Vol. 31, No. 38
IDOC’s white elephant
An Illinois town is held captive by a still-empty prison
By Jamie Murnane
Boiling point
National labor board rules in favor of locked-out workers; talks scheduled for this week
By R. L. Nave
Hot in here
Don’t count on politicians in Washington, D.C., to stop global warming
Green light
Judge allows most claims to be pursued in Sallenger case
By Dusty Rhodes
Hard way out
Marty Dwyer didn’t tell, and the Guard didn’t ask — until the day they listened to the wrong guy
Same as it ever was
Secretary of State gets dinged for lax vehicle procedures — again
By Bruce Rushton
Low-risk gamble
New authority could jump-start regional economic development
CAP CITY
That's a rap, close enough for government work, the ladies' man
A worker bee, not a queen bee
The revolution will be motorized
Dayton Keyes and others pass on gas — and they’re saving more than a few bucks
Topinka in the lead
Poll shows Meeks effect is negligible, but that’s no surprise
By Rich Miller
Dogs and ponies
Scoring political points instead of fixing roads and schools
Corruption comes in many colors
Adlai Stevenson on public morality and patriotism
By Fletcher Farrar
Educating automatons
Why the brothers Bush are bad for students
By Jim Hightower
Frequent-fliers
Congress critters gets a free ride from corporate America — but you pay
When nothing “really” matters
The American Way of voting, as described by participant in last month’s primary
By Doug Bybee
The Hype
Springfield to vote on Iraq, Topinka and Bush, and James Meeks
Rise up
My message in a bottle is still out there, floating. But there’s something you can do.
By Roland Klose
Letters to the editor
In and around Springfield
Earth Talk
From the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
Can’t buy happiness
You’ll like these women, even if you’re tempted to slap ’em silly
By Chuck Koplinski
World of charlatans
How do they keep pulling the wool over our eyes?
Jacqueline Jackson
lovepoem #6
By Jacqueline Jackson
radiopoem #2
American life in poetry
Edited by Ted Kooser
Experiment with pleasure
Of all of Brazil's wonderfully weird cultural exports, Tom Zé may be the weirdest
By René Spencer Saller
Vinyl Static
Sufjan Stevens is back with more Illinoise — and this time Springfield doesn't get the shaft
By Marissa Monson
Roll out the barrel
Trio Freddi of St. Louis performs Sunday at monthly polka event
By Tom Irwin
This dog Van Hunt
He’s black and he wears funny hats — what are we supposed to call him?
Women rule
This Friday in Springfield, it's "Cool Gal Singer/Songwriter Night"
Ice-T tears up Club 217 on Saturday; also Abstract Giants and Josh Ritter’s latest
Erin, Nathan & Chico
@ Broadgauge
Sat., April 20, 7-9:30 p.m.
Lights out for Olde Towne Apartments
By Scott Reeder
Saving a historic round barn
By Cinda Ackerman Klickna
Man arrested by FBI owns property with an Illinois state trooper
By Dean Olsen
Photographing history
