by James Heflin | Oct 15, 2013 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It’s hard to pull yourself up by the bootstraps, American Dream-style, if you aren’t clear on the concept. Via AP: In math, reading and problem-solving using technology — all skills considered critical for global competitiveness and economic strength...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Oct 15, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
Three disparate things on a Wednesday vie for space in my overcrowded and overtired mind: I don’t love to be cold. Mornings have begun to feel cold. I wish I could slow things down in a way you’re not allowed to do. My fantasy yesterday went like this:...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 15, 2013 | Stage
At the end of Lorraine Hansberry’s precedent-shattering play A Raisin in the Sun, the Younger family are preparing to move out of their cramped apartment in an all-black Chicago neighborhood into a house “with a garden” in an all-white suburb. This...
by Tom Vannah | Oct 15, 2013 | News
It was the call you never want to get, the call that comes at night, wakes you up, forces you abruptly out of your fog. I heard my sister’s voice and I knew something was wrong right away. She started out strong, but three words in, she lost her breath. She was...
by Advocate Staff | Oct 15, 2013 | News
No Ordinances, No Raise Activists push Mayor Sarno on anti-foreclosure regulations. by Maureen Turner It’s been more than two years since the Springfield City Council approved unanimously a pair of ordinances designed to address the problems caused by the high...