUOWW98RHRIAU2WGE/Old+Ebbitt+Grill.JPG Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! Old Ebbitt Grill a few blocks from the White House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554412454480-ST7GUZRKDC0Z7CIIIDB9/Amtrak+snow.JPG Events - OUT OF TOWN ON A RAIL! A few hours from home. Yuck! https://www.theweeklyopine.com/events/2018/7/7/protesters-shut-down-chicago-expressway monthly 0.5 2024-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554389778888-P22F3N6IAUDJKWG7ANEO/Pfleger+at+March+2.JPG Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Father Pfleger directs things before the march started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554471715276-XGKEY4HHVE5BPA55A1IC/DF+at+Pfleger+march.JPG Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Yours truly moments after briefly speaking with Father Pfleger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554389869909-DXB77P57GPEAFYCOC2SH/Pfleger+March+Cops+2.JPG Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Chicago’s top cop Eddie Johnson (in white shirt) at pre-march press conference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554390196651-VBIXUBLXKR3UL6G3DCGP/Pfleger+Marchers+2.jpg Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Marchers just before entering the Dan Ryan Expressway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554390008735-3JQIB5QPODC3PRJWDXUK/Pfleger+Marchers+1.jpg Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Mission accomplished. The Dan Ryan is shut down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1554390292584-74DRWTCDMOUWBPZXLC34/Pfleger+Marchers+4.jpg Events - PFLEGER SHUTS THE DAN RYAN Marchers begin to exit the expressway. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics daily 0.75 2026-03-11 https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2026/3/12/love-thy-neighbor-depends monthly 0.5 2026-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9e084af9-9017-488b-afb6-900f9f420f8d/Lincoln+Memorial+4.JPG Politics - LOVE THY NEIGHBOR? DEPENDS... - Make it stand out President Abraham Lincoln helped pave the way for the MAGA cult. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d985fd4f-0cf8-43ab-b0d3-4005d4136f33/James+and+Jasmine2+nyt+fox.png Politics - LOVE THY NEIGHBOR? DEPENDS... - Make it stand out Rising star James Talarico won the Texas Democratic primary for U.S. Senate over current star Jasmine Crockett. Hopefully, Crockett will not be in the background for long. (Photos credit New York Times, Fox) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b1c85292-88e9-4123-a8cc-9cffacd59126/Trump+Dumb+MAGAs+pbs.jpg Politics - LOVE THY NEIGHBOR? DEPENDS... - Make it stand out The people behind Trump are making more than a mistake. They are plain dumb. (Photo credit PBS screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2026/2/5/like-paul monthly 0.5 2026-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bed0b666-4602-4fe1-8595-4752d28de0ee/MTG+Epstein+roll+call.jpg Politics - LIKE PAUL? - Make it stand out House Democrat Ro Khanna embraces Marjorie Taylor Greene during a press conference with Epstein survivors. Don’t rush to throw open your arms to the former Trump sympathizer. (Photo credit Roll Call) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f63f40d2-db78-4b55-8eaa-c8efcd805562/MTG+Collage.png Politics - LIKE PAUL? - Make it stand out MTG brandishing a rifle, making a fool of herself, and about to kiss a suspected pedophile. (Photos credit Georgia Recorder, Washington Post, The Guardian) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/60a4044f-0373-4093-bce2-ebad87851f09/Jan+6+washington+post2.jpg Politics - LIKE PAUL? - Make it stand out Ignoring what their eyes could plainly see, MAGAs fell for Trump’s lie that January 6, 2021, was a peaceful demonstration. (Photo credit Washington Post) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2026/1/8/can-you-see-clearly-now monthly 0.5 2026-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c23c1d19-e108-4f1e-8192-06f511e65469/Letter+Final.png Politics - CAN YOU SEE CLEARLY NOW? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e3a93516-6c7c-4b55-a197-965ea6803214/Vote+3.png Politics - CAN YOU SEE CLEARLY NOW? - Make it stand out The U.S. needs a better informed electorate and should retain ways making it easier to vote. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c0d5efc4-c009-4ac9-a00e-510abe347d87/Broadv+ice+bldg2.jpg Politics - CAN YOU SEE CLEARLY NOW? - Make it stand out If walls at the Broadview ICE facility could talk they’d say Trump voters are among those being abused inside. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/345bc9c5-ef3e-4c92-837e-faa0a4f8e147/Food+Pantry+2.jpg Politics - CAN YOU SEE CLEARLY NOW? - Make it stand out Ninety minutes before the doors open people line up at a local food pantry. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/12/18/a-lump-of-coal monthly 0.5 2025-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/34bd2c66-b2b1-4d34-84f5-a713247859d2/Coal+lump.jpg Politics - A LUMP OF COAL - Make it stand out It’s a stress-filled holiday season for Americans, especially Trump supporters. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4a7439e7-32c4-4faa-96fa-806a4764a4b8/Trump+speech+abc.jpg Politics - A LUMP OF COAL - Make it stand out Another unhinged performance by Trump spells doom for Republicans. (Photo credit ABC screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/11/6/election-rout monthly 0.5 2025-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7d3bfecf-d67f-4e73-831f-5f3066ebcaa5/Mamdani+1+fox.jpg Politics - ELECTION ROUT - Make it stand out Not sure how Muslims say it, but in Germany they would say, “Der Mann,” a.k.a., The Man. (Photo credit Fox screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c8b8a40e-fad5-4e65-8ff1-73a743645081/Cali+Prop+50+fox.jpg Politics - ELECTION ROUT - Make it stand out Gov. Gavin Newsom led California to a crucial strategic victory. (Photo credit Fox screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2769b8ab-d592-4b8b-a5c5-2f2d81757056/Women+Dem+Govs+fox.jpg Politics - ELECTION ROUT - Make it stand out Tuesday was ladies night in New Jersey and Virginia. (Photos credit Fox screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/10/16/warm-up-act monthly 0.5 2025-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c1870f13-e2ed-4c28-bdf6-7580726d9699/Broadv3+fence+up.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Monday afternoon the fence at the Broadview ICE facility stood tall. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/53c713cd-856b-4abf-9c17-8f0d0c258f58/Broadv3+speaker+mayor.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Game faces intact, Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch (L) and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson (2nd from L just behind Welch) stride purposefully to a press conference where they did not back down from Homeland Security or ICE. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e63ec066-d97b-4b16-819d-1ad8c967629b/Broadv3+presser+df2.png Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Yours truly (under the red arrow in the red cap) at the Broadview press conference. (Photo credit ABC7-Chicago) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cab54ee5-1d3f-476f-b80b-d8396dd09407/Broadv3+bearcat.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out ICE rolled out their Bearcat paramilitary machine (in center of photo), an imposing menace that appears part tank, part Hummer. The show of force was unnecessary, considering there were only 15 members of the media and a handful of quiet protesters. Using the Bearcat, along with police SUVs, ICE attempted to block us from recording the fence coming down. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2d8fc1f2-367a-4393-9074-971909d4d7f7/Broadv3+fence+tear+down.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Two workers carry a fence panel as they near completing removing the fence. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine). In the video below - which for some reason I find humorous - Illinois State troopers approach as I record an intro prior to the fence coming down. Earlier in the day, the same troopers chatted with me and were OK with me being in the designated media area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aaa6e06a-22c2-42f6-96c5-8db9beffa27c/Broadv3+fence+gone.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Yep, the light of day on Wednesday confirmed it. The fence is gone. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7a2c5ed9-7322-483d-af6e-0ab2d7c7bb51/Broadv3+cops+block.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out Intermittent rain kept some protesters (L) and some media (R) away on Wednesday. Note the fence has been replaced by Illinois State Police squad SUVs blocking the road. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/59fcda0f-6432-4ca9-974e-63b545dd561f/Broadv3+HCM+family.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out This family was devastated by their loved one being detained in the ICE facility (the building in the background on the right). The woman in white was nearly inconsolable. From what I could hear, the state police demonstrated compassion, as they did in a similar situation Tuesday afternoon. State Police are in a no-win situation. They receive little to no information from ICE and therefore cannot provide much assistance to family members. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e0f89500-eded-444c-a148-690957ffe7cc/Broadv3+Chi+SE.jpg Politics - WARM-UP ACT - Make it stand out ICE descends on a Hispanic neighborhood in Chicago. Unwittingly, this is what many Latinos voted for. (Photo credit WGN-9) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/10/9/amendment-prudence monthly 0.5 2025-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/809f584c-e0e5-4c51-9e73-9223322ea851/Protest+Pursue+Happy+3.png Politics - AMENDMENT PRUDENCE - Make it stand out (L) Protesters at Chicago’s Daley Plaza. (R) The Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 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Note the ICE agents on top of the building. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8203dbc7-7bb6-40dc-8aa8-2e0757dbf738/Broadv2+street+sign.jpg Politics - GASSED - Make it stand out Great question. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5eb0545d-8f0c-4de9-b330-38ceacfcbfe9/Broadv2+kat+tossed.png Politics - GASSED - Make it stand out Candidate for U.S. Congress Kat Abughazaleh was violently assaulted by an ICE thug. (Photo credit Bluesky/X user) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3296834c-6f64-41e8-a4aa-be01b7479245/Broadv2+df+ricky.png Politics - GASSED - Make it stand out (L) Reporting live from ICE detention center. (R) Protestor Ricky Hendon Jr. “gets it.” Vote! 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GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bdd33eb0-ff35-4c9b-b0a0-23d18b26e6e2/Bluesky3+Jared+Ivanka.jpg Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/56799a5c-07a4-4ad0-97e0-9e144d294a6c/Bluesky3+Epstein+Trump.jpg Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e4781fb4-87e6-4a46-aa0d-376c52bdb827/Bluesky3+Epstein+Death+2.jpg Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d100f878-9c08-47a7-9d7c-f9fde123e63d/Bluesky3+Good+v+Evil.jpg Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/eb42b513-9fc0-4b69-b675-b8e35fec9f21/Bluesky3+Neighbors.jpg Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8e05a3ac-fd9e-4bc3-b37c-3a0f9cd4688c/Bluesky3+QAnon+Shaman+2.jpg.png Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out It says a lot when you lose the QAnon Shaman, who Trump pardoned for his role in the January 6 riot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6894d72f-fd9c-4d11-b569-a114ba2b8a29/Trump+Sleep+3.png Politics - GEMS KEEP COMING - Make it stand out Sleepy Joe? Try Snoozing Don. As we opined a couple of weeks ago, better to be woke than asleep. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/7/24/progress-report monthly 0.5 2025-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a150038a-c976-4e9a-aadc-d753072f1c7e/CBS+Poll+epstein+2.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out Losing half your party is a dangerous sign. (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/158eb2ec-9a54-4d86-a26d-400b8cf3b16b/CBS+Poll+Trump+approval.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/21f142fe-a3ed-4e0d-9606-dd9ff918d26d/CBS+Poll+epstein+1.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/60dafdf8-1f2a-485a-bc7f-82e9202d7b8c/CBS+Poll+immigrant.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5b5d6110-292c-42a9-91c5-57bd5de175bb/CBS+Poll+inflation.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d28406fc-5d20-40fe-9cb1-e3c71bc6d58d/CBS+Poll+economy.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3c515a9c-28c2-484a-bf65-831d5f8231eb/CBS+Poll+big+bill.jpg Politics - PROGRESS REPORT - Make it stand out (Photo credit CBS/YouGov) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/7/17/woke-is-good monthly 0.5 2025-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/59d1e329-24c0-450c-8976-9baa1fe30c83/Obama+Wright.png Politics - WOKE IS GOOD - Make it stand out In 2008, Barack Obama was unhesitant and transparent explaining his relationship with his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, while condemning Wright’s words. (Photos credit National Constitution Center, New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fbc9012f-851f-4cfb-bf42-e964dd550969/Capitol+Bldg+Juxtaposition.png Politics - WOKE IS GOOD - Make it stand out If you are woke, you can see the photo on the left shows citizens peacefully touring the U.S. Capitol, and the photo on the right shows MAGA insurrectionists violently attacking U.S. Capitol Police. (Photos credit DCist, L.A. Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/752ceb21-6367-455f-ac38-a4bb53e96afb/MAGA+Hat+Burning+yahoo+bsky+usa+today.png Politics - WOKE IS GOOD - Make it stand out Conspiracy-peddling MAGAs are waking up to what’s been staring at them since 2015. Their man Trump is a fraud. (Photos credit Yahoo, Bluesky, USA Today) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/40a12118-a79e-4d91-a1f9-78fb189306d4/Trump+Epstein+3+yahoo+business+insider.png Politics - WOKE IS GOOD - Make it stand out Trump and his “closest friend” Jeffrey Epstein (L). Trump, Melania, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (R). Melania hasn’t exactly come out in defense of her man regarding the sordid Epstein mess. (Photos credit Yahoo News, Business Insider) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/7/10/more-gems monthly 0.5 2025-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f1eff00e-9070-433e-b6db-05f996c4576e/Bsky+Pearly+Gates.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1653a4cc-e1db-47fd-b6e3-5e53c820399e/Bsky+Prayer+Slang.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fb485e31-04dc-4f81-8282-ae8f5de70622/Bsky+Healthcare+Map.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/65b350f8-dbd6-40d8-8f59-3b013a6b69f4/Bsky+Europe+Illegals.jpg Politics - 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MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/29b6da0e-e001-4c6e-a8ad-906b3186888d/Bsky+Mexico.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b93f34e8-d600-4e5f-8115-c6715e91a982/Bsky+MAGA.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f9217b91-5c33-48b6-8f44-540a4a499493/Bsky+TV.jpg Politics - MORE GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/7/3/social-media-gems monthly 0.5 2025-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/40776a16-3116-4a86-8ddf-cf66dcad2cf9/Bluesky+Lady+Liberty.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ab3fca0f-606c-476d-9fbd-1ab6382a0deb/Bluesky+Ugly+Bill.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/58bf31e4-e204-46b4-be84-cba940e851a9/Bluesky+Lisa+Murky.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/25a16339-a92d-48ac-a083-05cc9d941fe1/Bluesky+GOP+Hypocrisy.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8645dc88-9f4a-45fa-bc9b-5b3372102114/Bluesky+Evangelicals.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/dbf3807b-a372-4914-9b23-48ee8a830049/Bluesky+HCM+RNC.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/29a09f8e-6fc3-4f0d-b254-52e6f12f3878/Bluesky+Trump+Epstein.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a21d7212-f78f-4e8b-8340-e22a2f17d403/Bluesky+Trump+Kids.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4fc5727e-f7d5-4c96-b770-704aa3d58bdc/Bluesky+USA+Rank.jpg Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e647d861-cd92-4cea-96b3-a8bd71efaafb/Bluesky+Journalism+2.png Politics - SOCIAL MEDIA GEMS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/6/17/saturday-stroll monthly 0.5 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5691dea0-267e-4a17-b6ee-d15fb93ca1ce/Trump+Parade+fox+2.png Politics - SATURDAY STROLL - Make it stand out If attendees desired, there was plenty of room for social distancing at Trump’s parade. (Photo credit Bluesky) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d0010df6-97e7-4c26-8d05-d9e7193178ea/Trump+Parade+Melania+2+yahoo.png Politics - SATURDAY STROLL - Make it stand out Nationwide “No Kings” protests drew 5 million angry people. At his military parade Trump could have been thinking, “Why is my crowd so small?” (Photos credit Anadolu/Getty, Yahoo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cd5886aa-d815-479b-b7a3-044405e1315f/Trump+Parade+2+tik+tok.jpg Politics - SATURDAY STROLL - Make it stand out The small, low energy crowd, made it easy to hear tanks squeaking as they rolled through Washington, D.C. (Photo credit TikTok) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/6/5/legacy-of-death monthly 0.5 2025-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4ea5bfdc-c731-4ab2-a3c5-7242c6a8f786/Cemetary+Mt.+Carmel+3.jpg Politics - LEGACY OF DEATH - Make it stand out The Trump administration has a penchant for killing people. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/67608ac1-89eb-4286-9baa-dfa34c3faa27/Grim+Reaper+Trump.png Politics - LEGACY OF DEATH - Make it stand out Pathological lying and killing innocent people are hallmarks of Trump. (Photo credit Hub Pages, CNN screenshot face) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/5/15/young-and-fearless monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/93a3d587-4d43-4160-9c44-660c41021b9a/Young+Dems+2.png Politics - YOUNG AND FEARLESS - Make it stand out Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett and Maxwell Frost are not playing around with MAGA idiocy. (Photos credit National Review, Fox News, ABC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9f8dfea9-791b-45ef-8c2c-d6e72029cb65/Jim+Jones+Trump+bbc+ap+news.png Politics - YOUNG AND FEARLESS - Make it stand out Jim Jones and Trump. If it looks, talks and acts like a cult it probably is a cult. (Photos credit BBC, AP News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/27d88ddb-5236-4863-a497-cd2d8bed9172/MAGA+man+1a.jpg Politics - YOUNG AND FEARLESS - Make it stand out If you think higher prices = great, well, be my guest. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/4/17/you-have-a-choice monthly 0.5 2025-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b6c67cf5-8a11-4303-b8db-3bf9f50307e1/Capitol+Bldg+1.JPG Politics - YOU HAVE A CHOICE - Make it stand out Will The People’s government sink or swim? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/36e6afa7-dab4-4b11-be16-2fcd9c010278/Titanic+Capt+Smith+2+medium.png Politics - YOU HAVE A CHOICE - Make it stand out Sometimes you are obliged to go down with the ship. Sometimes you have a choice not to. (Photo credit Medium) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f3a01249-8635-465f-a86a-26348fa13783/US+Govt.png Politics - YOU HAVE A CHOICE - Make it stand out When the three cylinders of America’s government are simultaneously misfiring, do we still have a government? It’s up to The People to straighten out the mess. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/4/10/we-the-people monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b06aec80-cd62-4736-b58c-23248e0c0918/Hands+Off+crowd+arrives.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out A crowd surges toward Daley Plaza in Chicago. And no, these people were not paid to protest. They are fed up. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c147045a-f85c-42ec-b5e5-c2d5d3846ca7/Hands+Off+sign+1.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out Pretty basic stuff. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/be7773b3-c438-4454-a9d4-079029788515/Hands+Off+sign+2.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out As a lover of sleeper car train travel, I say thanks for including Amtrak! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/426f7a9c-19af-472f-a010-09f1e2451176/Hands+Off+crowd+1.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out View from the east side of Daley Plaza. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d7f2afc4-7105-4bfa-96fe-ce058b937fd7/Hands+Off+sign+4.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out In other words, wake the hell up! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/60499a76-1020-43dc-b6e8-da2f90464a1f/Hands+Off+sign+5.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out ‘Tis the season. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f7896a59-320e-4516-a2ad-4b0fe53fc08f/Hands+Off+crowd+3.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out View from the west side of Daley Plaza. Soon the crowd sang “we’re not gonna take it anymore.” (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3d7bdd8b-8142-49e1-95df-149a0fc30435/Hands+Off+sign+6.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out So true. Deport him. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/50e10ecd-d80f-44c9-8514-3c491b230de2/Hands+Off+sign+3.jpg Politics - WE THE PEOPLE - Make it stand out All of the day’s rally signs succinctly summarized. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/4/3/why-not-taiwan monthly 0.5 2025-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/94695b96-47e5-4c0f-8682-d9acd59b2c81/Taiwan+2.png Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out Taiwan seems more strategic than Greenland and is closer to Beijing than Greenland is to Denmark. (Photo credit National Geographic Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c6b53cf6-bd31-4324-bfa4-75900bd1aaba/Tesla+protest+1.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out This early protest crowd became much bigger. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5e01ba38-5134-4148-b977-1181544157d7/Tesla+protest+2+nick.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out A U.S. Navy veteran calls it like he sees it. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ca498590-25b8-441a-9560-18bc7307814e/Tesla+protest+3.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out Organized by the progressive group Indivisible, protesters were peaceful and did not damage Tesla vehicles. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f469912a-f571-4ea1-9de6-7e3237f3f05e/Tesla+protest+4.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out Protester’s moods were part buoyant, part anger and part determination. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/61435543-8971-45e9-8c51-60185d8ffae9/Tesla+protest+5.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out Hard to argue with this sign. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0e77dcda-1a38-4790-8685-9586203bf739/Tesla+protest+6.jpg Politics - WHY NOT TAIWAN? - Make it stand out According to two officer friendlies, protesters show up every Saturday from 11am - 12noon. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/51716576-cca3-417a-8422-ece05cdc8369/Katie+Couric+Me+2.jpg Politics - WHAT'S IN A NUMBER? - Make it stand out My surprise encounter with Katie Couric, in a suite at a Knicks game in 2012, did not include (despite appearances) Couric asking for my phone number. (Photo credit Chris W.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/615527ce-291e-4524-a6c5-c1a964eee3a9/MLK+3.jpg Politics - WHAT'S IN A NUMBER? - Make it stand out Will MLK’s “How Long? Not Long!” apply to our current malaise? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/2/6/four-years-seek-comfort monthly 0.5 2025-02-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6336e1f6-a3bc-4c94-bcad-2efc069d2aee/Pie+Cherry+3.jpg Politics - FOUR YEARS? SEEK COMFORT - Make it stand out Eatin’s been good in my neighborhood. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e9511a21-b0ea-4996-a89f-283ba330f4f4/Torino+5.JPG Politics - FOUR YEARS? SEEK COMFORT - Make it stand out Nothing like a pleasant drive to ease your mind. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/12838d4e-8b46-4965-a65f-f2098bbf20a5/TCM+3+tcm.jpg Politics - FOUR YEARS? SEEK COMFORT - Make it stand out Like pain-killing meds from your pharmacy, an afternoon or evening watching old favorites makes you feel better. (Photo credit Turner Classic Movies) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2025/1/22/oh-say-can-you-see monthly 0.5 2025-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/277cc19c-9042-489b-8d7b-41c8f13d9c43/Tent+Revival.jpg Politics - OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE? - Make it stand out The inauguration resembled a tent revival with hyperbole-spewing ministers. (Photo credit Wesleyan Covenant Association) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/60579703-563e-4819-9c08-496843dd3164/Trump+Inaug+Ministers+nbc+news.png Politics - OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE? - Make it stand out On Monday, Rev. Franklin Graham and other ministers made fools of themselves. On Tuesday, Bishop Mariann Budde set the record straight. (Photos credit NBC News screenshots) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/391eab72-b6b3-47ef-a2d0-3cad69b6cc15/Trump+Inaug+Oath+nbc.jpg Politics - OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE? - Make it stand out A convicted felon was just sworn-in as U.S. president. The self-proclaimed Christian refused to place his hand on the Bible. (Photo credit NBC News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/05a2e251-68b2-4c95-aee3-186c6b87175f/Trump+Inaug+Biden+2+nbc.jpg Politics - OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE? - Make it stand out The Biden’s last act was cozying up to fascists. 