Jackson's Corner Columns

Ron Jackson is a regular contributor to The Daily Journal newspaper of Kankakee, Illinois.  His columns now appear on page A2 of The Sunday Journal, though he still intends for you to think for yourself with his writings.  Don't forget to read each Sunday's new column & the Archives has a full listing of all Ron's columns that are available online. This is just a sampler page!  Enjoy!

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Fan of space program
hopes for safe landing
July 31, 2005

     I am a fan of the space program.
     Maybe it's because I grew up during a time when America issued a challenge to the world to be the first to put a man on the moon.  In 1969, we did beat the world, and especially the Russians, to the moon.  Of course, in an equally but unimpressive fashion, the Russians took away our Olympic basketball supremacy in 1972, and we have never fully recovered.  continued

   The older I get, the more convinced I am that I could never be a police officer.
     Every so often an incident involving a police offer will support my contention that a law enforcement officer's job is one of the most dangerous and thankless careers in America.  It may be second only to being a teacher.  continued 

Police career thankless
July 24, 2005

We're safe right here in
little old Mayberry
July 17, 2005

     Real terrorism is back in the headlines.  The recent bombings in London have proven that while we may be able to enforce our form of government upon other sovereign nations, we can't stop terrorists.  We can't stop it from coming to America again or from rearing its ugly head in the land of our allies.
     So, what's a common citizen to do?  We can all look for the safest and least likely place to be attacked and move there.  continued

This event is not on the scale of our famous 9-11, but London's 7-7 will stick with us for a while.
     After waking to the news reports that a London subway had been bombed, I am tempted to submit the international scramble to become an Olympic event.
     The initial news reports were that four explosions had occurred during London's morning rush hour.  Bombs hit a subway and double-decker buses.  Reports of casualties and injuries varied by network.  continued 

Measures to stop terrorism
lack sense
July 10, 2005

Black-on-Black crime
the ultimate in racism
July 3, 2005

     Kids say the darndest things.  Usually those things are funny and cute.  Sometimes they are not.
     Recently a young lady in her mid-teens said she wanted to talk to me because in her words, "You're into newspaper stuff."
     Our conversation began.
     "Do you read other newspapers besides the one you write for?" she asked.  continued

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Ron Jackson

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