UIS against sweatshops To the editor: This is a response to a letter from Hytham Kilani in your April 3-9 issue. Hytham stated that a majority of the clothing sold at UIS is made by sweatshop workers. Hytham’s allegation is not true, and I want to correct the record. We have documentation from our supplier, […]
Illinois Times Staff
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The Case of Sampson’s Ghost
During the summer of 1837 Lincoln represented a widow who claimed an attorney named James Adams stole land from her husband. At the time, Adams was running for probate justice of the peace in Sangamon County, opposed by Lincoln’s friend, Anson Henry. As Adams and Henry campaigned and Lincoln pushed the widow’s case forward, letters […]
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Your Turn 4-3-03
Everyone likes a winner To the editor: Last Sunday the State Journal-Register picked a Democrat as their choice for mayor. Last Monday I got up early to watch the sun rise in the West! Donald E. Palmer Springfield Opportunity knocks Dear editor, I want to thank Pete Sherman for his excellent article on District #186 […]
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Prison Diaries
Prison is a good place to get some writing done. In the 14th century, Marco Polo recorded his Travels in an Italian cell. Martin Luther King moved a nation with his “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” Nelson Mandela dictated his autobiography on Robben Island, hiding the papers in a buried can. During his 16-year, on-again, […]
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The world is watching
Lee Kyong-hee in the Korea Herald, Seoul Last Saturday afternoon, the host of a popular radio news show in Seoul pleaded with Korean parents to keep their children from television. It was hours after a thousand Tomahawks had pounded Baghdad. Watching the city reduced to smoldering rubble and its skies ablaze with soaring columns of […]
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Your Turn 3-27-03
Park Board candidates forum The Springfield Parks Foundation will hold a forum for the eight candidates vying for the three positions on the parks board in next weekís election. The forum will be held on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in the Springfield City Council Chambers, third floor, 300 S. Seventh, Municipal Center West. […]