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(Photos credit New Yorker, Al Jazeera, PBS, Scripps News, The Hill, Forbes) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/11/14/plan-c-common-sense monthly 0.5 2024-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8704e3a5-ae70-49a4-96d5-6ec00b14f4ce/DNC+Plan+2.jpg Politics - PLAN C (COMMON SENSE) - Make it stand out There is no time to waste. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5d96ddc1-37c2-4354-a029-a4ed4a68d2bb/Bidens+and+Trump+sky+news.jpg Politics - PLAN C (COMMON SENSE) - Make it stand out Taking a photo alongside a fascist, felon, rapist can only be described as appalling. President Roosevelt would never have agreed to pose for a photo with Hitler. (Photo credit Sky News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/442180c1-f274-4b75-ba41-2df163298881/2024+Election+Results+2+ap.png Politics - PLAN C (COMMON SENSE) - Make it stand out This was avoidable. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d03536b9-61ca-4395-b690-174353dafb6d/Biden+Kamala+cnn+nbc+news.png Politics - FOUR MORE YEARS - Make it stand out The peak of President Joe Biden’s stumbling and fumbling was when he waited too long to drop out of the race. Vice President Kamala Harris gave a sterling effort but fell short. (Photos credit CNN, NBC News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a18c5362-411e-436d-9254-4aa80ee5daf9/Voters+in+Line+2.png Politics - FOUR MORE YEARS - Make it stand out Optimism was present on both sides when Election Day voting commenced at 6 a.m. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/67052286-23e9-48c8-b93b-ca0984d35bf4/Flag+MAGA+hat+this+that2.png Politics - FOUR MORE YEARS - Make it stand out When voters choose “That” it means your message doesn’t resonate. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/10/10/informed-decision monthly 0.5 2024-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b4490caf-b326-4f97-80c5-8c7bfbb8c480/Apollo+13+2+universal.jpg Politics - INFORMED DECISION - Make it stand out Voters are democracy's heat shield. Will they hold up on Election Day? (Photo credit Universal screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e529efcb-648c-44d3-a642-b5b386d4903d/Patrick+Mahomes+Wife.png Politics - INFORMED DECISION - Make it stand out Patrick and Brittany Mahomes might be out of their league when it comes to politics. (Photo credit Yahoo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5b0d9bd1-d9cd-4be2-aead-ef6f191f4155/Kamala+Liz+3.jpg Politics - INFORMED DECISION - Make it stand out Ladies night. Liz Cheney's embrace of Kamala Harris and democracy is beyond commendable. It's the right thing to do. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/10/3/walz-up-1 monthly 0.5 2024-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2af0848e-196f-4807-bdd5-59af0e528a79/VP+debate+1.jpg Politics - WALZ UP? - Make it stand out Neither one seems ready to assume the Oval Office. (Photo credit CBS News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/830bfe71-6801-49d9-b319-6779c3ae3eec/VP+debate+moderators.jpg Politics - WALZ UP? - Make it stand out CBS debate moderators Norah O’Donnell and Margaret Brennan joined the list of 2024 moderators who fell short. (Photo credit CBS News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ba2791e4-4dcf-484c-852d-4f02044863d1/Hourglass+5.jpg Politics - WALZ UP? - Make it stand out Time is running out, with Election Day less than five weeks away. 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Going forward, Trump could be on edge while golfing. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5aa96c59-1d87-48a1-90d0-73dd6a78c41b/Trump+Moss+Freeman.png Politics - NO JOY IN MAGAVILLE - Make it stand out Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman could teach Trump how to deal with an ever-present threat of physical violence. (Photos credit AP News, Getty) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/9/12/epic-beatdown monthly 0.5 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/59b26130-b240-4df4-84b5-a998001e9b59/Harris+Trump+3.png Politics - EPIC BEATDOWN - Make it stand out Kamala Harris treated Trump like a cagey lioness treats a tired, old wildebeest. 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(Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7f2cfd00-99f0-431e-842e-9229939ad314/Obamas+DNC+npr.jfif Politics - CHI-TOWN SHINDIG - Make it stand out Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama brung the heat Tuesday night. (Photo credit NPR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bbc6afd2-0d72-4e34-9057-a92bcf62e7e5/Protesters+Cops+2.png Politics - CHI-TOWN SHINDIG - Make it stand out Cops and protesters behaved quite nicely. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/8/8/the-right-stuff monthly 0.5 2024-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3634f894-0ff1-4b67-8cc8-484d6eccc109/Kamala+Walz+1.png Politics - THE RIGHT STUFF - Make it stand out The party just got started! (Photo credit NBC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f98ad5fe-6a0d-403b-8e3d-abb41df2d31c/Kamala+Harris+getty.jpg Politics - THE RIGHT STUFF - Make it stand out A renewed Kamala Harris is pushing all the right buttons. (Photo credit Getty) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/209b767a-c644-4d74-80a7-013395742abd/JD+Vance+spectrum+news+ny1.jfif Politics - THE RIGHT STUFF - Make it stand out Remember Trump following Hillary Clinton around during their debate in 2016? It was equally creepy when J.D. Vance tried to confront Kamala Harris on Air Force Two. These guys are plain weird. (Photo credit Spectrum News NY1) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/7/19/straw-brains monthly 0.5 2024-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/12b11bbb-153a-4596-95e5-5e3c4b390cd7/Scarecrow+GOP+3.png Politics - STRAW BRAINS - Make it stand out Are Republicans smarter than a scarecrow? (Top right clockwise) Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tim Scott and Mike Johnson. (Photos credit Warner Bros., Newsweek, MSNBC, Sierra Club) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ded2c570-2ce7-4a10-a41d-623f50538bf7/Trump+4.png Politics - STRAW BRAINS - Make it stand out When it comes to losing one’s mind, Trump is at least equal to President Biden. (Photos credit AP, Business Insider, AP News, Reuters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f6e85d02-1e88-47e4-8c32-1c4cb972ee87/Vote+No+2025.png Politics - STRAW BRAINS - Make it stand out The stakes and the obvious choice qualify for… Captain Obvious status. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/7/15/another-citizen-shot monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/314ec44f-92d1-4b07-afe5-b55a73d016bf/Trump+Shot+Jan+6+2.png Politics - ANOTHER CITIZEN SHOT - Make it stand out Trump’s reckless calls for violence became a two-way street on Saturday. (Photos credit Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Al Jazeera) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6dc96dc2-735e-4edd-b134-e6876800c230/Shaye+Moss+Ruby+Freeman+2+getty+images.jpg Politics - ANOTHER CITIZEN SHOT - Make it stand out Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman do not have the benefit of security protection. (Photo credit Getty Images) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ed6eedeb-0885-4a69-b3f2-d03013a9bd3b/Melania+Trump+bbc.png Politics - ANOTHER CITIZEN SHOT - Make it stand out Saturday night there were probably some people who channeled Melania Trump when she wore her infamous “I don’t really care do u?” coat. (Photo credit BBC) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/7/9/certifiable-opportunity monthly 0.5 2024-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d86d81cc-5520-4069-9526-ddb4742d9f92/Biden+Interview+2+abc.jpg Politics - CERTIFIABLE OPPORTUNITY - Make it stand out For some reason President Biden went all Trump on us for his ABC interview. Not by lying but wearing too much makeup to appear tanned and fit. (Photo credit ABC News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/540d004e-f5d2-4f0f-84b8-25d88736bd2e/Whitmer+Warnock+abc+news+wsj+2.png Politics - CERTIFIABLE OPPORTUNITY - Make it stand out Democrat’s winning hand: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Sen. Raphael Warnock. But do Dems get it? (Photos credit ABC News, Wall Street Journal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f535469b-7947-4520-8be7-2f2b0a72a0e5/Kamala+Gavin+Pete.png Politics - CERTIFIABLE OPPORTUNITY - Make it stand out While all are accomplished, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, nor Pete Buttigieg should be the choice to replace Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket. (Photos credit Twitter, Hoover Institute, The Advocate) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/7/3/step-aside-joe monthly 0.5 2024-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a0cca1b5-d3af-46c9-98f7-61ffe968c5f7/Joe+Biden+Unfit+cnn.png Politics - STEP ASIDE, JOE - Make it stand out Pretending things are manageable has run its course. (Photos credit CNN) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/73723acf-f4bd-4d7e-a12f-490e228eb63a/Democracy+3+legs.png Politics - STEP ASIDE, JOE - Make it stand out The 3-legged stool of American democracy, made up of Congress, the Executive Branch and Supreme Court, teeters after disastrous decisions by corrupt justices at the Supreme Court. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bfa6c1f8-a6ea-4c77-9dc9-e20a44b9ac97/Flag+7.jpg Politics - STEP ASIDE, JOE - Make it stand out Step 1 in resuscitating American democracy is President Biden patriotically bowing out of the presidential race. Doing so on July 4th would send a powerful signal. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/6/29/whoa-joe monthly 0.5 2024-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a1af8c27-5379-4ccd-b45a-10927bdcab3d/Biden+Trump+Debate+2+cnn.jpg Politics - WHOA, JOE! - Make it stand out A picture says a thousand words. Trump waits for another chance to lie while President Biden stands frozen, trying to remember what he was saying. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c00d9564-94f4-4d16-ba19-9bdf147a6f3d/Gretchen+Whitmer+michigan+daily.png Politics - WHOA, JOE! - Make it stand out In the event President Joe Biden drops out, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer should be first in line. (Photo credit Michigan Daily) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cc4c0762-b88f-4903-9219-6253fa3836eb/CNN+Tapper+Bash+cnn.jpg Politics - WHOA, JOE! - Make it stand out CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash flopped as moderators. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/6/20/be-the-fifth monthly 0.5 2024-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/402df6d2-966d-4c79-8ded-4cec6f169864/New+York+Five.png Politics - BE THE FIFTH - Make it stand out If he holds Trump accountable, Judge Juan Merchan (far R) will join New York Attorney General Letitia James, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Judge Arthur Engoron, and Judge Lewis Kaplan to form the New York Five. (Photos credit MSNBC, MSNBC, BBC, Lawdotcom, Politico) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/341dbcec-f463-4d60-9f21-9e31582227a2/Justice+symbols+2.jpg Politics - BE THE FIFTH - Make it stand out Step 1 was a fair trial, which Trump received, resulting in conviction. Step 2 should be handcuffing Trump after the sentencing hearing. Step 3 should be incarceration. (Photo credit Microsoft Power Point symbols) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/6/6/a-great-american-speech monthly 0.5 2024-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cdf58b2a-52bd-45a4-b0ee-0612e2a55154/Ken+Burns+Trump+youtube+axios.png Politics - A GREAT AMERICAN SPEECH - Make it stand out The contrast between good and evil could not be sharper. (Photos credit YouTube; Axios) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9170e337-c5e6-49ed-90df-d677fdd749b7/Trump+Felon+Tree.png Politics - A GREAT AMERICAN SPEECH - Make it stand out All are convicted felons except Meadows and Giuliani who await trial. (Photos credit [Top down, L-R] MSNBC, Courthouse News, CT Mirror, Politico, NPR, ABC News, Fulton Co. Sheriff, People, Law and Crime, NBC News, GMA, Wall Street Journal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/578210e4-aa42-43b9-ac6b-05925b3eab61/Trump+Felon+Names+2.png Politics - A GREAT AMERICAN SPEECH - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/5/31/braggin-rights monthly 0.5 2024-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f5495551-90f4-422a-835b-f00b30ca83a6/Trump+Guilty+msnbc.jpg Politics - BRAGGIN' RIGHTS - Make it stand out (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c288362a-ece0-40c2-ab71-455ca2bb63fc/NYC+Courthouse.jpg Politics - BRAGGIN' RIGHTS - Make it stand out This Manhattan courthouse played host to a history-defining moment. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/245aa58f-5a82-4c13-9ce5-7c8198383cea/Alvin+Bragg+msnbc.jpg Politics - BRAGGIN' RIGHTS - Make it stand out Did somebody say, “Big Man on Campus?” (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b8c1ee62-0ba2-4e6e-a389-aa224975149a/Trump+felon+2.png Politics - BRAGGIN' RIGHTS - Make it stand out For the felon Trump, it will likely get darker before it gets lighter. (Photos credit MSNBC screenshot; The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/5/30/no-brothers-and-sisters monthly 0.5 2024-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c9660103-6b16-4aa6-8ae5-c7d3dfd32842/Blacks+for+Trump+4.jpg Politics - NO, BROTHERS AND SISTERS! - Make it stand out Aww, hell no! (Photos credit Politico; Valdosta Daily Times) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/5/16/two-way-street monthly 0.5 2024-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/78d04526-6ac9-4df2-b764-c0195b5c6933/Street+Sign+2+Way+3.jpg Politics - TWO WAY STREET - Make it stand out This thing can go both ways. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fabce023-9653-48c6-bcff-abf316f0323e/White+House+%282%29.JPG Politics - TWO WAY STREET - Make it stand out Regardless of November’s outcome, could President Biden remain in place? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/5/9/somehow-a-dead-heat monthly 0.5 2024-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/21dd6d95-5d20-4754-b717-4f01217fb876/Joe+Biden+SOU+council+on+foreign+affairs.png Politics - SOMEHOW A DEAD HEAT - Make it stand out The president needs to regain the mojo he had following his stirring State of the Union speech. (Photo credit Council on Foreign Affairs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/99cc2819-5113-461c-8b44-4a4c1d5331b1/Trump+court+2+axios.png Politics - SOMEHOW A DEAD HEAT - Make it stand out For Democrats to win big will require independents, youngin’s, normal GOPers, and real Christians to reject the Criminal, a.k.a. Trump. (Photo credit Axios) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b8e265d2-0650-434b-92a9-775845c4b984/IU+protesters+6.jpg Politics - SOMEHOW A DEAD HEAT - Make it stand out Protests could become more widespread and expand beyond college campuses if Trump wins and proceeds with his authoritarian agenda. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/3/28/dont-get-cancelled monthly 0.5 2024-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6b80d240-b784-44d9-b6f6-68ec5a957538/Capitol+Bldg+cancelled.png Politics - "DON'T GET CANCELLED" - Make it stand out Photo credit The Weekly Opine https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/3/14/tiktok-tick-tock monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a46a01a4-852e-4465-8cae-14e73dcf68ba/Joe+Biden+TikTok+cnn+variety.png Politics - TIKTOK TICK TOCK - Make it stand out No sense falling on your sword over TikTok. (Photo credit CNN, Variety) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4e3c0811-3d6d-481b-84af-e93bd40bf577/IUPU+kids+rush+pre.jpg Politics - TIKTOK TICK TOCK - Make it stand out Young voters will sprint away from President Biden if he bans TikTok. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/3/7/its-come-to-this monthly 0.5 2024-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e09bdfd8-ebe1-420e-b76c-aef48f4ff86e/Supreme+Court+2.jpg Politics - IT'S COME TO THIS - Make it stand out Corrupt decisions that ignore the Constitution and ignore core values of the majority of citizens will be the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts’ Supreme Court. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b7290e83-9b4a-4743-8201-6dcc22ea485c/Chickens+2.jpg Politics - IT'S COME TO THIS - Make it stand out Why are some people chicken when it comes to nailing Trump? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8069e829-0083-468f-9ff5-73efebb64bb6/Milk+Toast.jpg Politics - IT'S COME TO THIS - Make it stand out A soft and squishy approach won’t do if good is to defeat evil. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b8aa436b-7c5d-43d9-aa7f-5b852bd64dd1/Election+Week+I+voted+3.jpg Politics - IT'S COME TO THIS - Make it stand out Where will you be November 5, 2024? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/2/29/women-unite monthly 0.5 2024-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/eecc0ef5-65ca-41d8-ae93-3b9a489a07f2/Men+Crowd.jpg Politics - WOMEN UNITE - Make it stand out Men are ruining a good thing. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e30b4cc7-0e90-48ee-8985-07786a8208aa/MAGA+hat+1+%283%29.JPG Politics - WOMEN UNITE - Make it stand out Other than on TV at Trump rallies, you don’t see a lot of Trump gear these days. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/037f6f02-2831-4a52-ab66-d03d9d708d55/Women+Unite.png Politics - WOMEN UNITE - Make it stand out If you are a self-respecting woman or decent man, Clarence Thomas, Trump, Brett Kavanaugh and Matt Gaetz represent the worst of America. (Photos credit Politico, AP, New York Magazine, The New Yorker) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/2/20/busted monthly 0.5 2024-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bd793fdc-68ec-4ea7-bc5e-e039c5101522/Letitia+Trump+3.png Politics - BUSTED! - Make it stand out New York Attorney General Letitia James just cemented Tump’s status as a fraud and caricature. And cemented her own status as someone not to mess with. (Photos credit MSNBC screenshots, The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/55a7e8e9-62ab-42c3-9af3-10e17d7b1053/Even+Locals+Trump+%282%29.jpg Politics - BUSTED! - Make it stand out If Trump is forced to sell Trump Tower Chicago, the removal of his name from the building would cause celebration among many Chicagoans. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/47026ce1-7137-486f-ac0d-84510fad9253/Flag+1+%282%29.JPG Politics - BUSTED! - Make it stand out Last Thursday’s demolition of Trump was a reminder that the rule of law still counts in our democracy. Old Glory never looked better. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/2/15/tale-of-the-tape monthly 0.5 2024-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c4031e7f-abaa-4ef0-b39a-a0fb693de577/Tape+Measure+1.jpg Politics - TALE OF THE TAPE - Make it stand out The tape don’t lie. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/2/8/14th-amendment-how-about-right-from-wrong monthly 0.5 2024-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0bdf8378-590c-4cd0-89db-68e8d1dcb5bf/Constitution.jpg Politics - 14TH AMENDMENT? HOW ABOUT RIGHT FROM WRONG! - Make it stand out The Founders would not entertain the idea of Trump being president again. (Photo credit American History Research) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/73f9edea-3261-4511-9345-28240360d643/Supreme+Court+6.jpg Politics - 14TH AMENDMENT? HOW ABOUT RIGHT FROM WRONG! - Make it stand out Can the Supreme Court be trusted to do the right thing? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/1/18/say-it-aint-so-fani monthly 0.5 2024-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aba762d9-2940-4a42-a112-e513b177d9c5/Fani+Willis+3+11+Alive+dot+com.jpg Politics - SAY IT AIN'T SO, FANI! - Make it stand out Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, pictured with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade, has some ‘splaining to do. (Photo credit 11 Alive dot com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d9bc950d-3002-41d8-84da-2283879f937c/Trump+Ivanka+Jared+2.png Politics - SAY IT AIN'T SO, FANI! - Make it stand out Let’s not forget Trump hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law for senior positions in his administration. And they profited handsomely. (Photos credit Shutterstock, ABC 7 New York) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/1/11/the-interview-trump monthly 0.5 2024-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e7a0fd9c-691e-4cf2-8b99-89f011c650a3/TWO+Credential+Mic.jpg Politics - THE INTERVIEW: TRUMP - Make it stand out No kid gloves here. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2024/1/4/not-her-again monthly 0.5 2024-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c4f116be-c778-4000-bb8b-1d8ae77c3325/Chess+2.jpg Politics - NOT HER AGAIN - Make it stand out Too many wrong moves by President Biden will end the election-season match before it gets started. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0ba56ade-69a2-450c-b8d8-1102d7670d39/White+House+rose+2.jpg Politics - NOT HER AGAIN - Make it stand out If Biden intends to remain in the White House he must make better personnel decisions. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e3106898-0e99-48db-a08f-e9d2d567d105/Hourglass+2.jpg Politics - NOT HER AGAIN - Make it stand out Apparently, no one was listening in November 2017 when The Weekly Opine opined “Time’s Up Hillary.” (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/06c5642a-ebdb-4007-856a-91151c0d3c4d/Cards+2.jpg Politics - NOT HER AGAIN - Make it stand out Democrats have plenty of aces. Will they play the right cards? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/12/14/happy-new-year monthly 0.5 2023-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/51eb4a17-6148-444f-a151-f0396f2099f8/Forked+Road+2.jpg Politics - HAPPY NEW YEAR! - Make it stand out This visual, with some editing, represents a graphic taken from a social media post. (Originator unknown) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/11/30/competency-test-part-two monthly 0.5 2023-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5caf45f6-b443-497a-b16a-92eaf7671d29/Competency+Test+2.jpg Politics - COMPETENCY TEST: PART TWO - Make it stand out Be careful what you ask for. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4f2930ce-1d4f-4583-8470-f1252bb8d451/Mario+Andretti+2.jpg Politics - COMPETENCY TEST: PART TWO - Make it stand out Mario Andretti, pictured with yours truly in the early 1990s. Andretti is competent but age has eroded his skills. (Photo credit Douglas Freeland) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4646a54f-6dca-4b1b-8b40-68b39603781a/Biden+Trump+Haley+2.png Politics - COMPETENCY TEST: PART TWO - Make it stand out Despite increased physical missteps, President Biden is competent. Trump is clearly incompetent. Nikki Haley made a tone deaf boo-boo flaunting an assault weapon and her recent statement supporting Trump demonstrated she’s incompetent. (Photos credit CNN, AP News, The Independent) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/10/26/trapped-like-mice monthly 0.5 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ccc52f43-9d52-4868-b282-5cd3e9217b72/Mouse+Trap+RICO+2.png Politics - TRAPPED LIKE MICE - Make it stand out These four crooks are benefitting from District Attorney Fani Willis’ strategic catch and release “mousetrap,” a.k.a. plea bargains. (Photos credit Fulton Co. Sheriff, Denver Post, Fulton Co. Sheriff, AP, The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c5d5d137-80b7-4b3e-a441-8754c86e2dd6/DC+courthouse.jpg Politics - TRAPPED LIKE MICE - Make it stand out The flurry of activity in Atlanta has temporarily moved Trump’s felony legal jeopardy in other locales, such as Washington, D.C., to the backburner. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/96a643b7-9125-4713-bbb9-c2bf22763726/Stephen+Lee+sojourners+mag.jpg Politics - TRAPPED LIKE MICE - Make it stand out Stalking an election worker should disqualify Stephen Lee (shown here sitting outside Ruby Freeman’s house) and others like him from getting plea deals. (Photo credit Sojourners Magazine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/10/19/gone-hollywood monthly 0.5 2023-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/72d16a57-fe43-4a74-80d7-62a0b1c7b831/Hollywood+Sign+2.jpg Politics - GONE HOLLYWOOD - Make it stand out You wouldn’t think Republicans would model one image of Hollywood. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5b656223-1820-49bc-a4d6-98866594039b/GOP+Losers+1.png Politics - GONE HOLLYWOOD - Make it stand out With unfettered corruption and lying, Republicans such as Trump, Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence cannot be trusted. (Photos credit AP News, WBUR, The Insider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/64c817b1-f016-4738-b50f-9c68a64e1989/GOP+Losers+2.png Politics - GONE HOLLYWOOD - Make it stand out Crazy runs wide and deep among GOP politicians. (L-R) Jim Jordan, Ron DeSantis and Kari Lake fit right in. (Photos credit the BBC, Reuters, ABC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/82898e4f-2bd1-4ebe-965e-491428caba80/GOP+Losers+3.png Politics - GONE HOLLYWOOD - Make it stand out The clowns have been sent in. A wholly untalented group of younger GOPers includes Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and George Santos. (Photos credit AP News, The New Yorker, MSNBC) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/10/5/anti-cop monthly 0.5 2023-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6a7ffdf6-f686-4cd9-8351-e4c50e425d4b/Cops+Chgo.jpg Politics - ANTI-COP? - Make it stand out Police officers might be surprised at who doesn’t have their back. