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Top Articles from Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large
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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, January 2,2008
Garden lessons for the new year
It’s time to make plans
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An experienced plantsman once told me the best time
to prune: “Whenever the shears are sharp.” My approach to
gardening has followed a similar bent.
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 19,2007
A father’s plea to stop veterans’ suicides
The VA should help soldiers know they need help
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It was a nice surprise to see Mike Bowman and his
wife, Kim, last week on the NBC network news, testifying before the House
Committee on Veterans Affairs. They
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, December 5,2007
A boomer for Obama
The case for shedding baggage
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When Hillary Clinton scolded Barack Obama the other
day in Iowa, talking about his inexperience and listing his mistakes, I saw
a picture of a mother lecturing
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Tuesday, November 20,2007
Gov. Henry Horner, martyr to good government
“In the realm of politics, there have been too few like him.”
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In 1961, after a long day of working on a promotional
film at New Salem, 83-year-old Carl Sandburg granted Tom Littlewood an
interview about Sandburg’s ol
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, November 7,2007
Illinois politics: What’s deeply wrong?
Pols forget people, and parties don’t stand for much
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Dan Hynes, the state comptroller, had it right when
he said recently, “There is a growing sentiment out there among
everyday people who normally don’
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 17,2007
The chainsaw resurrection
How Friends of the Sangamon Valley bring forests back to life
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The great 19th-century naturalist John Muir was
onstage at New Salem State Park last Sunday, in the person of the actor
John Wallace. “The forests of Amer
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, October 3,2007
New patriots and the old politics of Ron Paul
Anti-war conservatives organize for liberty
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“The founding fathers warned you!”
proclaims the 16-by-8-foot sign that Garret Jordan has erected in his yard
on Sixth Street, just south of Springf
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, September 5,2007
Looking for lessons in a drought
Southern Illinois has been so dry, it makes you think
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It was already dry in southern Illinois early this
summer when I went down for my class reunion. As a group of us from the
Mount Vernon Township High School cla
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 22,2007
The courageous thing to do in Iraq
We broke it. Let others fix it.
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The U.S. strategy in Iraq is failing, and it is time
for something new. Withdrawing American troops would not leave the vacuum
that many suppose or the conseque
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 8,2007
August amusements at the Statehouse
With help from Will Rogers
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It is August, and all the gardeners in Springfield
are harvesting their juicy red tomatoes to take to the state fair. They do
this not to compete in the produce
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