Speak Out 3/29/13

Degrading women

I am more stunned every year when I see the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. I see it at the store displayed prominently with the other junk magazines. Since when is objectifying women a sport? It's pornographic, but because it's Sports Illustrated it's legitimate. I can't believe how archaic it is. Where are the nude male models? It's 2013 and women are still kept as sex objects. It's not empowering, it's degrading.

New norm?

The unemployment in this country may be a new norm.

Litter problem

I would like to comment on the litter and trash along the highways in Cape Girardeau by Interstate 55 and U.S. 61. We went to Florida a couple weeks ago, and Missouri highways are 100 times worse than any state we drove through. Why can't something be done? Clean the place up.