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/519cdfe2-0b9b-4cad-af63-ab160283d67d/Fraternal+Order+Police+Sign+%282%29.jpg Politics - ANTI-COP? - Make it stand out Are Fraternal Orders of Police nationwide aware of what their man Trump says about military veterans? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/9/21/not-complicated monthly 0.5 2023-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c1dab8a5-5798-4eb5-b34b-17b1fdff4648/Vote+6.png Politics - NOT COMPLICATED - Make it stand out Come next year in November, the names are secondary to the party. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/461a95b1-d2b3-4c8b-8a8f-a1582281a063/Election+2024+2.png Politics - NOT COMPLICATED - Make it stand out Focus on saving democracy and other issues will have a better chance of positive outcomes. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3727c15f-8f5f-4912-892b-532f9d05525a/Flag+vs+Trump.png Politics - NOT COMPLICATED - Make it stand out Oh, say can you see? The right choice for freedom is obvious. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/9/7/competency-test-well-ok monthly 0.5 2023-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d6142506-1bde-4851-9e60-517b7c1e4aef/Quiz.png Politics - COMPETENCY TEST? WELL OK. - Make it stand out Are you as smart as a high school civics class student? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/71cf173b-ca25-4f06-8262-ffa513e4c49a/GOP+incompetents.png Politics - COMPETENCY TEST? WELL OK. - Make it stand out Incompetence and corruption personified. (Photos credit NBC News, CNN, Politico) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0c7d8f7f-a9ef-478b-9520-50f8c5e98494/GOP+incompetents+2.png Politics - COMPETENCY TEST? WELL OK. - Make it stand out (L) Competence. (M) and (R) Incompetence. (Photos credit Newsweek, 19FortyFive, MSNBC) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/8/3/opine-smorgasbord monthly 0.5 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/89eefe6b-4278-41f5-b56f-2ff065d40329/Headlines+1.jpg Politics - OPINE SMORGASBORD - Make it stand out Lots to discuss these days. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8f127733-ff7a-4e4e-ada3-c10a1dafdb9a/Hourglass.jpg Politics - OPINE SMORGASBORD - Make it stand out Unlike many folks who know when to retire, too many politicians overstay their welcome. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5738d261-b5ab-457b-9d30-f069a71fd64b/School+Bus+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - OPINE SMORGASBORD - Make it stand out Big-city mayors should stop passively accepting migrants sent by ill-intended red state governors. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a501326c-25b9-4008-9392-d22ae5eb6d2f/Trump+judge+4.png Politics - OPINE SMORGASBORD - Make it stand out Trump faces many sleepless nights. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/7/27/loose-cannon monthly 0.5 2023-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6feeca99-6ab3-4537-968a-a3893878bdcd/Dominoes+Group+Trump.png Politics - LOOSE CANNON - Make it stand out Lining up like dominoes, indictment trials look dire for Trump in 2024. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/754b5bb1-0c42-4d8f-b78b-94d87ac4c432/Trump+towers+loom.png Politics - LOOSE CANNON - Make it stand out Looming over his head like Chicago skyscrapers, indictment trial dates will clutter Trump’s 2024 calendar. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a7d9cdfd-77dd-46de-942a-f9faada219db/Trump+jail+2.png Politics - LOOSE CANNON - Make it stand out The goal is to put Trump in prison where he belongs. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/6/13/jackhammered monthly 0.5 2023-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/60bff096-29ef-41d0-b273-90af08614dc1/Trump+fed+indictment+DOJ+4.png Politics - JACKHAMMERED - Make it stand out This time the special counsel did not pull punches. (Photo credit Department of Justice) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0285894a-09b1-49aa-b8ee-d3011dba18f0/Trump+classified+docs+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - JACKHAMMERED - Make it stand out One wonders what Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago looks like? (Photo credit Department of Justice) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/13667250-9f74-4fba-a8f6-042b31356d59/Lincoln+Trump.png Politics - JACKHAMMERED - Make it stand out The 155-year descent of the Republican Party is complete. From the nation’s greatest president in 1865 to the worst in 2020. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine. Trump face CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e600213d-7cc1-410d-9130-0da54a7c7e34/Heat+is+On+7.png Politics - JACKHAMMERED - Make it stand out The heat is on. For real. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/5/18/mags-mags-world monthly 0.5 2023-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6596f65f-a0ac-4caa-88ea-8602f6705c71/MAGAs.png Politics - MAGS, MAGS WORLD - Make it stand out The MAGA clan is back! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/5/11/kaitlan-trumps monthly 0.5 2023-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5767c07c-01ca-4f23-8a38-f5dc3126ecad/Kaitlan+Collins+nyt.jpg Politics - KAITLAN TRUMPS - Make it stand out CNN’s Kaitlan Collins goaded Trump into (once again) making a fool of himself. (Photo credit The New York Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/540a2596-7dfe-4d69-9bc7-eed937e79255/Trump+Baby+%283%29.JPG Politics - KAITLAN TRUMPS - Make it stand out He still is who we know he was. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/24edea1f-7b48-46fa-a6a1-c6ed5fd0c169/Trumpler.png Politics - KAITLAN TRUMPS - Make it stand out This photo says it all. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/5/4/aww-haley-no monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/10356fe1-fbcb-4f4f-9ae4-045623f8ee2e/Nikki+Haley+d.c.+post.jpg Politics - AWW HALEY NO! - Make it stand out Nikki Haley’s future looked bright when she signed legislation to remove the Confederate flag. (Photo credit Washington Post) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/14696969-7df5-4dae-a628-adc33048276f/Nikki+Haley+Gun+independent.jpg Politics - AWW HALEY NO! - Make it stand out Last week, Nikki Haley posted the perfunctory GOP gun photo. Did somebody say desperate? (Photo credit The Independent) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b003ad3f-98cd-4195-bd98-d56f0d7391f7/Gun+Poll+fox+news+2.png Politics - AWW HALEY NO! - Make it stand out No conspiracy here. Even Fox Lies acknowledges Americans want stricter gun laws. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/4/27/another-fraidy-cat monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f2428380-f4ae-4f83-821e-2ff9987b08d1/Imminent+merriam+webster.jpg Politics - ANOTHER FRAIDY CAT? - Make it stand out Nothing confusing about this definition. (Photo credit Merriam-Webster) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6c7a2a0d-a46d-4add-8678-f25e5a67fe16/Milquetoasts.png Politics - ANOTHER FRAIDY CAT? - Make it stand out As it relates to holding Trump accountable, Robert Mueller, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell and Merrick Garland are members in good standing of the Milquetoast Club. (Photos credit GQ/People/WBUR/Yahoo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/86aa2a97-15eb-4ca7-aee0-92d1acd0208c/Fani+Willis+ap.jpg Politics - ANOTHER FRAIDY CAT? - Make it stand out Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis might be suffering paralysis from too much analysis. (Photo credit AP) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/3/30/crystal-clear monthly 0.5 2023-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7d136957-5b7e-494a-99d9-ae1d76dbd6ee/Crystal+bowl.jpg Politics - CRYSTAL CLEAR - Make it stand out Consistency and clarity of messaging will win for Democrats. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/3/2/set-free monthly 0.5 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7b625e48-91c5-4fa0-b230-22b3179512b3/Earth+globe.jpg Politics - SET FREE - Make it stand out Among things that are true, Earth is round. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/2/9/branded monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9b7914bf-e772-4fc2-a7a3-ee4689a0415b/GOP+Crazies.png Politics - BRANDED - Make it stand out Confirmed! (Photo credit 1000 Logos / The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3e97863c-c82a-443a-a7a2-152da4bc04f2/Moon+night+3.jpg Politics - BRANDED - Make it stand out Most of us would agree this is a photo of the moon - in this case over Palm Springs, CA. Marjorie Taylor Greene would say it’s a Martian spy balloon. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b34b39e5-f356-4b9a-9d0d-fbdd6b831838/Pencil+Tree.jpg Politics - BRANDED - Make it stand out Pictured is a pencil tree at Moorten Botanical Garden in Palm Springs, CA. Marjorie Taylor Greene would tell you the tree should be cut down because it sheds #2 pencils used by students taking “woke” African-American courses that should be eliminated. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2755fb66-6f86-4586-8f02-5aa53cc188a0/Rep.+Andrew+Clyde+2.jpg Politics - BRANDED - Make it stand out On the left is Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), one of a long line of shit-talking, chickenshit Trumpers who cowered on January 6. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/1/19/joe-stumbles monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3c9b177b-794b-4cca-8d89-e674ab789243/Joe+Biden+Falls+cnn.jpg Politics - JOE STUMBLES - Make it stand out Steady, now. (Photo credit CNN) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3f15a2f2-96b5-4d92-b990-6875e038c07a/Classified+Docs+cnn.png Politics - JOE STUMBLES - Make it stand out Side-by-side comparison clears up any confusion regarding criminal intent regarding classified documents. (Photo credit CNN) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/202abd6e-7ef3-419d-a1be-f571d6d4fcfa/George+Santos+msnbc.jpg Politics - JOE STUMBLES - Make it stand out Republicans employ “hear no, see no, speak no evil” when it comes to proven liar and fraudster George Santos. (Photo credit MSNBC) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/1/12/if-this-was-boxing monthly 0.5 2023-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/54bd47f0-99bb-4f48-a613-305d23f2ecff/Democracy+Icons.png Politics - IF THIS WAS BOXING... - Make it stand out It’s up to sane, patriotic Americans to thwart demonic MAGA Republican efforts to turn our democracy into fascism. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b2b5837a-ee34-4f1f-b3ba-e08e4c8e3be1/Hakeem+%26+Kevin.png Politics - IF THIS WAS BOXING... - Make it stand out Can you spot the differences? (Photo credit CNBC and NBC News) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2023/1/5/comedy-club monthly 0.5 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a6887af3-8bf8-4170-941a-f59778f1cd4a/MAGA+comedy+club.png Politics - COMEDY CLUB - Make it stand out The craziest show in America. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0db8ab97-0a2d-4199-a584-41cc8baf0bae/American+Flag+TWO.JPG Politics - COMEDY CLUB - Make it stand out Do MAGAs even know what this represents? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0f39b5b6-bb74-4885-88bb-efe9d252d72d/Bldg+Demolished+MAGA.png Politics - COMEDY CLUB - Make it stand out MAGAs are demolishing what’s left of the Republican Party. So be it. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/12/15/gift-giving-mode monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4eeca9e7-1fe0-4ad9-a8a7-a875dbd2ffcc/Wizard+of+Oz+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - GIFT GIVING MODE - Make it stand out Thinking clearly, displaying a kinder heart and standing up for good will reap benefits. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1878b517-390a-46f3-971c-ef4ef45ba1c2/Stethoscope+%282%29.jpg Politics - GIFT GIVING MODE - Make it stand out The heartbeat of the political party known as Republican is getting faint. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/12/1/elmer-dud monthly 0.5 2022-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ca483e6e-8151-4c47-9472-e9e287f98ef1/Elmer+Rhodes+nbc+news.jpg Politics - ELMER DUD - Make it stand out When he gets out of prison, Elmer Rhodes should take a class on safely handling firearms. (Photo credit NBC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/08e322f7-2ec5-4784-9e42-d7f056ebc63b/shoe+drop+6.jpg Politics - ELMER DUD - Make it stand out A big shoe just dropped. According to the attorney general, others will follow. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/11/17/exit-door monthly 0.5 2022-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/561add49-1a0b-409a-8be6-c552755ed36d/Exit+Sign+2.jpg Politics - EXIT DOOR - Make it stand out The exit door hallway may soon be filled with Republicans who regret becoming MAGAs. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/62b4669b-5054-4821-a3d6-6f4b56d27a40/Rock.jpg Politics - EXIT DOOR - Make it stand out As more MAGAs go to prison for their role participating in Trump’s attack on democracy, others will hopefully crawl under the rock from whence they came. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/844c1aab-6d5f-4f3b-a3e2-c446b0f4430b/Mirror+2.jpg Politics - EXIT DOOR - Make it stand out Attorney General Merrick Garland and the January 6 Committee should look in a mirror and ask themselves if they are truly doing their job. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/10/27/thinkable-reality monthly 0.5 2023-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bfb39506-4df6-44c7-a133-d2fa5d3b9c92/GOP+Bastards+2.png Politics - THINKABLE REALITY - Make it stand out America is doomed if dirty old GOP bastards regain control of our government. (Photos credit WBUR; AP News; NBC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/87998528-ad87-447a-b712-47ac5ef8d21e/Kanye+West+billboard.jpg Politics - THINKABLE REALITY - Make it stand out Kanye West is a confused boy, changing his name to Yeezy and now Ye. Next time he should change his name to the more accurate Uncle Tom. (Photo credit Billboard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9cb0942e-af0f-4cb5-9efe-5005653ce134/Vote+5.png Politics - THINKABLE REALITY - Make it stand out If you vote red, you must want democracy dead. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/10/13/the-forest monthly 0.5 2022-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/16c910c4-3b3a-49c9-85e3-d7bacc3678a9/Arboretum+trees+2+%283%29.jpg Politics - THE FOREST - Make it stand out Individual trees are beautiful. A forest is magnificent. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6b33ac6b-dea9-4d57-b25a-023a907ea81e/Vote+5.png Politics - THE FOREST - Make it stand out Vote blue if you want America to continue. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/10/6/imagine-then-vote monthly 0.5 2022-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/eefa38d3-805a-4b77-94e6-d43c46e41df3/Vote+ballot+box+1.jpg Politics - IMAGINE. THEN VOTE. - Make it stand out It’s “go” time. Time to save American democracy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b2920de8-5f8e-4e6d-80ad-de0b2cbc643b/Russia+map.jpg Politics - IMAGINE. THEN VOTE. - Make it stand out Russia used to be called the Soviet Union. Would the United States be renamed Hot Mess if MAGA Republicans control our government? (Photo credit National Geographic map) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/69db36a2-df59-47d8-a22d-3520b056c7a9/Vote+5.png Politics - IMAGINE. THEN VOTE. - Make it stand out The contrast could not be more clear. Choose wisely. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/9/29/waiting-game monthly 0.5 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d8a2a5b1-206d-4a51-9049-9b08e623ea2f/FBI+Bldg.jpg Politics - WAITING GAME - Make it stand out FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C. should tell Attorney General Merrick Garland to get on with it already. The coast is clear to indict Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/17d68a62-8d6d-4f6e-ab9d-77543de90915/WW+II+Memorial+2.jpg Politics - WAITING GAME - Make it stand out America’s Greatest Generation, whose sacrifices for our freedom are honored at the World War II Memorial in D.C., would be appalled at Attorney General Merrick Garland’s lack of aggression in protecting our democracy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1c7d66f3-0209-480b-bb64-49d6415c47fb/Fani+Leticia+2.png Politics - WAITING GAME - Make it stand out Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis (L) and New York Attorney General Letitia James are not afraid to hold Trump and his co-conspirators accountable. 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(Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/6/30/higher-and-deeper monthly 0.5 2022-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a54ec66e-25a4-4727-b754-df10aa82aaa9/Trump+Tower+Guilty.png Politics - HIGHER AND DEEPER - Make it stand out Trump’s legal troubles are piled as high and deep as his 92-story namesake tower in Chicago. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f951d370-29d9-4426-b02d-db2a58642cbc/White+House+Swamp+10.png Politics - HIGHER AND DEEPER - Make it stand out Rather than clean up an imaginary swamp he falsely attributed to former President Obama, Trump’s White House was engulfed in a self-inflicted swamp by the time he left office. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/66d3f2a9-e024-436c-8f79-f90301319734/Supreme+Court+GOP.png Politics - HIGHER AND DEEPER - Make it stand out The Supreme Court is now a political tool of the Republican Party. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/6/23/case-about-closed monthly 0.5 2022-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6bf144a4-2b4b-4c38-8606-0ee43d9c547b/Constitution.jpg Politics - CASE ABOUT CLOSED - Make it stand out Holding fast to the Constitution will keep you out of trouble. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e2dcb4aa-fcd9-4299-b1bb-76b7178c02d5/Desert+Zoo+Rhino+%282%29.jpg Politics - CASE ABOUT CLOSED - Make it stand out This rhinoceros has more brains than Rudy Giuliani. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c3865b37-823c-49bb-a2c9-b0bf8ffc58b1/IU+Delivers+Courthouse+%282%29.jpg Politics - CASE ABOUT CLOSED - Make it stand out Courthouses across the land should fill up with guilty defendants who carried out The Big Lie conspiracy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/979e047d-2971-400e-82ae-b48ab19999f2/JFK+Event+Jail+6.JPG Politics - CASE ABOUT CLOSED - Make it stand out By this time next year, prisons should begin stocking up with conspirators who intended to overthrow American democracy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/6/16/indefensible monthly 0.5 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7cd6ff18-2840-4c6c-a795-37526958584d/Capitol+Bldg+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - INDEFENSIBLE - Make it stand out The January 6 Committee is playing hardball. Don’t stop now. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0e46b667-faf2-4cad-9403-5eba595762ca/Lincoln+Memorial+%284%29.jpg Politics - INDEFENSIBLE - Make it stand out The Lincoln Memorial represents what’s at stake. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4985aae8-3953-4dc6-974b-a4e760ffb2f0/Gavel+%285%29.jpg Politics - INDEFENSIBLE - Make it stand out Hopefully, Attorney General Merrick Garland will bring the gavel down on Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6bf177d8-a3b5-4147-b07b-614e7749a09f/MAGA+hat+1+%282%29.JPG Politics - INDEFENSIBLE - Make it stand out Wearing this cap is the same as wearing a dunce cap. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/6/9/hearings-of-the-century monthly 0.5 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/359ab564-48f4-4f95-a75c-6762e87fc970/Trump+heat+2.png Politics - HEARINGS OF THE CENTURY - Make it stand out Finally, the heat of accountability encircles Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aba971b0-a631-482b-83d1-c5fa1b654809/Flag+1+%283%29.JPG Politics - HEARINGS OF THE CENTURY - Make it stand out God bless America? Better to say “God save America.” (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/330cda63-6ac0-4515-a4bf-7ae5a1148d6b/Trumpler3.png Politics - HEARINGS OF THE CENTURY - Make it stand out Turns out Trump and many modern day Republicans are who we think they are. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7c4f7f6f-834a-4215-b473-661bc8ad481e/TV+1.png Politics - HEARINGS OF THE CENTURY - Make it stand out Watch. Learn. Vote. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/5/5/what-is-life monthly 0.5 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/019c7aca-5a67-4847-a427-19255ea479be/Supreme+Court+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - WHAT IS LIFE? - Make it stand out What was once a revered institution is now a political tool participating in an attempt to destroy American democracy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4835cbac-f841-49bb-ae43-2b4818bc7f80/Trump+Baby+%283%29.JPG Politics - WHAT IS LIFE? - Make it stand out Don’t be fooled by Republicans like Susan Collins who are handwringing about being lied to by Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, regarding abortion rights, during their Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Trump controls the GOP which means that nowadays, there are very few good Republicans. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/38d76d66-1705-47a4-b910-181ef5e222fd/Blue+Wave+%282%29.JPG Politics - WHAT IS LIFE? - Make it stand out It will take many more fed up voters, like this woman prior to the 2018 mid-term election, to mount a successful counterattack against Republican shenanigans. 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A vote for Republicans is a vote to destroy democracy.” (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/2/17/go-away monthly 0.5 2022-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bb5e3810-d986-4777-af7a-52c374f7d05e/Travel+Bags.jpg Politics - GO AWAY - Make it stand out Somebody needs to pack his bags. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/210c77ed-f50b-46c6-a69d-6d760f4305e8/Map+Tonga.png Politics - GO AWAY - Make it stand out Located in the South Pacific, Tonga is 6,500 miles from the U.S. A one-way ticket might be in order. (Photo credit National Geographic Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/af01d988-b875-4167-ac93-56360c593c1b/White+House+%282%29.JPG Politics - GO AWAY - Make it stand out If President Obama was granted a re-do at the White House, surely he would correct three costly mistakes. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2022/1/13/civil-war monthly 0.5 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/628247be-9bb9-494b-9f5a-efd99d016800/Flag+split.png Politics - CIVIL WAR? - Make it stand out Three retired U.S. generals say a divided America is dangerously close to another Civil War. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d52638ab-49ae-4ca7-b2ee-5b801d8bd54d/Mask+v+Maga+hat.png Politics - CIVIL WAR? - Make it stand out The pandemic has exacerbated differences between intelligent citizens and ignorant citizens. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f13d3eec-748f-4b6d-97f3-4e4d09f25f78/Capitol+Bldg+split.png Politics - CIVIL WAR? - Make it stand out Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are separated by a schism that threatens democracy. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/370165e5-a495-42e8-b03f-9a0c74eb4432/Capitol+Bldg+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - WALK. DON'T CHEW GUM. - Make it stand out One year ago the U.S. Capitol Building was under attack. Will those responsible ever be held accountable? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4af9432e-764f-4fa7-8e4a-1ef68c6c415f/JFK+Event+Jail+6.JPG Politics - WALK. DON'T CHEW GUM. - Make it stand out The Trump Klan and Stop the Steal conspiracists and Jan. 6 insurrectionists should spend many, many moons locked up in prison. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ceae9d08-3e1c-469e-96ae-5103d94ed834/WW+II+Memorial.jpg Politics - WALK. DON'T CHEW GUM. - Make it stand out The World War II Memorial honors soldiers who fought and won World War II. Right now, COVID-19 is whipping the U.S. in ‘World War III.’ (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/12/9/crying-laughing monthly 0.5 2021-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ee93f1bc-7f02-4333-85a7-cdcda5c7a96a/Zanies+2.jpg Politics - CRYING LAUGHING - Make it stand out The act running in Dallas is comedy club worthy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/558c00d3-a13f-42cf-8318-b242951ea5fc/JFK+Event+Newsp+%283%29.JPG Politics - CRYING LAUGHING - Make it stand out If you have not heard the news, John F. Kennedy is dead. 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(Photo credit D Magazine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/9/23/whats-the-difference monthly 0.5 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1632334448970-0M01MDJKWSLT1U7P1NYL/Joker+Cards+%282%29.jpg Politics - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? - Make it stand out A new Joker has been confirmed. