View From the Top That Donna Jensen (Gwyneth Paltrow), you’ve got to admit, she sure knows how to aim high. She longs to see the world and thinks that the only way to do it is to become a stewardess. Of course, anything would be an improvement after growing up in a trailer in Arizona […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 3-27-03
Looking at an Open Closet Door Sitting in her sweater, in a purple crochet coin purse, my grandmother’s rosary rests. Inside the pocket, tiny pearl blessings, counted on, worn by years of faithful fingers. –Nicole Mackey Local poets were writing about contemporary events in the Sangamo Journal as early as the 1830s. People’s Poetry […]
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Your Turn… 4-24-03
A patriot acts . . . To the editor. I just finished perusing the April 17-23 copy of the Illinois Times and found not one positive word about what our brave troops accomplished in Iraq. Considering what they have just done, I found it shameful that your paper ignored them. The only words in your […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 4-24-03
New Governor The new Governor seems a stumble. Even his own grumble. Few words are forthcoming Things not exactly humming. What can he do Before there’s a big taa-do? Look South! Look South! Says a local mouth. I do agree. This advice we give for free. Two men, choose one, both very fine Down amongst […]
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Bards of the Sangamo 4-17-03
Opening Day, A.D. 2003 Cold today; Reckon that’s a blessing My numb thumb failed to feel the fish-hook stuck through it; So much blood! Mine–or the trout’s? –John Craig Carpenter Local poets were writing about contemporary events in the Sangamo Journal as early as the 1830s. People’s Poetry wants you to share your thoughts […]
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Your Turn 4-17-03
Rockford wants WUIS To the editor: I am dismayed to learn that some public radio affiliates in Illinois will no longer broadcast the highly acclaimed State Week in Review. Airing weekly from the University of Illinois at Springfield, this panel discussion is an insightful and entertaining look at current topics in Illinois politics and the […]
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Your Turn 4-10-03
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, […]
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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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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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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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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. […]
