AltWeeklies Wire
Finding Hope in Summer Readingnew
Reading about cities reveals the good that is in them, and shows how they solve their problems through the leadership of those who decide what personal role to play.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
08-17-2005 |
Commentary
You Can't 'Nuke' Global Warmingnew
New studies add evidence that nuclear power
causes more problems than it solves. One of them is the health risks caused by even low-level doses of radiation.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
07-15-2005 |
Commentary
Lift the Travel Ban on Cubanew
Congress should lift the long-outmoded embargo, including the travel ban and
trade restrictions, and welcome the Cuban people and their government on
their own terms.
Illinois Times |
Diane Hughes |
05-27-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: Miami Cubans, Witness for Peace
Illinois Needs a Day to Honor Jane Addamsnew
Some eighth-graders are petitioning the state to honor the founder of Chicago's Hull House, who is known as the "mother of modern social work."
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-27-2005 |
Commentary
The Prosecution Complexnew
Illinois has more than its share of individuals who have been wrongfully convicted and given long prison sentences or the death penalty. But prosecutors and cops still haven't learned from their mistakes.
Illinois Times |
Larry Golden |
05-23-2005 |
Commentary
'Midwesterner' Represents a State of Mindnew
A transplant from Texas to Illinois watches her sons morph into Midwesterners and ponders on what that means.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
05-06-2005 |
Commentary
Why Is Illinois So Stingy to Its Oldsters?new
Medicaid reimbursements to Illinois nursing homes rank 47th in the nation. Nonprofit nursing homes are especially hard hit -- and they’re protesting the governor’s refusal to address this problem.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
04-22-2005 |
Commentary
Time to Speak Out Against Nuclear Powernew
People concerned about a safe environment and a sane energy future should speak in opposition to the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Clinton, Ill.
Illinois Times |
Fletcher Farrar |
04-15-2005 |
Commentary
Matters of Life and Deathnew
We all can learn from the Terri Schiavo case, even if we don’t agree. The writer recounts the difficult decisions involving her ailing parents.
Illinois Times |
Corrine Frisch |
04-05-2005 |
Commentary
Why Cops Who Break the Law Don't Get Firednew
Two Springfield cops who drove drunk still have their jobs, one even though he was caught with a prostitute.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
03-07-2005 |
Commentary
The Price of Our Addictionnew
The interests who own the government see the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a symbol of resistance to a neoconservative society. In this worldview, there is no reason for the existence of undisturbed wilderness. Everything is a commodity.
Illinois Times |
Rod Helle |
02-28-2005 |
Commentary
Child's Value Can't Be Measured in Adoption Feesnew
A discount kid adopted in the 1960s considers what she'll tell her own adopted son if he ever asks what it cost to adopt him.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
02-21-2005 |
Commentary
Tags: African-American, birth parents
The Origins of Persian Aversion of the U.S.new
What the United States did in Iran in 1953 set in motion a chain of events that led to the 1979 hostage crisis and provides a background for understanding of the 9/11 attacks and the almost global antipathy toward America.
Illinois Times |
Rod Helle |
01-24-2005 |
Commentary
State Ethics Training Violates Professor's Ethicsnew
After failing the state's new ethics test, an Illinois State University professor declares himself an "ethics outlaw."
Illinois Times |
John K. Wilson |
01-10-2005 |
Commentary
A Special Perspective on Adoptionnew
For a limited time only, it's OK to take a break from controversial current events and simply say something nice for a change.
Illinois Times |
Dusty Rhodes |
11-30-2004 |
Commentary