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1632335302040-0GGXEWQNX5MAZYYHF5HP/Mike+Pence+Biz+Insider.jpg Politics - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? - Make it stand out Calling Mike Pence a clown is an insult to clowns everywhere. (Photo credit Business-Insider) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1632335074734-91JS91R0NL7BRCJTL1YZ/Trumpler.png Politics - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? - Make it stand out A true Christian, or real American, would never follow this evil man. A loser would. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1632334690022-34IO4VUL2I82M389L1LG/Fantasyland+Chart+SKUSA.png Politics - WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? - Make it stand out In spring 2020, when there was no time to waste, Mike Pence’s coronavirus task force wasted precious time. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/9/9/dems-doj-in-slo-mo monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1631128824669-RVIWKZPTMBPRAVE35HX6/Gavel+Hour+Glass.jpg Politics - DEMS, DOJ IN SLO MO - Make it stand out Time passes as Democrats and the Department of Justice need to step up and punish those responsible for the Jan. 6 terrorist insurrection. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1631129309283-JHKXR80TZFEB2JZ6RYBY/Video+Camera.jpg Politics - DEMS, DOJ IN SLO MO - Make it stand out If you cannot see the mountain range of Jan. 6 video evidence maybe you should visit your optometrist. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1631130609047-AP6BTUFHCI4DOAQXNM0P/Squirrel.jpg Politics - DEMS, DOJ IN SLO MO - Make it stand out Is it time for Democrats to change their mascot? A squirrel might be appropriate. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1631129911060-ZGBZ91UTUQN2OJY29D0U/JFK+Jail+3+%282%29.JPG Politics - DEMS, DOJ IN SLO MO - Make it stand out The condition of this cell befits those guilty of terrorism and insurrection on Jan. 6. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/8/19/right-wrong monthly 0.5 2021-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1629380613860-E7GDJ6VAU3QNJ3MR1I5D/White+House+%282%29.JPG Politics - RIGHT WRONG - Make it stand out The Biden administration honeymoon is officially over, following the president’s inept handling of troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1629380218574-4B7M4OURN9AZHY1NUNNB/Bears+Down+XOs.jpg Politics - RIGHT WRONG - Make it stand out Fumbling critical fundamentals - such as communication and logistics - cost President Biden as Afghanistan devolves into chaos. 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(Photo credit unidentified Instagram user) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/3/11/cuomo-caged monthly 0.5 2021-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1615488007119-918ELMNIB6Z71OPVQ4B4/SDNY.JPG Politics - CUOMO CAGED The Southern District of New York courthouse is getting much of the attention. But up in the state capital of Albany, New York, calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign intensify. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/2/4/the-real-deal monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1612451620574-KF7TNOKN673LDXP921TV/AdamK+Def+News.jpg Politics - THE REAL DEAL If you do not know of this man, you should. (Photo credit Defense News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1612457621460-0HVF1252W9Q4HOUWLN35/AdamK+%282%29.jpg Politics - THE REAL DEAL Air National Guard combat veteran Adam Kinzinger (L) knows patriotism. The insurrectionist (R) knows nothing about patriotism. (Photo credit Air Force / Wall Street Journal) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1612452355404-PL7Z7ECT8RUD0823DWMU/Trumpler.png Politics - THE REAL DEAL Some Republicans now know what many of us knew all along. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine / CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1612452915184-TKGF7PNP8P1H6NLKIQDA/TWO+photo.png Politics - THE REAL DEAL Conservatives want more positive stories about the right? Stop the lies and conspiracy rubbish. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/1/28/mad-mad-mags monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611765583188-XKPGN9TICHCVH9QPGRCO/Kamala+Harris+MSNBC.jpg Politics - MAD, MAD MAGS Vice President Kamala Harris receives her second vaccine shot on live TV. Maybe she will inspire some of the crazy MAGA crowd to do the same. (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611765965442-FEK9UKZP0Y52669RNWTI/White+House+Photo2+The+Weekly+Opine.jpg Politics - MAD, MAD MAGS President Joe Biden’s White House is making steady progress undoing the stupidity of the Trump administration. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/1/21/america-is-back monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611252332157-MB99ZCI0P6OC7D2TNQOT/America+Back+mall.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Democracy prevails, as evidenced by a flawless Inauguration Day. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611247963734-S28J7LYPO59FHD3FTODV/America+Back+USA+back.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! On Inauguration Day, the mall and Washington Monument splendidly showed America is back. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611248210538-O5H5GPKMCTTHGYSXMHTR/America+Back+Kamala.png Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! History! (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611248281338-0WB0T132D2EYNFJ6X5E5/America+Back.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Vice President Kamala Harris is President of the Senate. She got right to work, swearing in three new Democratic Senators; Warnock, Padilla, and Ossoff. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611248861248-IB1N5Q8X7UQYCAF2ZWNG/America+Back+Biden+combo.png Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! President Joe Biden gave a powerful speech, anchored by purpose and reality. Hours later, he began reinstating America’s participation in global affairs. (Photos credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611249106967-GQRYNBWR9XYHWG51JDL6/America+Back+poet.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Young poet laureate Amanda Gorman knocked it out the park. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611250404947-43BS0IYYWXQFQI5Y3C2Q/America+Back+Prezes+2.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and (not present) Jimmy Carter, are part of a club that will not welcome Trump. (Photo credit NPR screenshot / Inaugural Committee video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611249356558-CK0NAY1G6E16PX5U7DP3/America+Back+Biden+hug.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Genuine love and affection flow from the First Couple. Hopefully, they will inspire Americans to become a kinder nation. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1611250086959-FQG5GTNKXJGTCV5UV4SG/America+Back+champagne+2.jpg Politics - AMERICA IS BACK! Across America, champagne and sparkling wine flowed on Inauguration Night. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2021/1/7/maga-thugs-run-amok monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610040607713-O4VJRRCD1ELHJB25YX2Q/Capitol+Bldg+MAGA.jpg Politics - MAGA THUGS RUN AMOK Jan. 6, 2021, a day that will live in infamy in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit ABC News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610041384118-KI6H067EWISQ48GPF7OH/Capitol+Bldg+2.jpg Politics - MAGA THUGS RUN AMOK Hopefully, soon the U.S. Capitol will be cleansed of the stench of MAGA hoodlums who roamed unfettered throughout the building. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610040800480-ILBK82Q3JLMFEM6Y4IG3/Capitol+Bldg+Guns.jpg Politics - MAGA THUGS RUN AMOK The day required many more authorities doing this before things got out of hand. (Photo credit ABC News screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610040967138-22T6JYUV2970JLJQ83N3/Joe+Biden+CNN.jpg Politics - MAGA THUGS RUN AMOK President Elect Biden’s administration must balance handing out flowers and handing down indictments. Otherwise lessons will not be learned from our 4-year debacle. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/12/3/mags-maggy-and-magnet monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606929948395-HXUDYQAORGJAUDH3YF3I/MAGAs.png Politics - MAGS, MAGGY, AND MAGNET https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/11/5/election-week monthly 0.5 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604526942093-QP1A3D98VORYNWLRADDI/Constitution.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK The political fuss the past year has essentially been about whether Americans think the U.S. Constitution still holds value and is worth preserving. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604531377854-LJ03N64IV56SXJI8RZMI/Election+Week+bike.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK This cyclist riding the wrong direction on Chicago’s Eisenhower Expressway is symbolic of the direction America is heading under Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604531602801-KOYBEMENRR9EOCSZUHGG/Election+Week+escada.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Worried about Election Day violence many retailers, such as Escada on Oak Street in Chicago, boarded up. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604532342152-W5AMC3EQL6JLC5C8WUTV/Election+Week+boss+2.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Hugo Boss on Chicago’s famed Magnificent Mile took no chances and boarded up. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604531807124-IEOHDMD14DJA79RB80IZ/Election+Week+masks+1.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Regardless who wins the presidential election, masks are here to stay for more months. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604529621530-H2FHQDI1HNFXLA68UZOZ/Election+Week+st+joes.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Erstwhile polling place St. Joseph’s High School was not activated this year. Coincidence? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604529859537-E1DRCQA19GMDHISX2EBN/Election+Week+poll+place.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Surprisingly, there was no line at 9 a.m. at this junior high school polling location on Election Day. Apparently, early-voting by mail or in-person worked. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604530076068-VG8LOC9E4DSKJNGA630I/Election+Week+I+voted+3.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK A voter displays her “medal” for participating in maybe the most important U.S. election in history. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604531930720-AOCEZMX5E26KZSC1XA7U/Election+Week+tents.jpg Politics - ELECTION WEEK Eating on the street in enclosed structures will be de rigueur until the pandemic is under control. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1604590475838-3WVH5CWPAJ660DSBBG5B/Election+Week+C19.png Politics - ELECTION WEEK America’s pandemic legacy has been written and awaits the winner of the presidential election. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/10/29/its-time monthly 0.5 2020-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1603959272288-8P171SUESW6SE6FKJRT6/Its+Time+Election+Day.jpg Politics - IT'S TIME The phrase “a day of reckoning” has never been more appropriate. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1603959757483-5K6YS6Q20NEA6TPJYHNV/Vote.jpg Politics - IT'S TIME In the 2020 election, getting this sticker is tantamount to earning a civilian war medal. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1603933967291-J42C65XF0D596SHX67DI/Vote+by+mail+2.jpg Politics - IT'S TIME Voting by mail was easy peasy. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1603959920813-6OYTY495KS840IXAL94S/Its+Time+2.png Politics - IT'S TIME The choice is clear. Save American democracy or succumb to evil. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/10/1/debate-debacle monthly 0.5 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1601570256949-EB7YNK56FWGAYVMXZR8H/Pumpkin+2+%282%29.jpg Politics - DEBATE DEBACLE Might as well look at something pleasant, as opposed to a debate photo of Trump, Joe Biden and moderator Chris Wallace. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1601572348828-2EKR19NRLRQBCLDGOQXC/Backyard+wine+%282%29.jpg Politics - DEBATE DEBACLE Unlike the disastrous debate, this photo is relaxing. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1601570445180-YZGXYPWGR0XBA0I23UNN/Math+formula+%282%29.jpg Politics - DEBATE DEBACLE Formulas can be good. Formulaic not so good. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1601570697526-QSR8DDI2ZN94WB8T7FYP/Sham+SB+Bible.jpg Politics - DEBATE DEBACLE If you are a praying woman or man, pray. America is in deep, deep trouble. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/9/17/more-mags-new-video monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1600284654842-JPTS3EA3TJW5CZDDWKJJ/Table+in+Street+2.jpg Politics - MORE MAGS. NEW VIDEO. In the Northeast and Midwest, tables in the street probably won’t work when cold weather arrives. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/9/10/double-feature monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1599658806660-IWQ1KCKC49X7RMGZUTKR/Double+Feature+4.png Politics - DOUBLE FEATURE There’s only one thing to do after two weeks off…double feature post!! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/7/23/maga-meaning-good-joe monthly 0.5 2020-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1595516281357-WDHPH363WN5GMHM7YWBD/MAGA+hats.jpg Politics - MAGA MEANING & GOOD JOE The sooner MAGA nonsense fades away the better. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1595516454762-4MJVXBJLXE4R7OOCEQTO/Cat+Bag.jpg Politics - MAGA MEANING & GOOD JOE A Center for Disease Control analysis let the cat out of the bag, debunking Trump’s narrative about COVID-19. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1595516635515-AVUB3M22XEQ81SIRLC4X/Green+Light+2.jpg Politics - MAGA MEANING & GOOD JOE Don’t play nice, Dems. Go for it! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1595516741686-FL4CIBD0BI3CYJ8OYSB2/White+House+Dog.png Politics - MAGA MEANING & GOOD JOE Dogs earn treats for good behavior. Joe Biden’s smart moves should get him elected to the White House. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/7/16/there-are-options monthly 0.5 2020-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1594846118767-KPTVVZJHE2UD949IU7DD/Capitol+Bldg+1.JPG Politics - THERE ARE OPTIONS The election will be too late, as the CDC forecasts another 100,000 coronavirus deaths by November. Congress must deal with Trump right now. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1594846295906-N02A28T9J38ABTJTU36Z/Chess+2.jpg Politics - THERE ARE OPTIONS Democrats must consistently execute a strategy with winning tactics in order to remove Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1594905174908-FGY4ECOQUNQV8GGB8AOK/Grocery+Store+3.jpg Politics - THERE ARE OPTIONS Who trusts the Trump administration to keep the food supply flowing smoothly? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1594847010959-LN91NAYVDSAYUFKM3021/Bed+1.jpg Politics - THERE ARE OPTIONS Many people began tossing and turning when Trump was elected. His horrific response to the coronavirus pandemic is causing more insomnia. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/6/25/rejected monthly 0.5 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593023058744-3ZH1VTX1SEW1812UZO17/Supreme+Court.JPG Politics - REJECTED! Trump suffers stinging defeats at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. 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Tired of waiting for legislators to do the right thing, protesters take matters into their own hands and remove shrines to the Confederacy. (Photo credit The Guardian) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/6/18/more-help-for-joe monthly 0.5 2020-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1592483006077-H8PMAKSC4IQH4OF8LEH8/Sample+Campaign+Video.png Politics - MORE HELP FOR JOE Joe Biden followed The Weekly Opine’s advice by eliminating Amy Klobuchar from VP consideration. Nice. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/6/11/advice-for-biden monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1591891294041-7QS1Y5GZG6GQDY90DFXS/Advice+Biden+chklist.png Politics - ADVICE FOR BIDEN Executing fundamentals should do it. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1583377693759-B98HI2853A785HY7IIPF/Musical+Chairs+Medical.jpg Politics - MUSICAL CHAIRS At a time like this, Medicare For All seems like a really good idea. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/2/27/play-to-win monthly 0.5 2020-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582820868302-HP6RLGXAONDPFJBMJFIQ/Play+to+Win+PTW.jpg Politics - PLAY TO WIN It’s winning time. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582823237697-5OSKMFKXJRGLMW6AKOG8/Bernie+Sanders+Chi+Sun+Times.jpg Politics - PLAY TO WIN Despite concerted efforts by moderate media to tear him down, Bernie Sanders resonates with many Americans. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582821520882-ICB837XHBFW60Y3C6MJF/Bloomberg+baby+SF+Bay+View.jpg Politics - PLAY TO WIN Mike Bloomberg’s chameleon routine has skeptics of all ages. (Photo credit S.F. Bay View) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1582821672044-3R47YKDE0KQN6RXHRVBS/Play+to+Win+Leaders.png Politics - PLAY TO WIN Who would you choose to lead the world during troubled times? The group of three on the top row or the group of three on the bottom row? (Photo credit Vanity Fair, MPR News, New Statesman, AP News, Politico, Vanity Fair) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2020/1/9/endorsement-envelope monthly 0.5 2020-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1578583456432-21C71IMCE3QG8LHX5SP1/Endorsement+Envelope.png Politics - ENDORSEMENT ENVELOPE The envelope, please. Time for The Weekly Opine’s Democratic and Republican presidential nominee endorsements! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1578583810643-OFXVDBOKHXYI485PBBS1/Endorse+Envelope+Nov+%282%29.JPG Politics - ENDORSEMENT ENVELOPE With the stakes higher than ever, will we see record-setting voter turnout November 3, 2020? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1578584009546-V2PFEWQ659BSZONXAKI5/Dem+Donkey+investors+com.jpg Politics - ENDORSEMENT ENVELOPE Are Democrats up to the task? (Photo credit Investors dot com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1578584345477-ZUYCZFMKO4IZW5SW67EJ/White+House+BW.JPG Politics - ENDORSEMENT ENVELOPE Will a Democrat move here in January 2021? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1578584635187-Z4LAOV4NR2Y0PMG8ZDAF/GOP+Logo+1000logos+%282%29.jpg Politics - ENDORSEMENT ENVELOPE There is opportunity for the Republican Party. Will they seize it and resurrect the GOP? (Photo credit 1000logos) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/politics/2019/12/19/trump-impeached monthly 0.5 2019-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1576777282494-JHA7MB0GLAWMGG7010QF/Trump+Impeached.jpg Politics - TRUMP IMPEACHED! The moment Donald John Trump was impeached. 8:23 p.m. ET. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1576779374504-STNG4BEZ43JQAACLM2P3/Trump+Impeached+Papers.jpg Politics - TRUMP IMPEACHED! From the intelligent, dignified Barack Obama to the ignorant, corrupt Donald Trump; not since Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnson has the U.S. presidency fallen so far so fast. 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(Photo credit NBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f8a63af9-400e-44b2-93c2-6a20d6ae6288/Eileen+Gu+press+nbc.jpg Sports - GU-REAT! - Make it stand out The media was no match for Eileen Gu. (Photo credit NBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c49a061b-c56e-4378-9e4d-edf8cc497e4b/Eileen+Gu+gold2+nbc.jpg Sports - GU-REAT! - Make it stand out Eileen Gu (C) won the gold medal. Massachusetts native Zoe Atkin (R) won a bronze medal for Britain. Britain?! I don’t recall anybody complaining about Atkin competing for Britain. (Photo credit NBC screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2026/2/17/lost-but-won monthly 0.5 2026-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a4290440-3411-4809-b8c3-317929fb6015/Ilia+2+nbc.jpg Sports - LOST BUT WON - Make it stand out Ilia Malinin faced a crushing setback head on. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine, The Weather Channel app radar) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2025/5/21/incomparable monthly 0.5 2025-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/186b5eaa-2785-4024-8cf6-145e0ddce0ca/Indy+autoblog+com.jpg Sports - INCOMPARABLE - Make it stand out Unlike any other. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Photo credit Autoblog) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/63c2fce3-ed02-4b35-98f8-1b309c9bbf9c/Indy+Ray+Tony+3.png Sports - INCOMPARABLE - Make it stand out Ray Harroun won the first Indy 500 in 1911 driving a Marmon Wasp fitted with a rearview mirror. Tony Hulman commands drivers to start engines. (Photos credit Historic Vehicle Associatioin; Automotive Hall of Fame) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3603530a-9f8a-41ac-af19-596914b57680/Indy+Cars+Group.png Sports - INCOMPARABLE - Make it stand out The evolution of Indy race cars. Top L-R: Jim Clark in 1965 and Mark Donahue in 1972. Bottom L-R: Rick Mears in 1988 and Scott Dixon in 2022. (Photos credit Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Indycar) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9393dfb0-ea59-41d7-a9d5-107f56c5bac1/Indy+backstretch+2+ims.jpg Sports - INCOMPARABLE - Make it stand out Indy 500 backstretch during the parade lap. (Photo credit 2 IMS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/46924646-a19e-4262-b4be-44bd151b4670/Indy+late+racez.png Sports - INCOMPARABLE - Make it stand out Late race intensity as (L) cars enter Turn 3 from the backstretch and (R) exit Turn 3 heading for Turn 4. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2025/1/9/college-pro-sports monthly 0.5 2025-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d4658731-e55b-4228-9835-4032b709e665/Capitol+Bldg+1.JPG Sports - COLLEGE PRO SPORTS - Make it stand out The NCAA is counting on Congress to save the day. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f25dd4e8-99c2-4ef3-bf6f-8ae8bdbb6223/IU+FB+4th+qtr.jpg Sports - COLLEGE PRO SPORTS - Make it stand out Indiana University was a perennial loser with an apathetic fan base. The transfer portal and a well-funded NIL collective turned IU into a playoff team. 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(Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9562edf2-16cf-4da8-a3d9-1322b86c113d/IU+76+statue+2.jpg Sports - BLUE BLOODIED - Make it stand out Standing with Indiana’s undefeated 1976 national champions (I was a freshman at IU back then). This team was voted the greatest college team of all time by national sportswriters. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a0241c5b-6737-467c-a795-f6b3ca0e2eea/IU+FB+helmet+2.jpg Sports - BLUE BLOODIED - Make it stand out Could Indiana become a football school? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/67b11050-dd72-42a3-8334-040a7cac14ee/IU+Hoops+Clowns+2.jpg Sports - BLUE BLOODIED - Make it stand out Fellas, better to save posing for after a victory. 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(Photos credit Big Ten Network screenshots) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2024/2/1/motown-runs-out-of-gas monthly 0.5 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/13767de9-cfd8-4cef-bd08-b29cf7030037/Dan+Campbell+SI.png Sports - MOTOWN RUNS OUT OF GAS - Make it stand out Coach Dan Campbell’s stellar season ended when analytics bit him in the Detroit Lions biggest game of the season. (Photo credit Sports Illustrated) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/375edf0f-f8a9-456b-aa1b-32e67e2c833f/Super+Bowl+Trophy+4.JPG Sports - MOTOWN RUNS OUT OF GAS - Make it stand out A chance for Detroit to play for the Super Bowl trophy was squandered when the team’s coaches melted down in the second half. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3502d1f6-e189-4cc0-8e95-e68c46c535ff/SEC+Logo+sec.png Sports - FUMBLE! - Make it stand out This conference is really good at football. But that shouldn’t grant them the privilege to participate in every college football playoff. (Photo credit Southeastern Conference) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5bce6846-b4f5-4238-8c04-8a1f19ff037c/Football+NCAA+2.jpg Sports - FUMBLE! - Make it stand out The College Football Playoff Selection Committee just put the ball on the ground, i.e., fumbled. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2023/9/14/thanks-sports monthly 0.5 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6c02601a-76af-4aa1-b6e5-ec8b96033694/NFL+Photo+The+Weekly+Opine.jpg Sports - THANKS, SPORTS - Make it stand out The NFL capped off a fun, rejuvenating weekend of sports. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aef4fd3e-ead4-4c29-ab19-00c354c4e067/Deion+Sanders+cnn.jpg Sports - THANKS, SPORTS - Make it stand out Coach Deion Sanders has stirred the imagination of the college football world. (Photo credit CNN) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/635e5545-9d96-46ea-a6f3-d92e12f36ee9/Coco+Gauff+courthouse+news+service.jpg Sports - THANKS, SPORTS - Make it stand out Coco Gauff (L) won the U.S. Open championship defeating Aryna Sabalenka. (Photo credit Courthouse News Service) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2023/5/25/homeward-bound monthly 0.5 2023-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a754c589-cb4b-4272-b4ac-3c29ecf6d3d8/Indy+Cars+Group.png Sports - HOMEWARD BOUND - Make it stand out The evolution of Indy racecars is evident in these photos. Top row L-R: Jim Clark (1965) and Mark Donohue (1972). Bottom row L-R: Rick Mears (1988) and Scott Dixon (2022). (Photo credit Indianapolis Motor Speedway) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4132aaea-3b11-49b7-8c96-0c8e2023c1d4/Indy+500+pace+lap.PNG Sports - HOMEWARD BOUND - Make it stand out When the racecars pass through Turn Three for the first time, on the parade lap, it is magical. