Vol. 32, No. 38
Promise or peril?
Biofuel production may threaten both the environment and the worlds poor
By David Moberg
Right on
GOP was on the money about election results
By R. L. Nave
The good Earth
The lands been good to indigenous peoples. America hasnt.
Elephants in the room?
Republicans say they have a shot at winning a council majority
Party animal
After 50 years in public office, Irv Smith talks about George Ryan, Bill Cellini, and old-school politics
By Dusty Rhodes
Baby steps
East-side cleanup effort to take place next week
The new environmentalists
The coalition to stop utility polluters broadens as outdoorsmen, pediatricians, and business developers join the fight.
By Joan Villa
Legal eagles
City defendants get some muscle in Larry Washington case
Money talks
But will the GRT walk?
A there there
Up close and personal, the governor turns out to be a human being
By Rich Miller
Inescapable TV ads
Avoiding commercials getting next to impossible
By Jim Hightower
Tell FDA what you think
If youre worried about irradiation, call
Mayor, get greener
Its time for Tim Davlin to become an environmental leader
By Fletcher Farrar
The last word on ethics
When political appointees cash in, guess who gets hurt?
By Doug Bybee
Letters to the Editor
A better glass of milk
Quality keeps small dairies competitive with factory farms
By Julianne Glatz
A sandwich by any other name
Easy and fun to make, arepas are a great alternative
Gluten-free pizza for all!
Give your intestines a break, for goshsakes!
By Kim ODonnel
DIY English muffins
Live a little, and bake your own rolls
Stepping up
Rejected Springfield firefighter applicant shines as Chicagoland police officer
Avoid catastrophe
Most commercial cat litter already packs lots of nastiness
Some annuals still at risk
Dont let fickle weather put you in a pickle
By Jennifer Fishburn
For the birds
Wind turbines may chop em up, but pollution is a real killer
By E/The Envrionmental Magazine
Lamb chop
Fracture apes another thriller, but badly
By Chuck Koplinski
Rear Window with gadgets
This mystery has some disturbing similarities to Hitchcocks classic
The surprising Will Ferrell
Here’s one SNL grad who keeps getting better
By Marc Sigoloff
Grindhouse classics
Art can be found in the trashiest locations
People's Poetry
Jacqueline Jackson presents'
People's poetry
Jacqueline Jackson presents
By Jacqueline Jackson
The brain of Bird
So enchanting, you wont notice how smart he is
By René Spencer Saller
Shake your badonkadonk
Antibalas brings its version of Afrobeat to the region
Support your local musician
Two Springfield artists need communitys support
By Tom Irwin
Seven days to live
Heres a capital city pub crawl to beat all pub crawls
Dab and Gab Paint Workshop
@ Phoenix Center: Out On Second
Sat., March 30, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Photographing history
By Dean Olsen
Home alone
By George Pawlaczyk
My curriculum not the reason kids can’t read
By Lucy Calkins
John Mellencamp more than rocks