Left Justified: Candidates forum Jan. 31 at Unitarian Universalist Church

By Stanley Campbell It’s not too often we get to look a candidate in the face and ask them a question.
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January 25, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Happy Martin Luther King Day!

By Stanley Campbell Rockford Urban Ministries (for which I work) will be celebrating 50 years of service to the city. RUM (as
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January 11, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified> Online Exclusives | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Occupy Rockford — part two

By Stanley Campbell When the local Tea Party leader wrote that tirade against me, it opened a wound. (See “Guest Column:
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January 4, 2012 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: New Year’s resolutions: I resolve …

By Stanley Campbell Let’s suppose that the Mayan Indians are correct: 2012 will be the last year of existence for this
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Christmas miracle on Seventh Street

By Stanley Campbell It’s kind of a miracle, JustGoods Fair Trade Store. Rockford Urban Ministries (for which I work) did not
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December 21, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Rockford gets two congressmen

By Stanley Campbell The boys in Springfield gerrymandered Rockford into two congressional districts, which, I think, will give us a little
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December 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 3 Comments

Left Justified: A Christmas wish list

By Stanley Campbell We old bachelors rarely get what we want for Christmas. No. 1 reason is that we don’t tell
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December 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Peace activist hero Kathy Kelly in Rockford Dec. 9

By Stanley Campbell One of my heroes is coming to Rockford. Kathy Kelly is a Catholic worker and school teacher from
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Christmas 2011: Birth of a new tradition

By Stanley Campbell Every year about this time, I give suggestions for holiday shopping that won’t hurt anyone. This year, I
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November 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: How to mix Interfaith, Turkey Day and immigration together?

By Stanley Campbell My last column spoke in favor of opening the flood gates and letting in all who wish to
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November 16, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Immigrants are people, too!

By Stanley Campbell America should share the benefits of life, liberty and “happiness pursuing” with the rest of the world. But
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November 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 4 Comments

Left Justified: The sheriff’s fishing hole

By Stanley Campbell A number of friends asked for an explanation of my remarks about the Forest Preserve. “Didn’t you
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November 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 3 Comments

Left Justified: Occupy Rockford featured at Nov. 7 event

By Stanley Campbell Wasn’t it amazing how swiftly this “occupation” movement swept over the country? Fox News is still trying
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 8 Comments

Left Justified: Five years of selling fairly

By Stanley Campbell JustGoods fair trade store is celebrating its fifth year this Thursday, Oct. 27, beginning at 7 p.m. You
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October 19, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: 25 years walking against hunger

By Stanley Campbell I know you are just itchin’ to stretch those legs again. This Sunday, Oct. 16, the 25th Rockford
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October 12, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Sierra Club invites you!

By Stanley Campbell Since 1892, the Sierra Club has been protecting the environment of wild places, communities and the planet itself.
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: 50 years of the Peace Corps

By Stanley Campbell If you think you’ve seen this before, you are correct. I helped celebrate Rockford-area Peace Corps “returnees” (volunteers
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September 14, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: 9/11 10th anniversary: Healing each other

By Stanley Campbell It’s been 10 years since the atrocities committed on Sept. 11, 2001. It’s been 10 years since many
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September 7, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Protest 10 years of Afghan war

By Stanley Campbell It’s been 10 years since our troops invaded Afghanistan. The U.S., under Commander-In-Chief George W. Bush, sent
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August 24, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Killing in Christ’s name

By Stanley Campbell Got some responses about my “Christian extremist” comments in my last column. I’d written “when I heard about the
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Summer thoughts

By Stanley Campbell Being a mishmash of summer cogitations while hiding out from the heat. You can start laying your money down
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August 3, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Thanks for the work!

By Stanley Campbell Let me put on my official Rockford Urban Ministries (RUM) hat and thank Rockford’s Human Services Department and
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July 27, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Illinois Green Party looks at nuclear power

By Stanley Campbell I got invited to talk to the Illinois Green Party this Saturday, July 16, beginning 2 p.m. at
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July 13, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 3 Comments

Left Justified: Without governor’s veto, Illinois will be a gambler’s paradise

By Stanley Campbell I think the governor will go against his promise and sign the gambling bill, unless there is an
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June 29, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: The death penalty as the ultimate mistake

By Stanley Campbell Remember Henry Fonda in the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Wrong Man? The film is based on a
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June 15, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Here comes the casino!