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5f7eb444-280b-42fc-a2fa-e41a52eeab84/Indy+500+Main+Gate.jpg Sports - HOMEWARD BOUND - Make it stand out In 1966, I was finally allowed to enter the old Main Entrance at the world’s greatest racecourse. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9f6ea3ef-6900-4e40-8f5b-1f14e872fa9a/Indy+500+aftermath.jpg Sports - HOMEWARD BOUND - Make it stand out In the 1980s and 1990s, the race day meal consisted of beer and fried chicken. By day’s end it was a mess! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bea3c3cd-4889-4bc3-b0f6-76bdfe44094b/Indy+500+Deb+%282%29.jpg Sports - HOMEWARD BOUND - Make it stand out Fifty years after she was a “500” princess in 1973, my sister is no longer with us, having passed away last fall. (Photo credit Patty Haley/Indianapolis News) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2023/4/4/true-colors monthly 0.5 2023-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3e367ed1-553c-4fea-9874-d318f73e74fd/LSU+Iowa+2.png Sports - TRUE COLORS - Make it stand out Some people would tell you the woman on the left is about to shoplift while the woman on the right is exhorting her team to victory. Get a grip, America! 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(Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4f75bb86-23d4-47d8-88f4-3d085f795314/NFL+Draft+Ball.jpg Sports - GENERAL SANDERS - Make it stand out Guess who’s coming to breakfast? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/11/10/nice-guy-first monthly 0.5 2022-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/895dd8ba-2bf2-4425-8789-4e001733cd73/Dusty+Baker+fox+sports.jpeg Sports - NICE GUY FIRST - Make it stand out Dusty! Dusty! Dusty! (Photo credit Fox Sports) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/11/3/showing-his-buns monthly 0.5 2022-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f500cd7d-e32c-41ec-abf5-94b99e605c5f/Kyrie+people.jpg Sports - SHOWING HIS BUNS - Make it stand out Does Kyrie Irving know he’s as dumb as Kanye West? (Photo credit People) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a43e060b-1268-4973-8e4f-fb74efe7f352/Show+Buns.png Sports - SHOWING HIS BUNS - Make it stand out When it comes to (L-R) David DePape, Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, there is nothing wrong with them that a lifetime in prison, ostracization from pop culture’s limelight, and getting kicked out of the NBA won’t cure. (Photos credit KRON, Billboard, The Guardian) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ee876773-b6c9-445c-9cf3-dead4181b975/Telescope.jpg Sports - SHOWING HIS BUNS - Make it stand out You do not need a telescope to see the wrong doers among us. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/9/8/us-wide-open monthly 0.5 2022-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d29284c9-b560-4b41-8c3a-ee4bf0b1f8b9/U.S.+Open+ticket+%282%29.jpg Sports - U.S. WIDE OPEN - Make it stand out Serena and the Big Three dominated tennis when I attended the 2012 U.S. Open semi-finals. A decade later, their grip on the sport has loosened considerably. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b48e24ea-5342-44ff-8860-53bd27ba5d87/Serena+Ajla+san+diego+union+trib.jpg Sports - U.S. WIDE OPEN - Make it stand out The only thing missing was Serena Williams handing a baton to Ajla Tomljanovic. (Photo credit the San Diego Union Tribune) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4987c7a2-ee66-4124-8440-2a37e560c415/Nadal+and+Tiafoe+D.C.+Post.jpg Sports - U.S. WIDE OPEN - Make it stand out The only thing missing was Rafael Nadal handing a baton to Frances Tiafoe. (Photo credit the Washington Post) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/8/4/deshame monthly 0.5 2022-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/28c6e9b1-2ef9-4a95-8c7c-45313668b0bc/Football+ground.jpg Sports - DESHAME - Make it stand out As is customary, the NFL put the ball on the ground (fumbled) when faced with another opportunity to mete out real discipline. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e7ef8dce-d472-4a99-a739-2eeaa41ec8e9/Roger+Goodell+sportico2.png Sports - DESHAME - Make it stand out NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has a PhD in dealing with PR nightmares. (Photo credit Sportico) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/29ba5cf5-9761-4af9-a12f-5b8efd059c97/Deshaun+Watson+sport+news2.jpg Sports - DESHAME - Make it stand out Deshaun Watson is a lucky man. A very lucky man. (Photo credit The Sporting News) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/5/26/tiger-teeters monthly 0.5 2022-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3e157ea9-3d4b-47a1-ad10-186eb785f365/Tiger.JPG Sports - TIGER TEETERS - Make it stand out There must be some serious soul-searching going on in Tiger Woods’ head after his PGA clunker. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b6a10f56-01f2-44f6-8089-27f4adb4ea02/Golf+lanyard+2+%282%29.jpg Sports - TIGER TEETERS - Make it stand out Having witnessed Tiger in his prime, when he won the 2006 PGA Major Championship at Medinah, it’s tough to watch him play physically broken in the twilight of his career. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/77d50ec6-84ac-4d27-975f-5d3485f3bac5/Golf+ball+rough+1+%282%29.jpg Sports - TIGER TEETERS - Make it stand out This golf ball in the rough is emblematic of the current state of Tiger Woods’ body and golf game. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/5/12/play-fair monthly 0.5 2022-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/da9833b4-28c9-4c36-b501-35c06c29830e/Hot+Dogs+2.jpg Sports - PLAY FAIR - Make it stand out Maybe you’ve seen women and men compete side-by-side in 4th of July hot dog eating contests. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2741bc82-ce09-4a47-8313-1cfe055d9e06/Weights.jpg Sports - PLAY FAIR - Make it stand out Biological males are bigger, stronger and more powerful than biological females. That’s a fact. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cff08230-b245-4697-9cd8-9d61b93ad566/Trombone+1.jpg Sports - PLAY FAIR - Make it stand out Transgender females can fairly compete with biological females to see who wins first trombone seat in the orchestra. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/4/7/state-of-indiana-hoops monthly 0.5 2022-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/58d56e19-966d-4f05-b17e-cd6c8df7a08f/IUPU+game.jpg Sports - STATE OF INDIANA HOOPS - Make it stand out On January 28, Hoosier faithful got a glimpse of better days ahead when the home team upset Purdue. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d158ae87-9fd3-46f8-82f2-1bb7741b4fa7/IU+XsOs+2.jpg Sports - STATE OF INDIANA HOOPS - Make it stand out Coach Mike Woodson has a good grasp of the X’s and O’s. He needs to show improvement deploying player personnel. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/473e14af-22b9-4608-8b90-c62687577dfe/IU+banners+3.jpg Sports - STATE OF INDIANA HOOPS - Make it stand out How long has it been since Indiana won a national championship? A long time. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bc909e4d-1085-4e0f-a3c4-53b362a2d41f/IU+Assembly+Hall+3.jpg Sports - STATE OF INDIANA HOOPS - Make it stand out The heir apparent will not be coaching at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall next season. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/63176825-0bcc-430c-923c-4dc0faadc945/Big+Ten+HQ+5.jpg Sports - STATE OF INDIANA HOOPS - Make it stand out Let me run the Big Ten Conference and I’ll straighten things out. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/3/17/equal-time monthly 0.5 2022-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9083cfc5-4219-41f5-8edb-5e2baf32ec37/Wintrust+Arena+1.jpg Sports - EQUAL TIME? - Make it stand out Will WNBA fans in Chicago - or any other city - get to see Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner play during the upcoming season? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ccd10b73-f5ae-4e15-a3ff-d67a869ca3a1/Brittney+Griner+npr.jpg Sports - EQUAL TIME? - Make it stand out Brittney Griner twice helped win Olympic gold medals for the United States. Does the media ‘have her back’ right now? (Photo credit NPR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e86d6616-345c-4889-b306-7f85758f7486/Equal+Time.png Sports - EQUAL TIME? - Make it stand out Media coverage amounted to a smorgasbord of attention for Gabby Petrino, Aaron Rodgers, Novak Djokovic, and Tom Brady. (Photo credit ABC-7 NY, The Guardian, The Sun, The Spun) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/3/3/b1g-miss monthly 0.5 2022-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bbe7bc68-788d-4fa6-8503-99ec57346b2e/Big+Ten+HQ+4.jpg Sports - B1G MISS - Make it stand out Bigwigs at the Big Ten Conference shot an air ball when it came time to discipline Michigan’s Juwan Howard. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/326f0530-652e-41b3-ae60-e3aef4c7c67a/Hoops+Brackets.png Sports - B1G MISS - Make it stand out By the time brackets are filled out for the Big Ten tournament, Michigan’s Juwan Howard will be coaching again. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/2/3/got-it-right monthly 0.5 2022-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9d7f6cb5-7f4d-4a62-9da9-ecc314da6d0a/Baseball+1+%283%29.jpg Sports - GOT IT RIGHT - Make it stand out Sportswriters kept baseball’s steroids poster boys out of the Hall of Fame. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c6b96557-f8ff-49c0-84b2-b2ea7ea17bea/Trophy+%282%29.jpg Sports - GOT IT RIGHT - Make it stand out Everybody gets a trophy should not apply if you cheat. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6bd046c9-5ef7-47aa-91ee-2e4fb34e6fef/White+Sox+1.jpg Sports - GOT IT RIGHT - Make it stand out Chicago White Sox star Frank Thomas easily made it to the Hall of Fame, sans steroid use. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7ca43d8a-e98a-4a47-8559-fc700fd7f27d/White+Sox+3.jpg Sports - GOT IT RIGHT - Make it stand out Many fans turned away from baseball after the 1994 labor dispute cut the season short. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2022/1/27/winter-wonderland monthly 0.5 2022-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4e24dcf4-cf02-4b23-ae46-75bfe96269ad/IUPU+kids+rush+post+1.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out After two decades of mostly futility, Indiana University’s men’s basketball team last Thursday played like the good times are about to roll. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7a901441-af7c-4dc1-a418-e9ed81198568/IUPU+hwy.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Wind turbines saluted as we rolled along Indiana Highway 52, north of Lafayette. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0636e1e1-5666-427c-b432-9b57a6cb3ef2/IU+MBears+combo+2.png Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Pizza at Mother Bear’s was the perfect pregame meal. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d3815350-a3a1-4174-a2ee-688e300575a2/IUPU+tix.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Tickets to the big game. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8c4edc2c-ca4c-4829-88a8-668efd875893/IU+Assembly+Hall+4.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall was packed and roaring last Thursday. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/293a5fa0-61dd-47a9-88aa-7f0f29c714d0/IUPU+kids+rush+pre.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out After standing in the cold much of the day for first come, first served student section seats, youngins rushed to get inside Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. A few hours later they would rush the court after a thrilling victory by the home team. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ab0da001-6649-48a4-9c45-78172ed03b2b/IUPU+band.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out The pep band was on top of its game, too. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a5046918-9894-4d51-9f17-0760fbf2e6fb/IU+cheerleaders.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Cheerleaders are part of the pageantry at big-time collegiate athletic events. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/93c82811-e053-4730-8fc7-3224e1040e8e/IUPU+game+2.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Seats with a view. A great view! (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b9bec0fe-6407-4536-ade3-8095b8ff54a1/IUPU+kids+rush+post+2.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out This scene after the Purdue game was reminiscent of 2011, when students stormed the court after IU defeated unbeaten, top-ranked Kentucky. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/eaaeffb4-e8a1-42e9-836c-0483010c40eb/IUPU+Douganny+%283%29.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Too old to rush the court but young enough to whoop and holler! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/21eedcb5-f0fd-4eee-9f72-e92e8e1114c4/IU+IMU+1.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out After the game there’s no better place to rest than the Biddle Hotel at Indiana Memorial Union. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bad35102-b505-44ae-8f3a-d332ae6af1d5/IU+wilt.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Three days after the big win over Purdue the good vibes wilted as the Hoosiers played uninspired ball while getting pasted, 80-62, by Michigan at Assembly Hall. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/516cb454-9a9c-47c9-a82a-7cf0b5467b30/Snow+lunar+%282%29.jpg Sports - WINTER WONDERLAND - Make it stand out Three days after the Michigan debacle, brilliant sunlight and fresh powdery snow, that made my yard look like a lunar surface, were reinvigorating. Go Hoosiers! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/11/18/first-cabin-weekend monthly 0.5 2021-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/71cc63ff-5340-4227-81e1-961279f29101/IU+Gates+2.JPG Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out A summertime photo of Sample Gates, the unparalleled entrance to Indiana University’s Bloomington campus. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/cc21c383-6148-4169-b122-482c5b20854b/IU+FB+clouds.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out A picturesque cloud shelf accompanied us on southbound I-65 just outside Lafayette, Indiana. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ec7f881a-87bd-4d7b-a487-3611368c692b/IU+FB+drums2.jpeg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out Last Friday afternoon the IU drum corps livened things up along Kirkwood Avenue. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8fc2ae12-f0f2-4f67-8804-fa810d246944/IU+FB+pregame.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out The pregame view from the President’s Suite revealed a fired up Rutgers team and uninspired IU team. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/58d01d3c-389e-4f57-ac2f-454457aa7360/IU+FB+female+ref.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out The official positioning the football pre-snap is a woman who served as back judge during Saturday’s game. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5f6d2c17-c195-4da4-a9a1-0f422be5480c/IU+FB+weight+room.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out A tour of the football facility at Memorial Stadium demonstrated that IU is prepared to attract winning talent. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0c56aa36-a78d-4d2e-a94e-c17f569f3ef1/IU+FB+band.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out The IU “Marching Hundred” band hung in until the bitter end on a cold day with listless football played by the home team. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1282e6c4-9267-462a-b6a4-b59bb940e377/IU+FB+old+bucket.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out Hopefully, Indiana will find a good groove and retain the Old Oaken Bucket when they meet arch rival Purdue later this month. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/33432bb5-2c10-4626-8801-39bab200afe4/IU+Assembly+Hall+2.png Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out As is often the case this time of year, Hoosier Nation turns its attention to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. Will new men’s coach Mike Woodson resurrect the glory days of IU basketball? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4f962614-abd3-4603-a052-e7f765503981/IU+nicks2.jpeg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out When visiting B-town a trip to Nick’s is a must. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ea5f0901-9c1a-4979-9462-0f79c80e89ef/IU+FB+snow.jpg Sports - FIRST CABIN WEEKEND - Make it stand out Snow first thing Sunday morning hastened our departure from Bloomington. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/11/11/mr-rodgers-catches-heat monthly 0.5 2021-11-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8fc75d26-d672-4d1f-8c50-204d5118b3a7/Aaron+Rodgers+flame+%284%29.png Sports - MR. RODGERS CATCHES HEAT - Make it stand out The heat surrounding Aaron Rodgers is of the self-inflicted variety. (Photo credit The Guardian / The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c0530c24-d38d-4c51-b329-9b4c5d380eaf/Pfizer+2.jpg Sports - MR. RODGERS CATCHES HEAT - Make it stand out Why in the world a smart guy like Aaron Rodgers won’t get vaccinated is beyond reason. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bc5398c0-2277-427e-9af4-fdb9f474b447/Physicians+Reflex+Hammer.jpg Sports - MR. RODGERS CATCHES HEAT - Make it stand out Someone needs to go upside Aaron Rodgers’ head with a physician reflex hammer. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5fb9f4a1-cd9b-468b-bb85-bf06c6260b8e/Stethoscope.jpg Sports - MR. RODGERS CATCHES HEAT - Make it stand out The next time he needs medical advice, Aaron Rodgers should consult someone who earned their stethoscope after graduating from an accredited med school. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/11/4/blackhawks-down monthly 0.5 2021-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/02400b63-f3c5-443e-ba69-d853bae72c80/Blackhawks+logo+4.png Sports - BLACKHAWKS DOWN - Make it stand out The Chicago Blackhawks (old logo pictured) messed up. Big time. (Photo credit Clip Arts Zone ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d892cd40-d3e9-47b1-92c8-e3005b3044cb/United+Center+1.jpg Sports - BLACKHAWKS DOWN - Make it stand out There is an uneasy mood at the United Center as fans wrap their mind around the hockey team’s scandal. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/28eed289-83f0-42b6-b154-98157699d2a0/Blackhawks+2.jpeg Sports - BLACKHAWKS DOWN - Make it stand out It’s early in the 2021-22 season, but so far the product on the ice is not reminiscent of the great Chicago teams that won championships. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/865c47ec-41cc-45b3-b4df-60b70928e2ef/Birthday+cake+TWO.png Sports - BLACKHAWKS DOWN - Make it stand out They say time flies when you are having fun and it does. This week we celebrate four years of opines! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/10/21/sky-high monthly 0.5 2021-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1634589848930-WWIGEFJU4K4Q8JO7YZ0Z/Chicago+LSD+%282%29.jpg Sports - SKY HIGH - Make it stand out The sky cleared over Chicago as the city’s WNBA team won a championship. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1634590469747-7MVD37MGTMBF9TGTGIYP/Candace.png Sports - SKY HIGH - Make it stand out (L-R) Candace Parker dunking as a high school senior, huddling with legendary Tennessee coach Pat Summit, and shooting a scoop shot with the Chicago Sky. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/10/7/same-old-bears monthly 0.5 2021-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1633623383182-B1QJAGGGW5PF0WST7EBG/Arlington+track+1.jpg Sports - SAME OLD BEARS - Make it stand out Will on-field performance improve for the Chicago Bears if they build a stadium where Arlington racetrack now sits? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1633623730763-DOVEAW12XINNRA5VG2R8/Soldier+Field+2.JPG Sports - SAME OLD BEARS - Make it stand out The Chicago Bears have not met expectations at Soldier Field. Is it time to move on? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1633624275464-CQ3FI4BZ1PN5OFDTKA5M/Chicago+Bears+football+%282%29.jpg Sports - SAME OLD BEARS - Make it stand out Wise up Bears fans. You’ve been hoodwinked long enough. 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AND AFTER - Make it stand out Something’s gonna give. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1620922168658-VVDPP5ZNG8QQNZFYHZV0/Golf+hole.jpg Sports - FORE! AND AFTER - Make it stand out Another blown par opportunity indicates my game is beyond repair. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1620922945953-2KCVZODEFUDT9VDFSVAQ/Garden+perennials.png Sports - FORE! AND AFTER - Make it stand out Not-yet-bloomed coneflowers (L) and sprouting hosta plants (R) are excellent perennials. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/sports/2021/5/6/back-in-the-game monthly 0.5 2021-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1620317213616-2OQ3YE83UG6TVYCVAVRL/White+Sox+park+1.jpg Sports - BACK IN THE GAME The Wizard of Oz’s Emerald City does not look more welcoming than the approach toward White Sox park last Saturday. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/232dbbad-9909-4a07-9dc3-0004751e7b9e/Leaf+Blower+Broom.png Current Events - QUIET PLEASE - Make it stand out Usually, my electric leaf blower gives way to the timeless broom and dustpan. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2025/5/8/a-moment-to-refresh monthly 0.5 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a6f701a4-5777-4568-88f8-ed2d733d0d43/CSO+Klaus+3.jpg Current Events - A MOMENT TO REFRESH - Make it stand out The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was at the top of its game last Thursday. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/86ac7a98-5aea-4c43-afed-8821042d092c/CSO+dress+down+3.jpg Current Events - A MOMENT TO REFRESH - Make it stand out Twenty minutes before show time the crowd’s attire was a reminder the days of dressing up for a night at the symphony are dwindling. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2025/4/24/a-bit-mulch monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6eceffb0-eb89-4d8d-82f8-63e7d70804b7/Mulch+Combo+2.png Current Events - A BIT MULCH - Make it stand out Mulch choices send the MAGAs into a spiral. 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It was surprising (and cool!) to see a SpaceX rocket streak across the sky transporting satellites into orbit. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f17d9bda-21f9-444e-855d-eb81f826bab9/PS+mountains.jpg Current Events - A RESPITE - Make it stand out The view driving on Dinah Shore Drive never gets old. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/ba258c98-3225-4fdb-8572-b3f8d220c7f1/PS+aluminum+house.jpg Current Events - A RESPITE - Make it stand out Remember Oz’s man made of tin? Here’s a Palm Springs house made of aluminum. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d4f8c4f4-fb12-4c27-863a-ba4c5eb0141a/PS+mikail+healy+melvyns.jpg Current Events - A RESPITE - Make it stand out The great Mikael Healy still performs at Melvyn’s. 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(Photos credit Indiana University Media School, Bethanny A.) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2024/4/18/quick-hits monthly 0.5 2024-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/197baa4a-9cae-48dd-b4f7-016e8522e354/Potpourri+Quick+Hits.png Current Events - QUICK HITS - Make it stand out Lots to discuss… (Photos credit The Weekly Opine/AP, The Weekly Opine, NBC Chicago) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a8852ccc-1dcd-4caf-80e1-671432c3ce1c/Tiger+The+Open+USA+%282%29.jpg Current Events - QUICK HITS - Make it stand out Golf braces for the inevitable: will the huge crowds stick around after Tiger strolls into the sunset? 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(Photo credit Cleveland dot com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4461e9eb-b67f-460b-825f-b193808b8294/CapGrille+YoungP2.png Current Events - THE DAYS (THOSE WERE) - Make it stand out Would you dress the same to dine at both of these restaurants? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/809cf860-a3d3-4e97-b1a4-cf920ba1390f/Car+dark+tint+2.png Current Events - THE DAYS (THOSE WERE) - Make it stand out What are you hiding? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e6772cc5-c41c-4172-a460-13aacc108040/Media+Training+Deck.jpg Current Events - THE DAYS (THOSE WERE) - Make it stand out In preparation for promotional interviews, I was media trained in 1994. An obvious no-no; swearing during interviews. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/11/9/for-rail monthly 0.5 2023-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/01a41606-b6d8-4c78-8a4b-ab20eeb8c611/NOLA+greenwood+ms.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out By the time we hit Greenwood, Mississippi, anticipation was at a fever pitch. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/0a917c2d-22fb-4b34-b893-88a5b65cf90a/NOLA+miss+church.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out Rural churches abound in Mississippi. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1174dfff-dde9-4ee2-8256-0d8c690a8df9/NOLA+miss+river.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out The Mississippi River is mighty in New Orleans. