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Top Articles from Illinois - James Krohe Jr
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, March 22,2012
Going on... and on
One writer struggles with prolixity, and loses
A while back – a long while back – I undertook to write a smallish book about a large topic, the history and culture of Illinois. I was certain that after more than 30 years spent reading,
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, March 15,2012
True unbelievers
Ought religious freedom to exclude atheists?
In February, the New York Times’ Timothy Egan nominated Roger Williams as the true founding father of America’s religious freedom. It was Williams who, in 1636, established a new colony at
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, March 8,2012
The Cadillac Queen drives again
Should one’s stand on dependency depend on who does the depending?
Readers who were around back when Ronald Reagan was just another lying politician and not yet a saint will remember the Cadillac Queen. She was a Chicago welfare recipient who starred in Reagan’
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, March 1,2012
Tag-teaming history
Fun and games during Lincoln’s birthday month
Another Lincoln birthday month has come and gone, and this one was busier than most. We learned that the Mary Todd Lincoln that had looked down from an oil portrait in the Executive Mansion for more t
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 23,2012
‘Things’ll be great when you’re downtown’
Making Springfield’s center a neighborhood
Who would have thought that Petula Clark would turn out to be an urban policy seer? Perhaps you saw the SJ-R report about the “Sustainable Design Assessment Team” brought in to advise on h
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 16,2012
There goes the neighborhood
Finding a new home for historic houses
Buildings are like people. Even when they get too old and decrepit to work, their examples can still teach. Something like 100 buildings from the Lincoln era are thought to still stand in Springfield.
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 9,2012
Wanderings and doings
Springfieldians once were prodigious walkers
Yes, kids, I really did used to walk two miles to school. For the whole of my ninth grade year in 1962-63, I often walked from Washington Junior High at 21st and Jackson to our house near the Statehou
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, February 2,2012
College credit
Buying a future with borrowed money
In January, the University of Illinois announced it was raising its tuition on new undergraduates at its three campuses yet again. Lamentation was general throughout the land. Tuition for residents at
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 26,2012
Such a deal
The state makes a bad bet on Sears
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
Illinois - James Krohe Jr | Thursday, January 19,2012
A new old street
The National Park Service plans for the past of the Lincoln Home
The National Park Service has released its final general management plan that sets the parameters for development and preservation at the Lincoln Home National Historical Site for at least the next 15
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