By Stanley Campbell Unless Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) vetoes the latest legislation allowing five new casinos, Illinois will become a
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June 8, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: Another memorable Memorial Day

By Stanley Campbell Memorials to the war dead are too prolific. Not that our guys (and gals) don’t deserve them. Oh
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May 25, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: A blessing for the Rockford Urban Ministries’ Office

By Stanley Campbell I’ve lived and worked on Seventh Street since 1993, and am blessed to have a job I enjoy
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May 18, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Interfaith Film Festival set for May 11-15

By Stanley Campbell Allow me a bit of self-promotion. Really, it isn’t for myself, but for an organization I helped found
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May 11, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Spring has sprung, where’s da flowers?

By Stanley Campbell Nothing like the first snow of spring to prove Rockford weather. And we might need a blizzard to
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May 4, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Approval of civil unions

By Stanley Campbell I’ve said it before—I can’t imagine making love to a man. To me, that is not appealing. I’m
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April 27, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: The Peace Corps in Rockford

By Stanley Campbell About 50 Peace Corps returned volunteers live in the Rockford area. Most are involved in teaching and the
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April 6, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Nuclear power accidents do happen

By Stanley Campbell The nuclear power industry was rising like a Frankenstein monster, refusing to die. Then, the earthquake and tsunami
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March 30, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: Honoring the Peace Corps’ 50th anniversary

By Stanley Campbell Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy created the Peace Corps to encourage young Americans to help the world.
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March 16, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: We are losing the war

By Stanley Campbell I think we lost it. Not the war against terror—we never had a chance. And the drug war
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March 9, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: Rockford’s civil rights movement

By Stanley Campbell Rockford is not known for leading any crusades for civil rights. Nay, I would say Rockford is still
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March 2, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Schools are governed by law

By Stanley Campbell I think the biggest shock for teachers came when police were removed from the schools, and rowdy students
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Commentary> Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Chocolate temptations

By Stanley Campbell Valentine’s Day elicits thoughts of love, letters, fine food and romantic evenings. And chocolate! Deep, dark, rich, sweet
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February 9, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: The Founding of Rockford, a play

By Stanley Campbell I’ve written the following skit for a future legal (or not) Follies. I hope someday it will be
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February 2, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | 2 Comments

Left Justified: What happened? No vote on a sure bet

By Stanley Campbell We thank god that no vote was taken on Illinois Senate Bill 737, the massive expansion of gambling
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Murder: How little it takes to erase so much

By Stanley Campbell I do not want to talk about the outrageous shooting of a moderate Democrat Congresswoman in Arizona. Seems
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January 19, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Rockford should remember Edsel Ammons

By Stanley Campbell A civil rights leader from Rockford in the 1980s just died, I am sorry to report. Bishop Edsel A.
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January 12, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: A prayer for the new year

By Stanley Campbell Let’s start the new year with a prayer. Here’s one I said before the Severson Dells fund-raising breakfast
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January 5, 2011 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Things I’d like to do in 2011

By Stanley Campbell These are some of the things I would like to do next year. These are NOT resolutions; more
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December 29, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: How to win the war in Afghanistan

By Stanley Campbell You can’t win the war in Afghanistan. Now, before you turn away, please hear me out. I thought it was
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December 22, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 3 Comments

Left Justified: The real war on Christmas—updated

By Stanley Campbell “The little baby Jesus don’t like killing, no matter what the reason for,” paraphrased from “Your Flag Decal
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December 15, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 3 Comments

Left Justified: A season of peace?

By Stanley Campbell This Saturday, Dec. 11, the Rev. Michael Mann, former associate pastor at Court Street United Methodist Church, will
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December 8, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: Here comes the peace activist

By Stanley Campbell The church hires peace activists to help bring the measure of God’s love to the world. At least
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December 1, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 1 Comment

Left Justified: Happy Interfaith Turkey Day, and have fun shopping fair trade

By Stanley Campbell What do we have to be thankful for? The economy is still in the toilet; the war in
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November 17, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | Comments (0)

Left Justified: The needs of the veteran

By Stanley Campbell Another war, another batch of wounded veterans. When will we ever learn? My friend (and hero) Ray Parrish counsels
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November 10, 2010 | Also published in Left Justified | 2 Comments


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