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aba5808b-08e1-4153-9aef-291ee94ba140/NOLA+music+girls.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out These two performers were jammin’! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/31d31f0b-5921-4623-b556-93cd9ab0f9f5/NOLA+poet.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out This street poet wrote a poem predicting Bethanny’s Saints would defeat my Bears. It rang true. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/a06805cf-f1ca-4179-94eb-aafba0528eb4/NOLA+dooky+chase+sign.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out Dooky Chase’s has served luminaries including presidents W. Bush and Obama. My meal of fried chicken, sweet potatoes and collard greens was off the charts. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/17870eec-3479-4172-8764-557ad58442c1/NOLA+Lafayette+cemet+2.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out Founded in 1833, Lafayette Cemetery is on the National Register of Historic Places. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bc0a2107-b60f-4eac-a674-9d0d713d9d86/NOLA+commanders+band.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out Sunday brunch at Commander’s Palace in the Garden District was punctuated by delightful music. And the food was incredible! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/94d4925c-e6cb-4572-a1c8-792d3818c100/NOLA+superdome.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out I knew better than to pay to see the Bears - Saints game at the Superdome. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/519f9a45-0b75-4492-898c-f3472eb6b291/NOLA+sports+bar.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out Much better to watch the game at an outdoor sports bar. A Saints fan even bought our first drink. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/53a8bac7-ad76-417b-935f-01213161756a/NOLA+me+jazz.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out A show for an audience of one. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7bd93acb-4133-4489-b944-92cd3cf98d11/NOLA+cafe+du+monde.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out That’s what I ordered. It was good. Real good. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/873e1c6d-a630-459b-9f35-f01e1a753ba2/NOLA+swamp+2.jpg Current Events - FOR RAIL - Make it stand out We did see an alligator (not pictured) resting on a large rock as we passed by the swamp. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/11/2/no-moral-authority monthly 0.5 2023-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/36505eb3-aec8-4261-aa1e-e06ca57ac001/Flag+Gun+Tears+%283%29.jpg Current Events - NO MORAL AUTHORITY - Make it stand out Tears flow every day in America due to out-of-control gun violence. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/20341e4b-ee83-4eec-a088-52cd5cd0c239/Capitol+Bldg+side.jpg Current Events - NO MORAL AUTHORITY - Make it stand out Legislators in Congress are weak-minded when it comes to reducing U.S. gun violence. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/10/12/man-made-mess monthly 0.5 2023-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/eb85b186-0eaa-461e-940a-d42472cddf86/Sex+Symbol.png Current Events - MAN MADE MESS - Make it stand out Next up... (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/447bfb66-b2bb-4f79-8a28-feacfc094459/Hakeem+%26+Kevin.png Current Events - MAN MADE MESS - Make it stand out (L) Hakeem Jeffries is cool. (R) Kevin McCarthy is uncool. (Photos credit CNBC, NBC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/310b1d7b-55f1-4da8-bd58-6e880b2f6195/Michigan+Women.jpg Current Events - MAN MADE MESS - Make it stand out Michigan has it figured out. Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel. (Photos credit The Michigan Daily, Michigan Advance, Michigan Advance) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/10828337-e1a9-4043-a1e0-bfcecb24f0eb/Fani+Leticia.png Current Events - MAN MADE MESS - Make it stand out More women should be in positions of power, such as no nonsense, fair-minded Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis and no nonsense, fair-minded New York State Attorney General Letitia James. (Photos credit X, The City NYC) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/8/31/wide-awake monthly 0.5 2023-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2c300d78-895b-4758-bad1-625b5fa9efd4/Harpers+Ferry+MTJP.jpg Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out History and beauty abound in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. (Photo credit MTJP) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bfed2b86-db67-409c-9b8d-2ecaca874ee7/Harpers+Ferry+combo+1.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out (L) Looking over the Potomac River into Virginia. (R) The fort John Brown raided in 1859, an uprising that historians say led to the Civil War. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2994a55a-8749-4711-b1dc-b9f7571e6cbc/Harpers+Ferry+combo+2.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out The definition of quaint: Harpers Ferry. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e1ff6755-cc1c-4cac-81f2-a5017f42c90c/Harpers+Ferry+combo+4.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out (L) Riding Amtrak headed home passing through Harpers Ferry in West Virginia. Mountain on the left is in Maryland. Mountain closest on the right is in Virginia. (R) Pillars on the Shenandoah River that supported a bridge destroyed during the Civil War and, after it was repaired, was destroyed by a flood. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f67b1045-4ba3-4f88-93f2-3ebf7f4b043e/DC+March+group+2.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out Clockwise, starting top left: Martin Luther King III; Rep. James Clyburn; Professor Michael Eric Dyson; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b751f7a5-2300-4d36-bec6-9f4fc1a1e7cc/DC+March+group+3.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out (L) It was hot and muggy so this fan came in handy. (R) Voting is the ticket. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/35be7ab2-fd88-412a-89f0-41b4020084bb/DC+March+group+4.png Current Events - WIDE AWAKE - Make it stand out Bethanny and I had a memorable day in D.C. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/8/10/mags-buys-a-car monthly 0.5 2023-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4110ca5d-ef39-4339-b231-703ce175c56b/Car+dealer+MAGAs+2.png Current Events - MAGS BUYS A CAR - Make it stand out Buying a car takes twists and turns (no pun intended) for the MAGA clan. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/7/20/a-michigan-woman monthly 0.5 2023-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/5122fce1-7106-4265-9d00-c16bfec31869/Jury+Envelope.jpg Current Events - "A MICHIGAN WOMAN" - Make it stand out Eventually, juries in New York, Florida, Washington, D.C., and presumably Georgia will decide Trump’s fate. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/175b3e3d-d84e-4217-a329-bda01dc00034/Gavel+Smash+Trump+2.png Current Events - "A MICHIGAN WOMAN" - Make it stand out The judicial system is starting to crush Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/7/13/tattoos-gone-wild monthly 0.5 2025-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/850ed661-6285-4abb-b4a5-ff8908b5ec9f/MAGA+tattoos.png Current Events - TATTOOS GONE WILD - Make it stand out A trip to the tattoo parlor goes off the rails. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/6/29/paid-forward monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/24898150-36f1-46b2-83e1-766f353bd4ae/Pay+It+Forward.jpg Current Events - PAID FORWARD - Make it stand out A mother and daughter participated as paying it forward sweeps across the nation. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/06939082-96b3-4a5e-8fa9-9eb442359cc2/QAnon+Hunter.png Current Events - PAID FORWARD - Make it stand out The judicial system “paid it forward” for the QAnon Shaman, who served just 19 months of a paltry 41-month sentence. Why all the fuss over Hunter Biden benefitting, too? (Photos credit Global News / NBC News) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/31776cc5-dfd1-42b5-88d0-c10d16e8f315/Capitol+Rioters+d.c.+post.jpg Current Events - PAID FORWARD - Make it stand out Some judges “pay it forward” handing down generously light sentences to January 6 insurrectionists. (Photo credit the Washington Post) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/6/22/1983-2023 monthly 0.5 2023-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/07af1a74-1074-46aa-94f2-a85a3f0c37dc/Chi+Trib+Final+611.jpg Current Events - 1983 - 2023 - Make it stand out A 40-year subscription to the Chicago Tribune ended Sunday, June 11. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/37d63708-24a6-4c5e-a77a-f9a2ac7442e0/Chi+Trib+Tower+2.jpg Current Events - 1983 - 2023 - Make it stand out The neo-Gothic Tribune Tower (building in center) no longer houses a newsroom filled with world-class journalists. Now the tower houses condominium residents. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/6/1/dont-blame-da-mayor monthly 0.5 2023-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/10e18811-4f2d-4333-9218-310b12179b6f/Chicago+Cop+CHall.png Current Events - DON'T BLAME DA MAYOR - Make it stand out Whoever is superintendent of police in Chicago (former cop boss Eddie Johnson shown here) and regardless of who occupies the mayor’s office at City Hall, neither is responsible for tamping down gun violence. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/8fed803b-0990-4d32-be0c-b82547d85df9/Capitol+Bldgs+Multi.png Current Events - DON'T BLAME DA MAYOR - Make it stand out It’s up to Congress, state legislators and local municipalities to pass restrictive, life-saving gun laws. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/fe5f16ef-5fb1-4b45-91c6-304dd69002ad/Chicago+Rich+Poor.png Current Events - DON'T BLAME DA MAYOR - Make it stand out (Left photo) Poor folks on Chicago’s West Side can see the 110-story Willis Tower just miles away. (Right photo) Meanwhile, corporate occupants of gleaming office towers get unnecessary tax breaks and live the high life. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/77eab68e-b7d7-4c30-8d7f-cb73f84aa764/Fraternal+Order+Police+Sign+%282%29.jpg Current Events - DON'T BLAME DA MAYOR - Make it stand out The Fraternal Order of Police blindly defends bad cops, even as taxpayers in the City of Chicago pay hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/4/20/done-gone-crazy monthly 0.5 2023-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c73902a5-1a94-4643-9c6a-4c76d3b72398/Flag+Gun+Tears+%283%29.jpg Current Events - DONE GONE CRAZY - Make it stand out The stars and stripes have been replaced by tears and guns. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c7268f3c-8473-43f0-bf3b-464f5946e8da/Chickens+roost+gigi.png Current Events - DONE GONE CRAZY - Make it stand out America’s fascination and tolerance for gun violence is on full display as the chickens come home to roost. (Photos credit Gigi) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/73b09ce2-ed88-4ef7-a3f8-8fd8ad502ab7/Hose+%282%29.jpg Current Events - DONE GONE CRAZY - Make it stand out Considering the way things are in America, think twice before agreeing to water your neighbor’s plants. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7c9a8d64-47d9-43c1-b12e-bd5636183fcf/Jeremiah+Wright+atlantic.jpg Current Events - DONE GONE CRAZY - Make it stand out While I definitely do not agree with everything he says, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was on to something. (Photo credit The Atlantic) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/3/9/delightful monthly 0.5 2023-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d68772d3-7e71-4537-b137-f64f9c42fb34/CBG+2.jpg Current Events - DELIGHTFUL! - Make it stand out Visual delight complements of Chicago Botanic Garden. 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(Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/2/16/delivered-again monthly 0.5 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/da3838bb-a32b-40ab-b2b9-8285a5e4eaf5/PS+2023+pool.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Serene scene. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1d7dea1a-e68b-409e-a699-4c08a222808a/PS+2023+mountain.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Does looking at this scenery ever get old? Never. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9bf66bd0-5b11-40b4-bd92-aab296d95827/PS+2023+marilyn.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Larger than life, as usual, Marilyn Monroe hovers over downtown Palm Springs. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1c8f9340-7364-4d5d-8dc3-27248e755345/PS+2023+cacti.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Assortment of rocks and cacti at Moorten Botanical Garden. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2901fafc-c25b-4ce6-91a5-38b19743ed5d/PS+2023+petrified.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Petrified! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/aa054fc5-24cf-42d6-bf4b-8af129d6bd09/PS+2023+flower.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out A pretty flower at the Moorten Botanical Garden. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/195243a8-54e4-4796-86cc-5b72772ce9fc/PS+2023+pool2.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Ahh… bring another pina colada! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/153f586e-cd78-41db-90f1-f25c753c2fea/PS+2023+fault+line.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out The San Andreas Fault runs between the highway and these mountains. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/97521809-79a7-43cc-b26f-5ef38de0ecc5/PS+2023+wade.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out Dinner with friends at Copley’s, in the former home of Cary Grant, was fabulous! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c8902093-54d6-4701-be89-3c804860be94/PS+2023+car.jpg Current Events - DELIVERED AGAIN - Make it stand out The only bad thing during our vacation was the color of our rental car. 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(Photo credit localmemphis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d5aa7780-efc2-4c9e-9613-8be2a946a6e6/JFK+Jail+3+%282%29.JPG Current Events - MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT - Make it stand out The most deplorable conditions at America’s most deplorable prisons are too good for the animals who mercilessly murdered innocent Tyre Nichols. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2023/1/26/what-time-is-it monthly 0.5 2023-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/26f0ee4a-99f2-46b3-b512-4c2d0e17e2ed/Doomsday+Clock+AP.png Current Events - WHAT TIME IS IT? - Make it stand out Uh-oh. (Photo credit AP) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/9/15/abe-the-great monthly 0.5 2022-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/d92efe23-a0d8-4741-877e-6baee9b0b19d/Lincoln+Memorial+6.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out This miniaturized version of the Lincoln Memorial is inside the entrance at Lincoln’s tomb. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/c4974855-519a-409f-996f-6ea43390a7fd/Lincoln+house+1.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield, Illinois. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/24b89412-335e-4be5-a9d9-ab9cb5592cd1/Lincoln+couch.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out This original sofa is in Lincoln’s parlor. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4c606867-0a5e-4fb0-afc3-ec2623d774e4/Lincoln+stove.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out The original stove in Mary Todd Lincoln’s kitchen. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4fbed93b-2e64-458d-8470-dbcc4bc754fe/Lincoln+train+depot.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out President-elect Abraham Lincoln left this train depot in February, 1861. He returned as an assassinated president in May, 1865. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2b057e5a-960c-4c85-b582-99f4700fd374/Lincoln+vault+original+2.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out The vault where Lincoln’s remains were interred when he arrived at Oak Ridge Cemetery in May, 1865. In December he was moved to another location. Above the vault in the center of the photograph is the obelisk atop Lincoln’s tomb. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/90960150-c4d5-4ff4-9f3d-3ef66059b7a8/Lincoln+tomb+2.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out Lincoln now rests peacefully in this architecturally splendid yet imposing tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6b02f0af-d9e2-479e-9a19-e66e83712ed1/Lincoln+tomb+stone+3.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out Standing before Lincoln’s headstone is a moving experience. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3cd0d74c-e324-49d6-a207-3cf77212bcee/Lincoln+war+gallery.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out The War Gallery at the Lincoln Museum is amazing. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b61e51a0-6969-4c06-9660-ef3f360e833e/Springfield+Wyndham+Hotel+2.jpg Current Events - ABE THE GREAT - Make it stand out The Wyndham Hotel looks like a 31-story air traffic control tower. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/9/1/mellow-and-smooth monthly 0.5 2022-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6d50be2f-5305-4fc9-94c8-4bd06de88d55/Sky+blue.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out Vacation featured plenty of clear blue skies and low humidity. Perfect weather! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/b3758129-ae5b-475a-bf6d-e3d279e49807/Torino+car+show.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out For the first time ever, I took Nellybelle, my 1976 Ford Torino, to a car cruise night. The Westmont Car Cruise, featuring around 300 cars, is considered by WGN Radio to be the best car show in the Chicago area. Nelly was a big hit, with one car restoration veteran proclaiming my Torino the best car at the show. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/41a3842c-ca74-41bc-af10-ab730e1d5ab5/Hotel+view+Chgo.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out Definitely a room with a view. Our mini-suite at the Marriott Michigan Avenue Hotel was spectacular - complements of my significant significant other. Our weekend in the city was just as spectacular! (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/64878dc7-aa14-4cf2-840d-efecc5e470c2/Grant+Park+Orchestra.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out The Grant Park Orchestra brought their “A” game, the only glitch being when a rat - really, a rat - ran across the stage near the end of the performance. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7782ec9a-665d-4bb9-82a4-c09160862b0c/Art+Institute+Chgo.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out Spending the morning at the venerable Art Institute of Chicago was much more than a worthy use of time. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/9827cdd4-2e65-4c73-8770-c58e3383d453/Douganny+dancing.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out Nothin’ wrong with taking salsa dance lessons in a park in our hometown. (Photo credit Westchester Park District) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/e902f808-4d0a-4640-838e-da3a11988f08/Redbird.JPG Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out Many hours were spent enjoying nature, such as observing this redbird nestled among the leaves of backyard trees. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/11bd6c76-3fb1-44ba-b656-6c7c4d3e41f7/DF+siblings.jpg Current Events - MELLOW AND SMOOTH - Make it stand out The highlight of vacation was hosting a group of relatives and friends for a Midwest Gathering. Pictured here are my brother Mark, sister Deb, and me. Please say I still look like the youngest. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/7/28/summer-oases monthly 0.5 2022-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/6a40ab8c-4d68-4b33-997c-3e99e1aac4d2/GGG+walk+22+pool.jpg Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out Just looking at this pool makes you relaxed. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/3d5adbc7-c7ef-453c-a23c-b7e6a20dc128/GGG+walk+22+flowers.JPG Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out Lots of pollinators…I wish I was a butterfly. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4d318188-83bf-459b-95ff-9165063b56b7/GGG+walk+22+perennials.JPG Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out Remember, perennials make gardening easier come next spring. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/684fa346-6ae2-449e-ab36-3f27674052ef/GGG+walk+22+seats.jpg Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out Come sit a spell. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/7814350e-0995-4855-a37b-1196e1aaea4d/GGG+walk+22+more+seats.jpg Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out I said come sit a spell. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/2d215d5f-3327-428b-8894-af161a7a722c/GGG+walk+22+boy.jpg Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out This little fella looks content. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/bc95b20f-c48f-4a2a-af13-1437bb3941fb/GGG+walk+22+yart.jpg Current Events - SUMMER OASES - Make it stand out Our garden group makes yard art. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/7/21/say-what monthly 0.5 2022-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4d2522be-5936-4b9d-89d5-03f86708f3cb/Trump+Wall+2.png Current Events - SAY WHAT? - Make it stand out Will America’s worst person, who is also a criminal and credibly accused rapist, flee to Mexico? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/181151a4-7da8-4f8b-a315-c0b45881c640/Biden+fist+bump+NPR+%282%29.jpg Current Events - SAY WHAT? - Make it stand out Awww, hell no! (Photo credit NPR) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f4ab9e7a-ddd5-426c-a1f0-3bf6ad443f29/Tiger+The+Open+USA+%282%29.jpg Current Events - SAY WHAT? - Make it stand out Time for Tiger to stroll into the sunset. (Photo credit USA screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/7/7/unshockable monthly 0.5 2022-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/f68ed330-258d-4487-ae30-2010c60cd39c/Flags+3.png Current Events - UNSHOCKABLE - Make it stand out America has slipped into serious decline during the 21st Century. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/59fccfe0-d858-44af-9e28-0d48d51f5fb6/Capitol+Bldg+1.JPG Current Events - UNSHOCKABLE - Make it stand out You’d think that after armed, violent, seditious thugs nearly overthrew our government, Congress would enact uncompromising gun laws to make our nation safer. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/4b24f138-4e5d-4b19-9198-d4871f3918db/USA+Tinderbox+bridges+3.jpg Current Events - UNSHOCKABLE - Make it stand out If outsized violence persists in Chicago, officials may resort to raising bridges to stop hoodlums from terrorizing downtown. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2022/6/2/gun-country-1 monthly 0.5 2022-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/81dbf154-a4a4-45a6-b7a0-ef3c613ba767/Flag+Gun+Tears+%283%29.jpg Current Events - GUN COUNTRY - Make it stand out In hindsight, the 13 original states ratifying the Second Amendment was a huge mistake. (Photo credit and intellectual property belong to The Weekly Opine. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1628715406403-N0C0ALIW7Q5KVURE1SVT/Lincoln+Cottage.jpg Current Events - RAIL YES! - Make it stand out A tour of the President Lincoln Cottage revealed new information about the great Abe Lincoln. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1628715108409-Z9FKWMS5OVUXP5FR7464/Bethanny+me+potomac.jpg Current Events - RAIL YES! - Make it stand out The perfect way to celebrate my birthday was a private boat ride on the Potomac River. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/7/29/waffle-house monthly 0.5 2021-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1627512302590-ZIJ0AD1YDPT0976607L7/CDC+Chgo+combo.png Current Events - WAFFLE HOUSE - Make it stand out Centers for Disease Control satellite offices, like this one in Chicago, are left to decipher and disseminate sometimes vague, toothless messages from Atlanta headquarters. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1627513283260-CNOQR9JN5TPGKKAML09B/America+Chaos+Mask.jpg Current Events - WAFFLE HOUSE - Make it stand out The first mask that I used back in March 2020, hand crafted from a Hefty trash bag and shoe laces. Was it hard to breathe? Yes, but not as bad as it would have been if I caught the coronavirus. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1627512564355-1RNOB5JLUYXIQKQVWUJO/WW+II.JPG Current Events - WAFFLE HOUSE - Make it stand out Nearly all World War II veterans are gone but the WW II Memorial in Washington D.C., with the Lincoln Memorial in the background, serves as a permanent reminder of American bravery and tenacity. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/7/15/back monthly 0.5 2021-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626120527040-50AC9XIZNVI53SN3B6M2/GGG+garden+walk+2.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Beautiful gardens are in abundance during the summer. This garden was featured during last Saturday’s Westchester Garden Walk. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626120741233-QENHFDHB3JQEEKAZE1LS/GGG+garden+walk+4.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out This view shows only about one-third of a garden that evokes paradise. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626120998597-02ZQ9XEFXMSPF1MRIT3H/GGG+garden+walk+3.