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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, February 13,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} From esvb.org, he helps those who help others
Don’t call him “webmaster.” “Webservant” fits better.
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Eric Scott Volkel-Barno is a person who likes to help
people. He especially likes to help people who are helping other people. A
quiet person who tries to live
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, January 30,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} Tearing down walls to build Springfield
Minority participation in Q5 is making a believer out of me
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At a breakfast meeting with about 100 business
leaders at the University of Illinois at Springfield last week the
Springfield Chamber of Commerce gave its inaug
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
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