by Harold E. Collins | Jun 25, 2021 | Op-eds
The phrase “Black Lives Matter” came into existence in 2013 under the leadership of three radical black women organizers as a political movement in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s killer George Zimmerman. It gained momentum and attention from the...
by Harold E. Collins | Jun 18, 2021 | Op-eds
“The Fifth Estate” is a 2013 movie thriller about the news-leaking website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. The film’s name is intended to describe the people who operate in the same manner as journalists, but outside the normal constraints imposed on the...
by Harold E. Collins | Jun 11, 2021 | Op-eds
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker locked down our state for over a year in various stages. It appears he is letting unelected bureaucrats run our lives under the pretext of science when the true facts defy their tyranny. Is this a political maneuver or incompetence, or...
by Harold E. Collins | Jun 3, 2021 | Op-eds
Our print, radio, TV, internet and social media have become advocates for their favorite causes. When they ceased investigating and reporting verified facts, they lost their moral compass and justification for protection under the First Amendment of the U.S....
by Harold E. Collins | May 21, 2021 | Op-eds
Computers have been a wonderful invention, a boon to our society. Yet, in too many respects they have also been a bane to society. As we have learned from ancient Chinese cultures, “for every yin, there is a yang.” We can put a man on the moon and bring him home...