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Lovely coneflowers add pizazz to the corner of this garden. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626359137180-31TF087VYQKYTRA132CW/GGG+yard+art+2+%282%29.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Gardens can be more than plants and vegetables. When fully assembled, these pieces of yard art expand the beauty of almost any garden. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626121221676-PTH91X7BZZMR0PX3XFTD/GGG+Rockys.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out It was a publicity homerun when a local pizza parlor agreed to staple our garden walk promotional flyer to carryout and delivery boxes. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626267191558-UV4MXLNDL2I5QI6G1CZ4/Elmhurst+Jazz.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Elmhurst College’s jazz ensemble gave a stellar performance on a delightful summer evening. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626267415628-9F7Y2BUZBMTR2GBTVZ6J/Emilio%27s+food.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out The food and plate rest in harmonious splendor thanks to Emilio’s Tapas restaurant. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626122259806-9TCI4BLS9VN1JODCJ7GA/Sunflower2.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Momentarily on the chopping block (I thought it was a weed until buds appeared) this sunflower was a surprise when it bloomed in my garden. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626123715142-VZ6UVEG9GOMUIGCQWSQ5/Monarch+coneflower+2.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out As expected, coneflowers in my garden attract bees and butterflies. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626124601652-IQ9NGOFUJPSLXMGZ6SR8/Carnival.jpg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Hanging out at a small town carnival is one of the pleasures of summer. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1626130054517-23IX69DDS8NOJPJD3VF4/Car+Show.jpeg Current Events - BACK! - Make it stand out Near the end of the evening some cars had gone home. However, there were still several fine machines on the scene. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/6/10/five-grand-days monthly 0.5 2021-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623192127224-S20V4YYPKXCPBLXI42XY/Palm+Springs+sunrise.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Sunrise on one of the lovely days spent in Southern California. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623184083816-NB02GPWDB23EGB5NZ1Q9/Palm+Springs+Temp+Fnl.png Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Upon arriving in Palm Springs, California, the weather app on my phone presented an intimidating forecast for our destination - Rancho Mirage. Was the trip a mistake? Nah! (Photo credit The Weather Channel screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623192508411-BCTB6MNB5OSXM6H15OMM/Palm+Springs+Miros.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Miro’s in Palm Springs was the perfect place to celebrate my sweetheart’s birthday…sitting outdoors. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623192688572-RQHKAJEECU0COA7DQK81/Palm+Springs+Melvyns.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Mikael Healey threw down last Saturday night at Melvyn’s at the Ingleside Inn. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623191912550-X106LKKAJ4WEP4YF1J6B/Palm+Springs+family.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Hanging with family outside our cabana. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623192837451-M3NW87MMFG7JDG10AOCS/Sunnyland+birds.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out One of many beautiful pieces of art at Sunnylands. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623193041681-5N1E14YD76KW6GVTORKL/Palm+Springs+flight.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out The flight from Chicago to Palm Springs was smooth sailing. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623194133850-M3LZIQCWRN8WYW8M8S85/Palm+Springs+patio+view.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out The view sitting on our patio at the Westin Mission Hills Resort Villas. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623250623011-HMJCOP5IPTT1AFD1C0U4/Palm+Springs+pool.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Nothing says vacation more than palm trees and a pool. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623194286490-RGGFEZNFOKMMM1VUUG1L/Palm+Desert+valley.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out The city of Palm Desert is situated in a valley surrounded by mountains. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623194385732-GPBKHJR0KP08IPES82N1/Sunnyland+center.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Sunnylands Visitors Center. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623194497511-NSLSWJU7UDM449Y1VE9W/Sunnyland+Magnolia.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out The magnolia tree. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623194581108-5F7XWGBR7RB4KSOHV7Y0/Palm+Springs+B-day.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Bethanny’s birthday dinner was delightful. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1623338107150-2766SU1CP0IQKS0HGWXX/Uhaul+truck.jpg Current Events - FIVE GRAND DAYS - Make it stand out Due to outrageous rental car rates, I initially made arrangements to drive a U-Haul truck like this one as our vacation vehicle. Rates finally came down so I rented a Toyota Corolla. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/5/20/ouchie monthly 0.5 2021-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1621382932387-RW765DJYTGSD2ZJIQ1EE/Masks+hanging.jpg Current Events - OUCHIE! - Make it stand out Freshly washed masks drying for use in the coming weeks and months. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1621460596691-NOSBH1QW8VEHGAG2S6H5/Fauci+mens+health.jpg Current Events - OUCHIE! - Make it stand out Did the usually indefatigable Dr. Fauci just slip up? (Photo credit Men’s Health) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1621459333748-MJ425IJEHE71HUSVN82L/CDC+Chgo+combo.png Current Events - OUCHIE! - Make it stand out Across America, Center for Disease Control satellite offices - like this one in Chicago - recently had a curveball tossed at them by CDC headquarters. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1621516610601-02WUA81BICOT2F56AVXA/Olympic+Rings+Amazon+4.jpg.png Current Events - OUCHIE! - Make it stand out There are prominent doctors in Japan demanding the Summer Olympics Games be cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. (Photo credit Amazon) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/4/29/coming-out-of-covid monthly 0.5 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619712706423-3CGXOY748LT7J8P3XHDH/Sunset.jpg Current Events - COMING OUT OF COVID? America’s horizon, shrouded in the dark clouds of the pandemic and Trump’s ignorance, is showing light thanks to the Biden administration’s intelligence. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619714166596-9OHIFZJUGT0VBJZEZCYT/Kamala+%26+Nancy+msnbc.jpg Current Events - COMING OUT OF COVID? The pandemic persists, as evidenced by Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi donning face masks. (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619719248654-57KPU7M1CMC57GDCWTXV/DF+Barber.jpg Current Events - COMING OUT OF COVID? After more than a year, finally got my hair hooked up! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619713545421-AE5A55TAG5O46GKVPTLL/Joe+Biden+msnbc+2.jpg Current Events - COMING OUT OF COVID? President Biden “brung it'“ during his speech to Congress last night. (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619712956789-ISFA8JGIXXSTP40W93HX/GOP+Blacks.png Current Events - COMING OUT OF COVID? GOP minstrel show. Clockwise starting Top L: Kanye West. Diamond & Silk. Tim Scott. Ben Carson. Can Republicans find a more embarrassing collection to foist on Black voters? (Photo credit Billboard, CNN screenshot, MSNBC screenshot, ABC7 NY screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/4/22/a-small-step monthly 0.5 2021-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619112205901-0YLYSUCAODZM12D6I0FV/Gavel+%285%29.jpg Current Events - A SMALL STEP The world witnessed a rarity in America this week. A cop convicted of murder for…murdering a Black man. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1619108694398-1V15WMRPNX9IDJW0KEQZ/Declare+Constitu.png Current Events - A SMALL STEP Every American - starting with Congress - should re-read (or read) the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. (Photo credit Library of Congress and Granger Art on Demand) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/4/15/vaccinated monthly 0.5 2021-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1618432413463-04CEGDI2HFBRZRDLS5SN/Vaccine+1+%282%29.jpg Current Events - VACCINATED! Even some MAGAs who called the coronavirus a hoax are showing up at vaccination sites. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/4/8/fine-spring-break monthly 0.5 2021-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617648843169-SJJMRP9AYUM1HXOMNLBY/Torino+car+wash+1.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK My Torino is no longer riding dirty thanks to a recent trip through the car wash. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617917479509-H54WWXQUBWFY418X98GT/NCAA+Women+2+People.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK March Madness, The Big Dance, the NCAA Tournament was - by any name - scintillating. The women’s tournament was more exciting than the men’s bracket. (Photo credit People Magazine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617649118612-Y28VLNU03P4JV5ZTOY6S/Arb+12.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK Unexpected sights abound when you step off hiking trails at The Morton Arboretum. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617649310351-FKGUHN37US4X6EXSPI7T/Arb+6.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK The combination of this tree’s trunk and lowest branches form solid right angles. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617891033264-4ABX7GUHOOU8ZEZHZDON/Food+veggie+medley.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK Eating great at home. My vegetable medley fits nicely on top of tender rice. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617649982029-5BHPWHCAHMNFMNVC1WEA/Vaccine+5.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK The suburban vaccination site I went to was well-organized and highly efficient. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617900445536-IIS6LO2DXRKMYQVY7ZL7/Torino+5.JPG Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK A clean machine ready to roll. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617650402961-4FR26FRRA43PECLERXK7/Yard+dug+up.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK OK, fellas, now put it back the way you found it. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617650509507-LCMM95RHQ3DS9KOM5FYX/Modem.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK After almost two weeks without the internet, green lights never looked so good! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1617900827413-WGBETG5FA90PA3PBRFAJ/Magnolia+tree+2.jpg Current Events - FINE SPRING BREAK The lovely magnolia tree in my backyard is blooming. It smells good, too. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/3/4/texas-bound monthly 0.5 2024-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1614818624660-CKCLO1TP8G13QNO5Z55O/JFK+Event+Dallas+3.JPG Current Events - TEXAS BOUND Dallas is a cosmopolitan city in a state with a backwater governor. Moving to Texas during the pandemic just became more dicey as state officials shun science and common sense. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/2/26/doing-right monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1614352398456-SG1DURJVERF2917GDXLF/DF+Interview+Room.jpg Current Events - DOING RIGHT My perch for last Friday’s interview with Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1614352543968-CXQNB7WWU2KIHZ2IB00K/DF+Killed+It+%282%29.jpg Current Events - DOING RIGHT The response to the livestream event was overwhelmingly positive. (Photo credit Instagram screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1614352680158-LS683RCAIOUE5980EEXD/DF+Chapek+3.jpg Current Events - DOING RIGHT Looks like Disney CEO Bob Chapek is enjoying our interview last Friday. (Photo credit Indiana University screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/2/18/doubling-down monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613603394441-IOHQ7XFFP3GIK9LHHIGH/Snow+3.jpg Current Events - DOUBLING DOWN This front yard has been transformed into a surreal, smooth landscape of snow…18 inches worth. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613603583020-OK9NI794S4XPF4PFHZI1/Snow+ruler+1+%283%29.jpg Current Events - DOUBLING DOWN Don’t take my word for it. This ruler provides confirmation. Eighteen inches of snow on the ground. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613603753378-DNZ307PQ39EIA0FFIWCP/Snow+4.jpg Current Events - DOUBLING DOWN More Americans are feeling a blast of winter this year. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613604701705-01IUFYELPEEJF5QAIN03/Indiana%27s+Hamilton+Lee+2.JPG Current Events - DOUBLING DOWN In October 2019, The Weekly Opine interviewed former U.S. Congressman (D-Ind.) Lee Hamilton. It was an insightful and revelatory discussion. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/2/11/winter-works monthly 0.5 2021-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613054094097-0DMA31A2AVW83C3I2AEX/Winter+Skier.jpg Current Events - WINTER WORKS Nothing wrong with this…sunny day and snow. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613054422668-NYL2361WEWHHZHZONURC/Miami+Beach+2.JPG Current Events - WINTER WORKS Escaping winter for a spell is good. Summer all year long? Not so sure about that. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1613010705568-KUAXEBL37SAR0CWXZGS0/IU+Gates+2.JPG Current Events - WINTER WORKS In addition to producing yours truly, Indiana University produced Disney’s current CEO. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2021/1/14/tall-tales monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610636863197-B90DDIO4EI6SVOBFICMA/Chicago+Bears+football.jpg Current Events - TALL TALES No team…not one of them, has won more Super Bowls than the Chicago Bears. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610637031803-1PJDEE1E8J6QNMY6AIUI/Snow.jpg Current Events - TALL TALES Cotton covers the ground and sticks in the trees in the warm climate where I live. The year-round temperature averages 80 degrees. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610637230689-R51FOSJZ73PHLCUI14GG/Ford+Taurus.jpg Current Events - TALL TALES This is not a Taurus. It’s a Lamborghini! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1610638271057-5CWGM6I0T48EDBM08BCN/DF+IU+hoops.jpg Current Events - TALL TALES Fake media doctored this photo of me - replacing my Indiana jersey with a nondescript intramural jersey - when in “fact” I was a star player on IU’s national championship team. (Photo credit Douglas Freeland) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/12/31/be-gone-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609213022178-V7L6SDL4UW1I25LFMOZX/2020+Calendar+3.png Current Events - BE GONE 2020 So long 2020 and none too soon. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609189054984-PGM59RMDDWKMIFYOL1MQ/Kobe+Tragedy+D.C.+Times.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 The helicopter crash last January that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven other people shocked the sports world and was the first sign 2020 would be a tough year. (Photo credit Washington Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609189480277-5IBUCTKDYHO56PM7HE5M/3+Fab+Days+view+1.JPG Current Events - BE GONE 2020 How sweet it was! Three fabulous days at a friend’s condo on Miami Beach, just weeks before the coronavirus clamped down travel around the globe. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609209682146-9HUGF4MQB4XWDQ0TAC9E/C19+LaSalle+St.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 LaSalle Street in Chicago is usually bustling at noontime, especially on St. Patrick’s Day. Not in 2020. The coronavirus kept office workers and revelers away. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609190021372-ANOUJ5FL334JPLRD896Z/White+House+Photo2+The+Weekly+Opine.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 As the spread of the virus accelerated in April, Trump’s inaction confirmed an “empty barrel” occupied the Oval Office. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609190243593-L90EH6TXJQGB2T2U0DLJ/United+Center+1.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 “The Last Dance” provided a needed respite from lockdowns and quarantines. The behind-the-scenes look at the Chicago Bulls championship dynasty delivered on the hype. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609190566563-GY6BTCM9RDEB98BLY54N/USA+Tinderbox+bridges+1.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 Bridges along the Chicago River stand in repose after being raised to block protestors from accessing central downtown Chicago. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609263014899-80RME8OIT5VU6CB8LR5U/2020+Protestors.png Current Events - BE GONE 2020 Takin’ it to the streets! It was a pleasant surprise to see so many suburban youth calling for justice in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis policeman. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine / NC-17 TV screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609191472336-UGLO1OH92F076HPD90AF/Big+Ten+HQ+3.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 For a moment, Big Ten presidents and chancellors displayed acumen when they decided to cancel fall sports - including football. Unfortunately, a few weeks later they changed their minds. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609206006323-49MU4GFQVJ2OGCCCMV06/MAGAs.png Current Events - BE GONE 2020 Mags the MAGA’s wife and daughter were introduced in September. Despite Trump’s election loss the MAGA’s will likely be heard from in 2021. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609192021109-A9KMCBOGGKJFZY0VVMMJ/GPC+28.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 A Sunday at Garfield Park Conservatory provided much need salve from the election and the coronavirus. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609192176884-DV3273AN7BC5ZO63VC7E/Election+Week+I+voted+3.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 Americans ignored lies about voter fraud and lies about a rigged election and did their duty, reducing Trump to a failed, one-term president. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1609205723477-GN6C57F37AVZZD7L7QU8/Arboretum+pond+2.jpg Current Events - BE GONE 2020 Spending time in natural settings is a great way to clear your mind and get some exercise. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/12/24/lights monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672209279-N1KBPP1EFMSFNHYOTB3X/Lights+entrance.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! The Morton Arboretum entrance is a harbinger of what’s to come. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672333797-G9ENNWLLKUIEW1MR12H5/Lights+tree.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! It looks like a rainbow is tangled up in these trees. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672482915-PDPVJHAYRJWMOE8PDRYJ/Lights+sticks.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Thin tree trunks re-imagined as stick lights. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672619324-FCLF86ZQRV87VD8RTSNY/Lights+blue+trees.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Soft blue lights transform these trees into a dreamy state. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672813278-JHQS3P1JJ0MRLS9NB0C5/Lights+5+geo+%283%29.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! These geometric shapes exude pizzazz. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608672919349-S5IXNIUMR0GPICX2LET2/Lights+3+geo.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Closer inspection reveals each has a unique pattern. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608673044703-AAIEAKGHM0WQL9DKMHL1/Lights+1+geo.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Awesome! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608673136622-742WPM1Z3ERISR8VXAYU/Lights+landscape.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Enough light to find your way home. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608673255193-D6GF5PG9W27MHW3ZCU6U/Lights+eerie+bulbs.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Svengoolie? Night of the Living Dead? (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1608673454770-XM651EVFZK6J4BLY0DI4/Lights+chandeliers.jpg Current Events - LIGHTS! Chandeliers hanging from trees. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/12/10/one-fifty monthly 0.5 2020-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1607445212737-XRTIAYUYHM14JD2UMBNG/Post+150+no+copyright.png Current Events - ONE-FIFTY What better way to celebrate The Weekly Opine’s 150th blog post than a 150-word column? (Photo credit Getty Images) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/11/25/not-a-plain-field monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606232871523-D9MNJKGPP9QYSREEV8NW/Prairie+sign.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD It was “on” last Saturday at Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606233037960-6KYZGF9SQV6JCHH1QBDO/Prairie+ebony+ivory.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD The natural setting is occasionally interrupted by sidewalks installed when developers attempted to build a subdivision. The Great Depression ended their plan. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606242707243-GD7HDWA6780ME8WW5UNO/Prairie+cattails.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Resilient cattails going into hibernation. See you next spring. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606233651460-8VDF10QXP88J22HR8QEA/Prairie+milkweed.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD A visual delicacy, milkweed bring another dimension to the natural setting. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606233940817-GT2JEDN89JVG5LRE4UQQ/Prairie+path+1.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Like the Yellow Brick Road, this path leads to a structure housing relevant information. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606234472544-OS8207YUL7EON25XKJQ9/Prairie+slow+burn.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Across from Wolf Road Prairie, a slow burn takes place in a forest preserve. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606234635688-IPU84XM8UQV4VMCKHXDR/Prairie+cattail+path.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Despite my initial skepticism, my new, non-hiking shoes survived walking narrow paths strewn with branches and twigs. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606235062739-0S1865OHZ8F2MBWN21DV/Prairie+wheel+barrels.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Wonder when the last time these wheel barrels were put to use? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606235256949-9GIN76RT7BQ49T5PJ583/Prairie+gold.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD It’s not straw, but maybe Rumpelstiltskin could spin this into gold. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606235516720-YGHMY0EJQ63ZHFFDFLNX/Prairie+path+2.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Smoke from the forest preserve slow burn is visible in the distance. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606235800961-BKIB2R5BUX6BWD2Q9CJ9/Prairie+bird+feeders.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Presumably, these are bird feeders. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606235985755-3RET42AQAL9LGV7ONI23/Prairie+vastness.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Wolf Road Prairie Natural Preserve totals 82 acres and is home to 360 native plant species and a variety of wildlife. Native communities include prairie, savanna, and wetland. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1606237002598-WOBH6XWBKW4XN9CEP867/Prairie+sunset.jpg Current Events - NOT A PLAIN FIELD Wolf Road Prairie is open sunrise to sunset. Time to exit. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/11/19/deja-vu monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605736408540-671VNG04SL0JXONOOEJZ/Morton+Arb+enter.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU The Morton Arboretum still resonates, even when trees are bare. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605737080456-94K681ONAPY4GDCA6UGZ/Morton+Arb+leaves+water.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU Once they fall, leaves end up on land and water. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605737398677-1WLGO8EEADU10P4CMUSZ/Morton+Arb+burnt+tree.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU What remains of this tree strikes a defiant pose. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605737588840-JF7R1DIVWNL2XA8R18P9/Morton+Arb+bridge.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU This time of year rugged beauty delights. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605737831337-235V1U4YP7OPEULX0PYV/Morton+Arb+waterfall.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU Laid back mellowness aptly describes this scenery. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605738016939-O3XNZ1V8AV98RZ9QCO25/Morton+Arb+surprise+colors.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU Speckles of brighter colors are a pleasant surprise. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605738381750-Q6FZBTCA869W87K5J8TT/Morton+Arb+trunk.