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IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE
Health & Fitness

Help and hope for autism

As the caseload increases the support system grows

By Jolonda Young

When Teresa Paul’s son, Sean, was born, she dreamed of the day when he would graduate from college, get married and have children of his own. Like many new moms, she was excited to take her baby

Food - Julianne Glatz

Winging it

By Julianne Glatz

Chicken wings are wildly popular. Entire restaurants – entire restaurant chains – are centered around them. They’ve become one of America’s favorite appetizers, party pleasers,

Film - Chuck Koplinski

The Artist, a lovingly rendered homage

By Chuck Koplinski

Along with Hugo and Drive, also 2011 releases, Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist is a film steeped in the history of American cinema. With nods towards A Star is Born, Citizen Kane and Singin&rsqu

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Inspired cast and clever twists elevate Contraband

By Chuck Koplinski

From the 1930s through the 1950s, double features were common in American cinemas and the film that played on the lower part of the bill was referred to as a B-movie. These were exercises in narrative

Film - Chuck Koplinski

Intelligent Tinker rewards patience

By Chuck Koplinski

With its labyrinthine plot, shifting narrative threads and myriad characters, Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carre’s classic spy novel, Tinker Tailor Solider Spy, may be initially

History

The man behind Sears’ success got his start here

By Tara McClellan McAndrew

Springfield is known as the home of Abraham Lincoln, but a man from Lincoln’s neighborhood gets short shrift in our city’s legacy. Julius Rosenwald was born a block from Lincoln’s ho

Music - Tom Irwin

2012 forecast

By Tom Irwin

What good are predictions anyway? Is there any meaning in the fact that someone states “so-and-so shall do that and turn out this way” and then it does, or doesn’t for that matter? R

News

Destination Dinner Table brings together families and good food

By Neil Schneider

Parents looking for a way to prepare healthier meals on a budget, while also bringing family members together for dinner may find answers in the Destination Dinner Table program.  On Wednesd

News

Email-gate

UIS faculty leader leaked information to president’s chief of staff who resignd

By Bruce Rushton

While a brouhaha over anonymous emails has resulted in the resignation of a top aide to University of Illinois president Michael Hogan, there have been no apparent consequences for a University of Ill

National - Jim Hightower

America’s class divide

By Jim Hightower

What planet does presidential wannabe Rick Santorum live on? When it comes to grasping the situation of America’s hard-hit workaday majority, this sweater-vested ultra-right-winger is further ou

News

Lawsuit claims Illinois illegally withholds treatment for kids

Proposes better treatment for behavioral disorders

By Patrick Yeagle

A class action lawsuit against the state of Illinois alleges state welfare agencies illegally withhold treatment for children with emotional and behavioral disorders. The lawsuit could affect more tha

Illinois - James Krohe Jr

Such a deal

The state makes a bad bet on Sears

By James Krohe Jr.

By the late 1980s, Sears & Roebuck had lost the knack of selling America its school clothes and car tires like it used to. However, it was still able to sell the governor of Illinois, the General

News

Municipal pensions eat more, but they’re still hungry

By Bruce Rushton

Whether the city of Springfield is facing a pension crisis in police and firefighter retirement systems depends on who’s doing the talking. Mayor Mike Houston and Bill McCarty, director of

Guest Opinion

Stopping the rush to war against Iran

By Sheldon Richman

A growing group of individuals and organizations has designated Saturday, Feb. 4, as a “National Day of Action” aimed at preventing a war against Iran. The manifesto is simple: “No W

Advice Goddess

Code Goo

By Amy Alkon

I’m a 33-year-old nurse in a five-month “friends with benefits” thing with a doctor co-worker. I am only 18 months out of an abusive 10-year relationship and wanted something fun and

News

Developer blasts new Enos School plan

District 186 defends decision to build rather than renovate

By Patrick Yeagle

A Springfield developer with plans to revamp part of the Mid-Illinois Medical District says Springfield School District 186’s plan to replace the current Enos Elementary School is likely to cost

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