Inconstant time Inconstant time ticks now forward, now back, a snag, a snarl, a sneer in the crosshairs of the moment: this instant. Call me hack or fool, but I travel these broken stairs incessantly. What I mean by all this is that my memories of the good times call up the bad, as if […]
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Letters 1-22-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com CONNECTING THE DOTS After reading a letter to the editor in the […]
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Letters 1-15-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com OFF WITH THEIR HEADS Springfield’s present $7 million debt was caused by […]
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Movie reviews
Along Came Polly [PG-13] Ben Stiller plays a man who’s afraid of risk. But he makes his living analyzing risk, gets involved in a risky romance, and cheats on his wife.“A movie that sets its comedy bar too low for the talents involved.” (Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter) ShowPlace West, ShowPlace East Big Fish [PG-13] Son […]
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Quick takes
BET HE NEVER HAD A SLURPEE Gov. Rod Blagojevich showed up last week on TV talking about I-CLEAR, the snazzy new database that merges Chicago Police Department and Illinois State Police crime info. Offering an example of how such a database could be used, Blagojevich said an officer who stops a suspect in Chicago could […]
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Quick takes
NO. 1 WITH A BULLET It seemed like a romantic way to ring in the New Year — going downtown, watching the fireworks, holding hands with your husband. But for Marla and Rob Tebbenkamp, that moment was interrupted by what Marla describes as an “intense kind of shock, kind of pain” in her arm. “Our […]
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IT names new publisher
Sharon Whalen has been named publisher of Illinois Times, the capital city’s weekly newspaper. The announcement was made by Fletcher Farrar, president of Central Illinois Communications, the newspaper’s parent company. Whalen has served as associate publisher since July 2002 and has been responsible for operations since that time. “The new title gives Sharon the recognition […]
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Letters 1-8-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com MINER’S POINT Meg Miner’s letter to the Illinois Times was thorough and […]
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People’s poetry
Morning Best I like morning best: delivering papers with my son, the dew lit grass. Our coffees, flushed with milk, make the sharp air sharper as we move from house to house, lobbing dailies into dawn’s bliss. Once upon a time, others walked this route; we feel them in the wind, the rustle of leaves. […]
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Quick takes
A SUM’LL COME UP, TOMORROW At least since August the Springfield Theatre Centre has listed the sponsor of its January production of Annie as The Law Offices of Frederick Nessler, a Springfield attorney. But as of Tuesday morning, Nessler hadn’t made good on his $2,500 pledge. Could it have anything to do with the fact […]
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Movie reviews
Bad Santa [R] Two cons, dressed as Santa and his elf, work the holidays at malls. They’re not doing it to spread holiday cheer. “The foulest holiday movie I’ve ever seen — and the funniest.” (Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune) Calendar Girls [PG-13] The women of the Rylstone Women’s Institute in North Yorkshire drop everything for […]
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Letters 1-1-04
Letters policy We welcome letters, but please include your full name, address and a daytime telephone number. We edit all letters for libel, length and clarity. Send letters to: Letters, Illinois Times. P.O. Box 5256. Springfield, Illinois 62705. Fax: (217) 753-3958. E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com KEEP ‘EM COMING While I have always enjoyed reading Illinois Times, I […]