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU Walking past this tree you get the feeling something might pop up and snatch you away. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605738760230-6YIJP6OOGUYYXBGDVMB4/Morton+Arb+birch+trees.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU It was very windy but not that windy. These birch trees permanently lean back. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605740074983-T6W891XKQ4CP1YS7S69P/Morton+Arb+bare+tree+%282%29.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU A standout. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605740260464-PXJ5MAGZMY8K0FAZMQLH/Morton+Arb+rustic+lake.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU I say rustic. What you say? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605740450375-XM8PNHFOVYZVTEJSU74V/Morton+Arb+evergreens.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU A wall of evergreen trees looks good anytime of year. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605740586957-MVI9E5W28TQIREIZI69L/Morton+Arb+landscape+1.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU Ah, relaxing and so good for the spirit. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605842848250-R5IE8GEIFJUOH0RQWD14/Morton+Arb+beth+molli+2.jpg Current Events - DEJA VU When it’s “Bring Your Dog Day” at The Morton Arboretum bring your dog. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/11/12/back-home-in-indiana monthly 0.5 2020-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605141258510-XFMGQULZ6W9T3BMKHVZI/Pfield+Oasis.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA The Oasis restaurant in Plainfield, Indiana, was a relaxing lunch stop last Friday as the “home” trip gathered steam. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142258040-BL5IYDLF1VT8UFPYJQ6V/Pfield+Vine+St.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Of all the places I’ve lived, this is still home. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605141974996-3CN08T19A25Y13FNVETD/Pfield+ballpark+1.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Hanging out at first base at the diamond where the Babe Ruth League Mets won three consecutive championships when I was age 13, 14, and 15. Nowadays, it’s called a 3-peat. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142369197-QCT0FCG2QSBGKGR7O4BQ/Pfield+White+Lick+Cr.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Tranquil White Lick Creek meanders through my hometown adjacent to a walking trail where railroad tracks used to roam. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605141673550-Z5PH94256SJKZRMJEKIN/Pfield+PHS.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA This building may have lost the title “high school” to “middle school” but memories endure at the former Plainfield High School. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605141448494-58216QBL7F2QJ27YMF8Z/Pfield+Big+House+2.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA A friend’s girlfriend’s house was a fun place to hangout in the mid-1970s after the school day ended. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142494103-120F025WWIDJ8STJHUZB/Pfield+Waff+McD+2.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA A two for one outside Indy brackets my career! My first job, at age 15, was busing tables at a Waffle House. My last job was at McDonald’s corporate headquarters doing sports and entertainment marketing (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142695183-RX8JYB0KIF6GL0Z6V3U1/IU+Teter.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Located near the center of campus, Teter Quad was my first home at IU and is still near and dear. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142820701-R5STIM5TUIMX58BYVRT9/IU+Fountain+DF.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA It’s been nearly 45 years since IU went 32-0 winning the national title. A freshman in the spring of ‘76, I was tossed into Showalter Fountain during the celebration and came down with strep throat. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605142993752-P0YEUKFMMG64C8S5VNPY/IU+Globe.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA The 6-foot geophysical globe at Ballantine Hall is as magical and imposing as it was when first seeing it in 1975. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605143263574-ECL90GFHYTA7PRIA1JH2/IU+Ernie+Pyle.jpg Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Debating with a statue of Pulitzer Prize winner Ernie Pyle is a losing proposition. (Photo credit Bethanny A.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1605143131752-PKBB47II8TS94SUH4BU6/IU+Campus+Combo.png Current Events - BACK HOME IN INDIANA Displaying bias is usually frowned upon. In this case it is OK. There is not a more beautiful campus than my alma mater, Indiana University-Bloomington. 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The beat of Trump’s death cabal continues. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1600961871912-LXFPQYV155OJN0H047FW/Data+Joe+Big+Ten.png Current Events - DATA. JOE. BIG TEN. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1600961389725-OWA48LZLDD421OTR2CAU/Big+Ten+HQ+1.jpg Current Events - DATA. JOE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten will soon be guilty of too many men on the field. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1600961507336-WE0SSMXYZSA03PPSERFY/Vote+3.png Current Events - DATA. JOE. BIG TEN. Voting is more important than Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Sunday Night Football, Cyber Monday, Trick or Treating, or cooking the perfect Thanksgiving turkey. Get out the vote! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/8/20/how-long-not-long monthly 0.5 2020-08-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597951761629-ZT0US638K0ZJN24XE4OQ/High+School+St+Joe+%281%29.jpg Current Events - HOW LONG? NOT LONG. Normally, this time of year school signs say “Welcome back.” But because of Trump’s coronavirus ineptitude schools ask for prayers. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597870000685-A9PD7GRUUKG1RV253LPQ/How+Long+bldgs.png Current Events - HOW LONG? NOT LONG. Many office towers stand silently empty as employees work remotely. Will that fate befall lots of college classroom buildings this fall? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597872584277-QARGWCGXP3JFL1KYJO4K/C19+USA+Italy+%283%29.jpg Current Events - HOW LONG? NOT LONG. Italy mandated a hardcore shutdown last March. The U.S. took it easy. Dr. Deborah Birx would like a do-over. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597872801992-2DOGZW8DPXE3WATTXENG/Post+Office+2.png Current Events - HOW LONG? NOT LONG. The Democratic convention has us feeling good. So does the Postmaster General’s double-quick backtrack. Now get out the vote! (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/8/13/biden-chooses-big-ten-decides monthly 0.5 2020-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597334093309-46VJI2HZT48D31FY4I9J/Vote+by+mail.jpg Current Events - BIDEN CHOOSES. BIG TEN DECIDES. In person or by mail, “Vote Trump Out!” is the battle cry. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597334208439-LCMG3SJ5DLPY64RNRE8W/Vote+Trump+Out.png Current Events - BIDEN CHOOSES. BIG TEN DECIDES. Not much else matters. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597334348592-57V40TU6URVKG5KZ2W27/Big+Ten+HQ+3.jpg Current Events - BIDEN CHOOSES. BIG TEN DECIDES. There are presidents with brains. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1597334728045-H6YGBGG0S981IG06NJU0/IU+Gates+2.JPG Current Events - BIDEN CHOOSES. BIG TEN DECIDES. At Indiana University, on-campus classes begin August 24. Will students walk through Sample Gates until Thanksgiving as planned? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/8/6/part-time-pro-life monthly 0.5 2020-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596718292317-Y863HQHWED4H2C3POLKB/WW+II.JPG Current Events - PART-TIME PRO-LIFE In the foreground is the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. After World War II, America’s participation in wars has been predicated on lies. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596718531396-Z4LOTH0CR0ICAF3W8BF5/High+School+Avon.jpg Current Events - PART-TIME PRO-LIFE After Avon High School in Indiana opened its doors, it took only a few days for two staff members and one student to test positive for coronavirus. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596718808197-X8XL09ZOXUW2SN6QBAML/Note+Pad.jpg Current Events - PART-TIME PRO-LIFE Too many media keep blowing opportunities to ask Trump hardball questions. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596721037054-BFWJZW3PQGR6AFFPV2M2/Big+Ten+HQ+500.png Current Events - PART-TIME PRO-LIFE Big Ten headquarters says fall football may not happen (it shouldn’t). The Indianapolis 500 reversed its stance on fans (smart move). (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596719023068-7MHSVU146FMCIE1IAXV2/Masks.jpg Current Events - PART-TIME PRO-LIFE Citizens should do their part by wearing a mask. You are not pro-life if you refuse to wear a mask. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/7/30/wild-wild-windy-city monthly 0.5 2020-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596029959953-IDC9BX7TMKRU182S01GS/Chicago+Night.jpg Current Events - WILD WILD WINDY CITY Chicago’s ‘cool’ factor erodes with each act of gun violence. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596030104453-E17AB6VZRPE5728DVH80/Chicago+Lots.JPG Current Events - WILD WILD WINDY CITY Empty lots and hopelessness permeate swaths of Chicago neighborhoods. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596030272412-XDF51V5EJZGLB54GHXNT/Pfleger+and+Marchers.png Current Events - WILD WILD WINDY CITY During summer 2018, Fr. Michael Pfleger shut down a Chicago expressway to call attention to neglect and gun violence. Two years later, nothing’s changed. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596030467304-1J2O6GOG8ZKH1D9QCHM8/Chicago+Cop+CHall.png Current Events - WILD WILD WINDY CITY Former Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson could not stop Chicago’s outrageous gun violence. It will require City Hall to end systemically racist policies. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1596030813739-Q1PM36EV16MOE4YJIRFT/Columbus+base+2.jpg Current Events - WILD WILD WINDY CITY It took mere days to remove the Columbus statue from its base. Can the feds restore order in gun violence-plagued Chicago just as quickly? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/7/2/photo-medley monthly 0.5 2020-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593630157769-WK9KE8LKU5L3MOUPCV0W/Indiana%27s+Hamilton+Abe.JPG Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY There are statues and monuments that need to be removed. This is not one of them. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593630346391-8Q3BX946UY9B0YNJ3UMZ/Smokestacks+3.JPG Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY The Trump administration is no friend of Mother Earth. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593630527830-0WGSBOA229XHPMJK3Y1T/Protesters+Westch.jpg Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY Proud of these youngins in my small town. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593630635525-TJ8TKBNOE8FM60Q3YAZA/Protesters+Naperv.jpg Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY A face-off suburbs never dreamed off. (Photo credit NC-17 TV screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593630824714-HHHRLXNRD7MAVHDF5XNK/Black+Panther+Flag.jpg.png Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY To those who say the Confederate flag should still fly, how would you like seeing this flag displayed at NFL games? (Photo credit Google search) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593631070744-VNDMOMT0SB52TRTXSEMM/Trump+fans+Tulsa.jpg Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY At Trump’s poorly attended Tulsa rally, the MAGA shine lost some of its luster. 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(Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593633104230-VGQKWME5A468N1JRQP9B/Biden+Trump.png Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY Joe Biden articulates a competent, solution-driven vision. Trump wishes his self-made disasters would magically disappear. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1593633306698-LJLQJWAF22PC2JL75FNS/Fireworks+wgn.jpg Current Events - PHOTO MEDLEY To release shutdown tension, residents across America have been shooting off fireworks for several months. Leave it to the pros, folks. (Photo credit WGN screen shot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/6/4/usa-tinderbox monthly 0.5 2020-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1591283764676-I2HLVBKKFEX5HLGV4G4A/USA+Tinderbox+fireglow.jpg Current Events - USA TINDERBOX America explodes following another murder of an unarmed black man by rogue cops. 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(Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/5/28/fall-at-the-u monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1590683070013-6GP3G5KZJDQVP5BS9YR6/Fall+U+IU+Gates2.JPG Current Events - FALL AT THE U. Will one of America’s loveliest campuses, Indiana University, be buzzing with students this fall? (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1590683236932-12DRXWIV6P6XZ0J9ZNFE/Fall+U+C19.png Current Events - FALL AT THE U. Yes it does. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1590683406773-JZEW0WFKAEENYNLCZGAT/Fall+U+Poll+2.jpg Current Events - FALL AT THE U. Poll from The Chronicle of Higher Education suggests students feel ‘so-so’ about online learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1590687670491-AMKPGOCDCAZNMKOF90CE/Fall+U+Doors+2.png Current Events - FALL AT THE U. University presidents must choose wisely between online only, on-campus only, or a hybrid of the first two. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/5/14/turned-loose monthly 0.5 2021-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1589475236221-CJIZLBQ7FILVUOT57569/Turned+Loose+usa2.jpg Current Events - TURNED LOOSE As America opens up, COVID-19 cases in the green states are declining. In the blue states cases are flat or slightly increasing/decreasing. In the pink states cases are steadily increasing. (Photo credit CNN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1589473470238-AQECZHEXL5R8XGK3IQQ1/Turned+Loose+rush.jpg Current Events - TURNED LOOSE A recent spring Friday night on Chicago’s famed Rush Street. If Trump has his way, soon this street will be packed with revelers. (Photo credit E. Bryant) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1589474393280-WH4XM30MYQCDIBFWMTRU/Turned+Loose+chart2.pptx+%282%29.jpg Current Events - TURNED LOOSE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1589473836406-2JYDFB3M7BUHOVSY9ZLS/Turned+Loose+wrigley.jpg Current Events - TURNED LOOSE Eerily silent around noon on what should have been game day. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1589474116548-SWL0JUA8K57XXV38JBSC/Turned+Loose+bar.jpg Current Events - TURNED LOOSE Last Saturday the sign at Sluggers bar, a few blocks south of Wrigley Field on Clark Street, sums it up nicely. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/4/23/fantasyland monthly 0.5 2020-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1587650640429-WHVO1G7K4I09MYB9S5RQ/White+House+BW.JPG Current Events - FANTASYLAND Trapped by stay-at-home, Trump’s fantasies give way as the walls of reality close in. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1587650891761-RTLSWWA2RQG5VG37U46P/Fantasyland+Protesters.jpg Current Events - FANTASYLAND Everyone except Trump can see these protesters are not social distancing. (Photo credit WGN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1587651220230-TZM702E4Z4BKPIVCPTI8/Flag+1+%282%29.JPG Current Events - FANTASYLAND America faces its biggest test since World War II. And there is a big difference between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Donald J. Trump. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1587653779218-LM1HJFOQ6JQ5CKV00ZB3/Fantasyland+Chart+%282%29.png Current Events - FANTASYLAND https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1587651560809-PMVGIN4POCZ1LCAZXF67/Fantasyland+Chart+SKUSA.jpg Current Events - FANTASYLAND https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/4/9/what-next monthly 0.5 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1586449631882-8S0OS3NXMTS7J789GJPL/What+Next+trump.jpg Current Events - WHAT NEXT? Donald Trump, an underwhelming president, is overwhelmed after allowing the coronavirus to become a crisis in the U.S. (Photo credit WGN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1586454952461-7LDBV9OQZ6OJCLNTJIR2/What+Next+tv.jpg Current Events - WHAT NEXT? Sports fans should fully grasp that games and events likely will not happen this spring, summer or fall. If they do happen, make sure your TV works. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine/ESPN screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1586455986838-82ZG22H3LW0QE2FO9T27/What+Next+animals.png Current Events - WHAT NEXT? It is not great that I am talking to rabbits, birds and squirrels. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1586449830767-2F0DBZ4XEEDBG7EDLEBD/What+Next+ladies.jpg Current Events - WHAT NEXT? These women, two of whom are not adhering to social distancing, will have ample time to practice according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/3/26/meltdown monthly 0.5 2020-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1585181154964-13NQ96GXCTRHZSS0AOKH/America+Chaos+Trib.jpg Current Events - MELTDOWN As coronavirus spreads, stay at home mandates from the nation’s governors widen. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1585181309601-3CFH92CB4L00PTV9IWS4/America+Chaos+TrumpFauci.jpg Current Events - MELTDOWN Trump pretends to know. Dr. Fauci does know. (Photo credit MSNBC screenshot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1585181474918-XM5YKZCXAF2CTGRLXDA2/America+Chaos+Cap+Bldg.JPG Current Events - MELTDOWN Lawmaker’s economic relief package prioritizes corporations over laid off workers and low income folks. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1585181652051-1Q73XDWR0RV43DZ9FA0W/America+Chaos+Mask.jpg Current Events - MELTDOWN To make this mask took less than five minutes using a trash bag, shoe string, scissors and a small screw. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1585181859569-MG5OKBEPTBUIU1BRD7C9/America+Chaos+MAGA.JPG Current Events - MELTDOWN This is not working like he boasted it would. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/3/19/covid-19-shutdown monthly 0.5 2020-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584567180802-SAQCLZ93C72SYOU1WI4I/C19+LaSalle+St.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Normally bustling with people, Chicago’s LaSalle Street financial district was desolate during lunchtime on St. Patrick’s Day. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584563957957-LKESJR5D1699M28F57X1/C19+Fado+Pub.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN A quintessential bar in Chicago, Fado Irish Pub was shuttered on St. Patrick’s Day. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584564097243-AB06KELE6AI4PG4K9693/C19+Starbucks.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN The world’s largest Starbucks has been reduced to an empty shell by the coronavirus. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584564240463-S00762PVOY0A8FP47ITK/C19+Daley+Plaza.JPG Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Even pigeons avoided Federal Plaza in Chicago. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584564367331-PRNW6795X1QHBG16KF0Y/C19+McDs.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN A barometer of what’s happening on Wall Street and in the restaurant industry, McDonald’s headquarters has been rattled by a 35-percent decline in stock price. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584564754920-V6L7JGYL24DQURBAYSAI/C19+Bus+Stop.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Across America, empty bus shells are the new normal. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584634744097-W2YG7HM313TIHEKEGR11/C19+Nord+Rack+2.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Retailers like Nordstrom Rack, already fighting to stave off online shopping competition, have been shuttered by COVID-19. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584565127687-Q9LEOMVAUD9CLQ9640P6/C19+BOT+Fed.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Trump cajoled Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell into lowering rates too many times previously. Now, the Fed lowering rates to near-zero is having no impact. The building on the left is the Chicago Board of Trade. At right is the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584565966896-YL75VFF53PQEVPL9M05J/C19+Mich+Ave.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Approaching the noon hour, few cars and fewer people on Chicago’s famed Michigan Avenue “Magnificent Mile” shopping district. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584576221433-RO60PD6C65HNIIT6KHMH/C19+Sox+Park.JPG Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Sports are affected, too. Opening Day for the Chicago White Sox and all major league teams won’t happen for awhile. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584566136127-T70R7YXKBGTMVPE9CB9I/C19+Rush+Hosp.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Will hospitals like Rush Health Center receive the resources they need to handle an onslaught of patients with COVID-19? The Trump administration seems more interested in bailing out the airlines. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584566340646-VO9XF4VX5CFGG0DPSLKO/C19+TP+paper.jpg Current Events - COVID-19 SHUTDOWN Someone’s ready. (Photo sent to The Weekly Opine from Bill W.) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2020/3/12/iu-delivers monthly 0.5 2020-03-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584021655432-QK015FC1EPYYJMX0D3K2/IU+Delivers+SGIS.JPG Current Events - IU DELIVERS “America’s Role in the World” was an extraordinary conference last week at Indiana University’s Hamilton Lugar School. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584021780063-JE6GMT4M7SFABKY4WS4L/IU+Delivers+LeeH.jpg Current Events - IU DELIVERS Rep. Lee Hamilton gives remarks as he introduces Ambassador William Burns. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584021934524-0E0WGUBII73GRIMNCFZJ/IU+Delivers+Natl+Security.jpg Current Events - IU DELIVERS Like all of the panels, the panel discussing national security was on top of their game. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584031110864-471N52ICDA6YRAGX6WW4/IU+Delivers+Crowd.JPG Current Events - IU DELIVERS Two days of standing room only crowds at Shreve Auditorium. Two overflow rooms were packed, too. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1584022030500-O0JLU5UWP2IWBE9NRKKS/IU+Delivers+Bill+W.JPG Current Events - IU DELIVERS CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker participated on the panel discussing presidential elections and foreign policy. 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(Photo credit Business Insider) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2019/11/21/where-time-stands-still monthly 0.5 2025-11-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574349575625-K4PX3E3M8P94CJCFS72B/JFK+Dealey+Plaza+Final.png Current Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Dealey Plaza, the site of JFK’s assassination, looks the same as it did more than a half century ago. Clockwise from top left: the Texas School Book Depository Building; the grassy knoll; the triple underpass; the spot where Abraham Zapruder filmed the assassination. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574351293029-EIQGRC6TA79M1JU2GZOW/JFK+Event+School+%282%29.JPG Current Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL East Grade School, where I was a first-grader, emptied upon news President Kennedy had been shot. (Photo credit Plainfield Public Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574350061551-O1H6N3X1ZT70XBVUTZRX/JFK+Love+Park+%282%29.png Current Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL JFK’s motorcade began at Love Field and ended about an hour later at Parkland Hospital. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574346830152-S71C1M9SBG41M5RRQREB/JFK+Snipe+Nest+View.png Current Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL Oswald’s sniper’s nest and view of Elm Street. Note the white X in the street. (Photos credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1574350420020-AO489315B53HV2PRRXNH/JFK+Wife+Dallas+T-H.jpg Current Events - WHERE TIME STANDS STILL History-altering fate awaited America’s glamorous First Couple when they visited Dallas, Texas. 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Jack Ruby was later held in the same cell. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://www.theweeklyopine.com/current-events/2019/11/7/sweet-home-suburban-chicago monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1573149789209-8S8Z7W4OFQJQJ0ZNTCXZ/Sweet+Suburbs+La+Grange2.jpg Current Events - SWEET HOME SUBURBAN CHICAGO Vibrant suburban downtowns beckon, if you are listening. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1573149963664-Q2N0QOO779ATQQGOPQWG/Sweet+Suburbs+Blues.jpg Current Events - SWEET HOME SUBURBAN CHICAGO The classic B.L.U.E.S. nightclub. (Photo credit The Weekly Opine) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59ef6101fe54ef63d7dfc382/1573150182916-CPXEIE2ZMM4CXQ1RKY46/Greta+Torino.png Current Events - SWEET HOME SUBURBAN CHICAGO Sorry Greta, I love my Torino! 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