New year's wish: media love for the city

Springfield could use a lot of new year’s wishes. Most on my mind today is a desire for the area’s mainstream, established media outlets to attain a greater vision for the importance of the city’s centrality to the region.Instead of perpetually...

Control board loses one, gains one

At a ceremony yesterday in City Council chambers, Councilor Kateri Walsh was sworn in as the body’s new president, becoming the first woman to hold that office since Mary Hurley in 1988. Replacing outgoing council president Jose Tosado, she automatically becomes...

Bush's disappearing halo

A while back, I collected photos of Our Dear Leader with a halo. Apparently some AP photographer was having a good time fuzzing up the presidential seal, making Bush look downright saintly. See what I mean? I was never quite sure what this was supposed to mean. Was...

Git a rope

For all you wannabe cowboys, I’ll say this: Saddam? Bad guy. He meted out his share and more of ugly death. Though I oppose the death penalty, there have been times I couldn’t muster the high-flown idealism to oppose it. This is one of those times, and the...