Christine Ledbetter: It’s hard to find heroes on today’s Supreme Court
The justices’ refusal to be held accountable and their decisions affecting women’s reproductive rights are key reasons.
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Christine Ledbetter: Aging comes with stigma. Let’s admire the defiant.
If you believe the final act of life is the last chance to leave a legacy, we have many role models to look to.
Christine Ledbetter: ‘Barbie’ and Betty Boop musical are an inspiring escape from a world that’s hard on women
I didn't give my daughter a Barbie when she was growing up. Instead, I bought her an anatomically correct doll made of fabric and yarn and a Barbie knockoff featuring...
Christine Ledbetter: The Midwestern flood of 1993 was devastating. Climate change has made conditions worse.
Perhaps this is the summer that finally renders climate change real. Flooding and soaring temperatures across the nation have made global warming indisputable. The problem, as always, is how to...
Christine Ledbetter: Why the loss of newspaper cultural critics hurts us as citizens
I miss the critics. The theater, music, movie, fashion, book, dance and architectural critics who once populated the nation's media have been systematically eliminated at our beleaguered newspapers. As print...
Christine Ledbetter: Story of New Philadelphia, the first US town settled by a Black man, is even more crucial
Just when Free Frank McWorter is finally poised to take his place alongside Harriet Tubman and other pre-Civil War heroes, the nation is embroiled in an attack on African American...
Christine Ledbetter: Downstate judge who reversed rape conviction is up for retention. May he be judged.
Normally, a circuit judge's retention campaign in downstate Illinois is a snooze. This was not the case when Judge Robert Adrian announced plans to remain on the bench of the...
Christine Ledbetter: With COVID-19 and social upheaval, is it any wonder that millennial parents are stressed?
In this time of COVID-19, millennials rear their children with precision, rituals and caution. Nothing within their control is left to chance. The safe world in which they once envisioned...
Op-ed: An Illinois judge reversed a rape verdict. The victim and her advocates didn’t stay quiet.
Quincy, the county seat of Adams County in downstate Illinois, is a quiet town. Here residents vote conservative, prize neighborliness and don't raise voices. Controversy isn't courted. But that changed...
Op-ed: A trip to ‘Frozen’ with the grandkids can plant the seed of a lifetime love of the arts
The road to Stephen Sondheim is paved with Disney musicals. Seven years ago I bought Broadway tickets for "Aladdin" in New York to take my first grandchild to their first...