Guest Opinion | Thursday, August 12,2010

Involve kids in back-to-school shopping

Back to school means seeing friends, catching up and wearing new clothes, which is fun and exciting for kids. But for parents, back-to-school shopping, planning and scheduling can be stressful. If you

Guest Opinion | Thursday, August 5,2010

Our Illinois road trip to Springfield

By Arlyn Miller

Affordable family fun. Like many American families in this economy, that’s what we were looking for this summer. Little did I expect that our journey would begin in our 9-year-old son’s cl

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 29,2010

Fighting myths about the undocumented

By Diane Lopez Hughes

While vacationing in Flagstaff earlier this month, I was heartened to discover that if the new, repressive immigration law takes effect in Arizona today, that fair city won’t be snooping at shoe

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 22,2010

The city’s blind eye

A rally against racism on the anniversary of the noose incidents

By Coalition to Promote Human Dignity and Diversity

Springfield’s 2008 remembrance of the 1908 race riots attempted reconciliation toward the city’s legacy of racism and hate. Despite those efforts, 2009 revealed another chapter in this leg

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 15,2010

A vision for Illinois: reviving manufacturing

By Tim Bagwell

I am the Democratic candidate for Congress in the 19th District. I first ran for Congress in 2004. A part of my platform at that time looked 20 years into the future toward the construction of commute

Guest Opinion | Thursday, July 1,2010

It’s tough to give Americans what they want

By Lee Hamilton

The Gulf oil spill has laid bare a series of shortcomings in the government’s ability both to prevent and to respond to such a crisis, and the result is spiraling public frustration. But it migh

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 24,2010

Passing the buck

State fiscal irresponsibility will have devastating effects

By Larry Joseph and Manya Khan

For the second consecutive year, the Illinois General Assembly has confronted the state fiscal crisis by “passing the buck.” Last month, the legislature passed a General Funds budget for f

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 17,2010

Responsible policy creates jobs

Congressman Phil Hare responds to Bobby Schiling

By Tim Schlittner

Bobby Schilling’s June 3 op-ed “Cutting taxes creates jobs” is rife with so many mistakes and distortions I don’t even know where to begin. Mr. Schilling asserts that there are

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 10,2010

My life of soccer in Springfield

On the eve of the World Cup, reflections on a game that brings the world here

By Tom Bundy

I’m one of 2.5 billion (that’s with a “b”) people who will be watching an upcoming quadrennial event on TV with great anticipation. The top 32 national teams of the world will

Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 3,2010

Cutting taxes creates jobs

By Bobby Schilling

It takes a lot of nerve to take credit for something you didn’t do. It takes a politician to take credit for something that hasn’t even happened.My opponent, U. S. Rep. Phil Hare, is curre