Musical donations

By Tom Irwin

Now that the SOHO Fest in lovely downtown Springfield is in the books for 2012, the controversy about the early closing of small festivals downtown will subside, but other events are approaching and t

Letters to the Editor | Thursday, September 17,2009

Letters to the Editor 9/17/09

High-speed rail, racism and ShoeTopia

By Letters to the Editor

HIGH-SPEED NOOSESThe past couple of months have been enlightening. First we have politically connected city workers putting up nooses around the work area of black men. There have been a number of noo

Guest Opinion | Thursday, September 10,2009

Band-aid won’t help cancer of racism

By Douglas King

Answer: Diagnosis determines treatment.* I’m old enough to remember how much I, like millions of other Johnny Carson fans, looked forward to the visits by Karnack the Magnificent to The Tonight