Welfare for white folks
What happens when you lend money to people with bad credit? Anyone? C'mon, this one's easy. That's right! They don't pay you back! And just how did these high risk individuals manage those sub 600 credit scores anyway? Right again! They feed their instant gratification addiction by living beyond their means.

The Return of the Jedi
Only the column considering candidate Jim Oberweis' chances of winning public office elicited more responses than my Sept. 10 diatribe on SBCAT&T's deficient customer service. Seventeen readers proved I wasn't alone in my dire fear of the most furtive glance at SBCAT&T's Death Star logo.

It's not nice to ignore Mother Nature
Isn't Mother Nature something! And ain't it just like a woman to use an ostentatious display to gain our undivided attention and show us who's boss. That was a lot of rain!

We need the space between the notes
Every now and then I get to thinking nothing can surprise me anymore. My estimation of humankind has already plummeted to such depths, how could it get any worse? We have monster SUVs eating $4 gas, American Idol , a war against terrorism creating terrorists, Bill O'Reilly, airport "security," club sports, Heath Ledger, a $407 billion deficit, redlight cameras, reality TV, politicians preaching fear, Campton Hills, and O. J. is back on trial.