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Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, August 13,2008
{after 1st article on article listing} Blago’s war on Springfield
What did we do to deserve this?
Why has Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared war on
Springfield? His latest assaults on the local economy make many ask,
"What did we do to deserve this?" Those searching for answers
say his a
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, July 23,2008
Newspaper next
Tough times call for rethinking and asking new questions
The news about traditional newspapering can only be
described as dismal. Last week the editor of the Chicago Tribune and the publisher of
the Los Angeles Times stepped down from their jobs a
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, June 25,2008
Dilatory government doesn’t get it done
Fights over accounting don’t help the Medicaid mess
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Illinois Auditor General William Holland was so angry
over the Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ delays in
submitting information over the pas
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, June 11,2008
No new restrictions on redevelopers
Springfield needs a neighborhood development policy
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Frustrated builders call it the last straw — a
union-originated Springfield ordinance to require those who get city grants
to contribute to an apprentices
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Thursday, May 29,2008
Building the new Springfield High School
The best location is where it is
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The idea of replacing Springfield High School with a
$57 million new building in a cornfield on Springfield’s west side is
so lame, so yesterday, so pre-O
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, May 14,2008
Going to church with Mom
My boyhood church keeps the faith, contemporary-style
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On Mother’s Day I go to church with Mom.
She’s still with our old home church, Central Christian, though
it’s hardly the same church I grew up
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, April 30,2008
Grammar and the governor
Language to make Illinois better
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Punctuation and grammar, used well, can not only make
us communicate better, and look better for having done so, they can also
make us feel better. Commas and c
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, April 16,2008
Saving Rwanda’s orphans, one entrepreneur at a time
“Giving Hope” encourages youngsters to dream, then get to work
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Rwanda is known as a place of death, but I wish that
everyone could see the life in the faces of some of its orphans. It was 14
years ago this month that the sl
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, March 19,2008
What an activist learned in jail
Diane Lopez Hughes came home more dedicated, but different
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They say that time behind bars makes criminals better
at what they went in for. A gangbanger makes more gang connections, and a
small-time bank robber learns fr
Fletcher Farrar: Reporter at Large | Wednesday, February 27,2008
Music says “hope” better than politics can
A transcendental evening with the Illinois Symphony Chorus
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The subject of hope has gotten so much press, there
was bound to be a pushback. During a recent debate, our guy had to
carefully explain that hope doesn’t
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