Guest Opinion

The U.S. Supreme Court’s central ruling in Suzette Kelo et al. v. City of New London has created a firestorm of controversy and outrage in state legislatures and among property owners across the nation since it was handed down last fall. The court, in effect, endorsed what has become a dangerous trend wherein governments, mostly municipalities, […]

In August 2003 a shipment of the book Grand Canyon: A Different View was delivered to Grand Canyon bookstores and museums to be sold alongside other merchandise. The book, edited by Canyon Ministries founder Tom Vail, claims that the Grand Canyon was formed by the same deluge that launched Noah’s ark a few thousand years […]

A specter is haunting Latin America — the specter of socialism. From the Rio Grande to Tierra del Fuego, alternatives to the Washington Consensus are being developed and leftist governments are being elected. A 200-year legacy of U.S. intervention in the form of the Monroe Doctrine, “dollar diplomacy,” CIA-backed dictatorships, and the International Monetary Fund […]

On March 19, 2003, the Bush administration launched what has become one of the longest-running wars in U.S. history. Now, on the third anniversary of the start of the war, we are just beginning to feel the full effects of the greatest catastrophe in American foreign policy since the Vietnam War. We are all familiar […]

Rich Miller is a smart guy. That’s why he’s a pundit. Miller, whose sage discourses appear in these pages, as well as in the political newsletter Capitol Fax, waved garlic and ran for his shotgun when we called the other day asking who he thinks will win come Election Day, March 21. “I don’t make […]

Denial and willful ignorance are two of the most salient features of contemporary American society. Our political and business leaders have a financial interest in encouraging short-term thinking, selfishness, and war. As a result, topics covered in depth by foreign media are taboo for America. Some of the issues we refuse to address have the […]

I was surprised to read a recent commentary in these pages that suggested that the Kerasotes theater chain avoids films with gay content — surprised because it isn’t true. Many have been brought to Springfield by Kerasotes over the years, such as Philadelphia, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Mulholland Dr., and Bound. If Kerasotes dared […]

With the proposal to introduce keno now shelved, the governor and the General Assembly must devise an alternative revenue source if they are to fund the governor’s capital-development plan. However, let’s not for a moment think that we’ve heard the last of expanding the state’s lottery operations. Trust that when the inevitable budget shortfalls reappear […]

America is becoming a two-class society. Not since the age of the robber barons has the distribution of wealth and power been so polarized in America, and never in our history have average citizens been less important in the political progress. The class war that began with the Reagan revolution in 1980 has been brought […]

Last week I drove to the Avon Theater in Decatur to see Capote. I shouldn’t have to do that, but here we are, a few years into the 21st century, and the local theaters still avoid running films with gay content. Most of the films that the folks at Kerasotes run are Hollywood blockbusters such […]