See George. See George in our national parks. George knows that parks are popular. George likes to go to parks and have the media take his picture. See George run for president. In his 2000 presidential run, George W. dressed up in khakis and held a photo op in a national park, where he decried […]
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Fifteen minutes
Finding a replacement for Jack Ryan has turned into an “opportunist playground,” a top Republican official grouses. Each time somebody floats his or her own name and then “withdraws,” the media paints it as yet another disaster for the state party, the clearly annoyed official complains. Case in point: the decision last week by state […]
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What could have been
I never thought Mike Ditka would actually run for the U.S. Senate. But I really, really wanted him to. Hey, I know he might not have been a great senator. He’s too obnoxious, too impatient. But there are plenty of lousy senators, mainly because so many professional politicians don’t have even a hint of spine. […]
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letters 7-22-04
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 FREE FRANK’S LEGACY Francis “Free Frank” McWhorter paid to have the ground […]
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Letters 7-15-04
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, IL 62705 Fax: (217) 753-3958 E-mail: editor@illinoistimes.com HUFFING AND PUFFING In fact, it is very doubtful that many people mourn the […]
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Time to clean house
The scandal of the year is not about Jack Ryan’s sex life. It’s about an obscure little state board that appears to have gotten completely out of hand. For years, rumors of corruption have swirled around the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board. As it turns out, those rumors may have been true. The scandal broke […]
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Behind closed doors
Slowly but surely, the legislature is being replaced by five guys in a back room. It’s old news that the four legislative leaders and the governor have hijacked the budget process. For years now, the governor, the House speaker, the Senate president, and the two minority leaders have met behind closed doors to hammer out […]
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letters 7-8-04
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 BENEATH HIS DIGNITY While your article on Robert Pulliam was interesting, I […]
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letters 7-1-04
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Dishonoring Lincoln, big-time
“Everything faded into mist. The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth. . . . This process of continual alteration was applied not only to newspapers, but to books, periodicals, pamphlets, posters, leaflets, films, soundtracks, cartoons, photographs — to every kind of literature or documentation which might conceivably hold any political […]
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To tell the truth
You might think Jack Ryan was forced out of the U.S. Senate race because the media found out that his ex-wife had alleged that he dragged her to kinky-sex clubs on two continents. Tabloid television programs, right-wing pundits, and Republican insiders from Washington, D.C., emphasized the sex, either to sell their stories or defend Ryan […]
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letters 6-24-04
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 PROUD TO HAVE HER As a frequent reader of Illinois Times, I […]
