BUNNIES BACKWelcome back, “Life in Hell”! We have missed you. Break a (rabbit) foot!Chaminade KelleyDecaturP.S. Does this mean that rabbits really do return from Hell?SCHOOLS THAT WORKCong]]> WOUNDED WARRIOR MEMORIALI am on a quest to contact one editor in each capital city from all 50 states by Memorial Day to share my brother’s last request. For so many people, this is just another]]> RESTAURANT MEMORIES An interesting story, indeed, about the Old Lux [see “Realcuisine” by Julianne Glatz, IT, April 2]. It generally references the other east side restaurants]]> Spread the green It might be interesting to note that the funds for the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency’s “green” building comes from all of their coal-powered utili]]> Route 66 Film Festival, fan of Capital Ave, noose, colored glass recycling]]> CELEBRATE FREEDOMAs we celebrate Independence Day, we should also remember that not all Americans were free until 89 years after 1776, when Union soldiers sailed into Galveston, Texas, to announce the]]> LOW-INCOME APARTMENTSI have to say I don’t follow the goings on of the Springfield City Council all that closely but I am flabbergasted at Ald. Gail Simpson’s total lack of regard for her ]]> GLASS RECYCLINGIn response to Mary Perkinton’s recent letter questioning glass collection in Springfield, allow me to offer a few thoughts. It is very easy to recycle glass in Springfield. Glass]]> NEW URBANISM HERE If you want to see what a new urbanist philosophy can do for a city similar in size to Springfield, it’s worth a trip to Madison, Wis., or closer to home,]]> NONPROFITS STAND TO LOSEEvery nonprofit in our area that uses the bulk mail service in Springfield will suffer if the post office closes the mail sorting operations in Springfield. The great service p]]> TAMMS WORKSGov. Pat Quinn’s decision to close the Tamms Correctional Center is shortsighted at best and disastrous at worst [see “End of the line?: The governor wants to close Tamms,&rdquo]]> PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’SThank you for your very informative article [see “Preventing Alzheimer’s,” by Diane Ivey, May 20]. Ms. Ivey did an excellent job researching and talking w]]> WAR ON WEEDI’m writing about the thoughtful cover story by Bruce Rushton: “The war on weed,” Feb. 9. I thought that true conservatives oppose nanny-state policies. Obviously, I was w]]>