Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 25,2009

Forging a future beyond race

The following is an excerpt from the keynote address delivered at the June 7 Race Unity Rally at the Capitol. See page 16 for winners of the Race Unity Art and Poetry Contest. In the beginnin

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 18,2009

No notches left on our belt

By Dick Reimers

Social service agencies throughout Illinois have recently received notices of funding cuts. Here is reaction from one of them. ARC Community Support Systems, an organization serving infants, c

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, June 10,2009

Medical marijuana is bad for Illinois

By Karel Ares

Jerry Ann Allers of La Grange Park is the mother of a son who was treated for cancer. He died at the age of 20, cancer free with only two more chemo treatments left. Why did he die? He develo

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, June 3,2009

Quinn must stop video poker gambling in Illinois

By Doug Dobmeyer

Often it is said that the gambling question in Illinois has already been decided, so let’s get on with it. Well, not quite! What was decided in 1989 was to have 10 casinos, not video po

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, May 27,2009

Take power into your own hands

By Will Reynolds

City Water Light and Power’s new Dallman 4 coal-fired power plant is going online and testing of pollution levels will continue for several months. Although the power plant nears completion, i

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, May 20,2009

Green Urbanism fights sprawl with walkable cities

By James A. Johnston

At the May 29 Springfield Business Alliance noon luncheon the noted architect and planner Douglas Farr will present “Sustainable Urbanism,” a program that illustrates the practices that h

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, May 6,2009

What is racial unity? Ask a child.

By Mike Lang

Ask a dozen people what racial unity is, and you’ll probably get a dozen different answers; ask a member of the Baha’i faith, and he or she will likely say that race unity is God’s u

Guest Opinion | Thursday, April 30,2009

Independents use teamwork to beat back the chains

By Jeff Milchen

Retail sales endured the steepest holiday season drop since the Great Depression last year, falling 9.8 percent from the previous December. But while news was bleak for most retailers, a close look

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, April 8,2009

The high cost of limbo at Springfield High

By Tony Leone

Springfield School District 186 is expected to receive $8.5 million in federal stimulus money. Though there appear to be limitations and guidelines are yet to be developed, district officials have b

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, April 1,2009

Fertility in the age of the Octomom

By Lorna Marshall

As specialists in the field of fertility, we cringe every time a higher order multiple pregnancy (three or more gestations) receives special attention. Almost every Mother’s Day contest for &l