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UIS, the educational cityAge-inappropriate literature The Illinois budget is brokenThree into one won’t go‘Great Refrigerator Roundup’ is a bad bargainTaking the Christian out of the YMCALife in the Big House Who gets the last word?Remember to not forgetSlower than a speeding bullet
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 25,2010
What about the banjo?
A Springfield grade-schooler confronts American folk songs
When I was a student, I was introduced to the concept that the simplest-sounding phrases had irreconcilable and contradictory meanings that rendered interpretation impossible. No intellectual test was
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 18,2010
The people’s choice
Direct primaries and the Scott Lee Cohen fiasco
The obituaries for the political career of the unfortunate Scott Lee Cohen list as the cause of death all the common viruses of Illinois politics, from dunderheaded party leaders and lazy reporters to
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 11,2010
Holy inkwells
Turning Lincoln stuff into sacred relics
Many years ago, I made my first visit to the Illinois State Historical Library in its handsome but cramped new quarters beneath the Old State Capitol. Having time to kill while waiting for the staff t
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 4,2010
Someone from outside
Springfield’s tradition of Lincoln Scholarship
“One thing I don’t like, and Springfield don’t like, is someone to come in from outside and tell us about Lincoln.” That was the late Murray Hanes, talking as only Hanes could
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 28,2010
Teaching idiots
Is this the golden age of the autodidact?
This town has been the theater for the careers of many a self-made man and woman (and nearly as many unmade ones) but the self-taught person is rare among us. Not so a century and more ago. In Illinoi
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 21,2010
Harvesting electricity
The newest energy crop from Illinois fields
The American Wind Energy Corp. in December announced its intention to plant 25,000 acres in western Sangamon County with wind turbines, beginning in 2011. While county officials busy themselves determ
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 14,2010
Age-inappropriate literature
The rewards of reading books before you are ready
I was a bookish boy. I read at school and at home, encouraged by boredom and the summer reading programs at Lincoln Library. I didn’t read to learn; I read to be entertained. (There is no spur t
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 7,2010
Scared space
De-engineering residential streets to make traffic safer
The folks down in Chatham are facing that dilemma so familiar to our migrant middle class families whose second homes consist of minivans or SUVs: As more and more young families with children move to
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Wednesday, December 30,2009
Why did the children not cross the road?
They no longer enjoy the freedom of their city
The setting was breakfast, the mood nostalgic. I and three aging friends sat talking about mobility. No, not our corroded knees or where to buy replacement tips for our canes. We were recalling our yo
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Wednesday, December 23,2009
Unicorns on the Sangamon
The scarcity of Harvard grads in Springfield
When asked by new acquaintances which of my many achievements I am most proud, I do not mention my bird imitations or my role (admittedly peripheral) in the Great Bran Flake Robbery in 1967. I tell th
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