<![CDATA[Illinois Times - Guest Opinion]]> <![CDATA[Pension reform proposals that might work]]> <![CDATA[Giveaways to Big Gambling make Illinois budget crisis worse]]> <![CDATA[Open the ballot to third-party candidates]]> <![CDATA[Mayor falls short on promise to hire minority firefighters]]> <![CDATA[Barack Obama’s confident humility]]> <![CDATA[Setting the facts straight about pensions]]> <![CDATA[Springfield tourism needs state support]]> <![CDATA[The Sucker State?]]> <![CDATA[The impact of divorce on children]]> <![CDATA[Who are the poor?]]> <![CDATA[Good words]]> Rob Eure recalls his first visit to Springfield. He wasstanding in a line of tourists outside Abraham Lincoln's house, but he knew he'd bring a new view of the Confederacy back home to old Virginia. ]]> <![CDATA[Kioaka’s spirit]]> Kioaka's eyes are moist, partly from the blustery winter wind and his advancing years but mostly because of the deep sadness he feels as he ponders what must be done. His people, the Mississipp]]> <![CDATA[The mental effects of abortion]]> <![CDATA[Young women, grab the power. Vote.]]> <![CDATA[Our Illinois road trip to Springfield]]> <![CDATA[Who’s going to win?]]> <![CDATA[A speech for the ages]]> <![CDATA[Getting it right]]> Untitled Document Long, long ago, I was the host of a public-access cable-television show in St. Louis, a boring gabfest about world affairs. We had a panel of regulars — a]]> <![CDATA[Answers needed in the Julie Rea-Harper case]]> <![CDATA[The Prosecution Complex]]> With the growing number of exonerations in recent years, it is obvious that Illinois has seen more than its share of individuals who have been wrongfully convicted and given ]]>