Guest Opinion | Wednesday, March 5,2008

Turning things around

Despite a long hard winter, optimism blooms along MacArthur Boulevard

Untitled Document In the 1980s, when she served as this paper’s general manager and ad director, Sharon Whalen and her family lived on Dial Court, just west of MacArthur Bo

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, February 27,2008

The beef with corn

Why biofuels, including ethanol, won’t fulfill our energy needs

By David Pimentel

Untitled Document Dwindling supplies of foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump, and hype from politically connected U.S. agribusiness have combined to create a frenzied rush

Guest Opinion | Thursday, February 7,2008

Swimming with sharks

Calming these troubled economic waters won’t be easy

By Roland Klose

Untitled Document There was a time, not so long ago, when adjustable-rate mortgages were just as unusual and as mysterious as cell phones and state-sponsored lotteries. T

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, January 16,2008

Tales of Sir Galahad

Obama’s premature coronation is the stuff of medieval morality tales

By Peter Ellertsen

Untitled Document Once upon a time, in a distant land called Iowa, the media anointed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama crown prince of all the realm — well, at least, of all the Demo

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, November 28,2007

Homers

Who needs a cartoon Springfield when we’ve got Mayor Quimby and Chief Wiggum?

By Roland Klose

Untitled Document Something funny happened at City Council last week. OK, that’s hardly news. Something funny always happens at City Council. This time, how

Guest Opinion | Tuesday, November 20,2007

Good neighbors

Ways you can personally address climate change crisis

By Diane Lopez Hughes

Untitled Document More than 100 good neighbors attended a Cool Town Meeting on Sunday, Nov. 4, at the home of another good neighbor, First Presbyterian Church. Along with

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, September 26,2007

Missing Lincoln link

The jury’s still out on area church’s claims, professor says

By Roland Klose

Untitled Document In April 1857, the Logan County Courthouse burned to the ground and court officials temporarily arranged to hold court in nearby Lincoln Christian Church. That

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, September 19,2007

Travel to unravel

Some of my favorite places here, there, and everywhere

By Roland Klose

Untitled Document I’ve had a lot on my mind lately but not a lot of time to sort things out. That’s just the way things are. Compared with many, I don’t have mu

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, August 15,2007

The Dr. Fitzgerald conspiracy

He says that I jump from topic to topic and don’t make sense

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document One last shot at the Great American Novel, and I need help. I’m taking an online writing course from a university. It’s a simple agenda: Students ar

Guest Opinion | Wednesday, August 1,2007

Cycling Bugs

The Tour de France had nothing on the Tour de Yorkville

By Doug Bybee

Untitled Document It’s Tour de France time, but we’re not interested here, because no Americans are in the hunt — but I’m looking for a new sport to watch