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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 22,2007
{after 1st article on article listing} 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
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, July 25,2007
A look back at old Times
Thirty years ago, a newcomer arrives
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Roland, the editor, recently told me, the senior
writer, that he wouldn’t mind having an occasional piece from the Illinois Times archives
as a way t
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Tuesday, July 3,2007
A new try for trash reform
Led by Alderman Mark Mahoney, this new City Council may get the job done
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People who have lived somewhere else are best at
understanding how complex and cumbersome Springfield’s trash system
is. When Ward 2 Ald. Gail Simpson liv
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, June 20,2007
Newsweeklies at 30, devoted to journalism
Progressive Portland hosts healthy, and growing, alternatives
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The Association of Alternative Newsweeklies gathered
for its 30th annual convention last week in the Left Coast city of
Portland, a booming place that prides it
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, May 30,2007
The “assault on reason” in Illinois
Behind the legislature’s breakdown is a failure of public discourse
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What is wrong with the Illinois legislature? By now
many are asking how democracy got broken here and how it can be repaired.
A General Assembly session that
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, May 16,2007
Preservation hasn’t arrived, but it’s getting there
Reasons to save old buildings are practical — and beyond practical
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Looking out over the crowd at the Historic Sites
Commission’s Mayor’s Awards for Historic Preservation, I began
to think that maybe historic preserv
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, May 2,2007
Now’s the time for a tax increase
The gross-receipts tax isn’t so bad, even if the governor supports it
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The governor’s proposed gross-receipts tax
isn’t as gross as you think. Ohio, Texas, Washington, and other
states have each implemented a version of
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, April 18,2007
Mayor, get greener
It’s time for Tim Davlin to become an environmental leader
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Mayor Tim Davlin has sailed into his second term
without distinguishing himself on any single issue. The mayor campaigned as
a hardworking administrator with a
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, April 4,2007
Carrying the cross through Springfield
In a Good Friday tradition, Christians remember the hard part
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American Christians these days focus almost
exclusively on the hope of Easter, but little attention is paid to the
events of Good Friday that led up to it. Yet
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