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As newspaper circulations plummet, does the not-for-profit model offer a solution to stave off printCirculation counts for central Illinois newspapers appear to be on a precipitous downward decline.
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A New Year’s letter to my sonDear Russell: This is a departure from 20 years of annual notes to you from your “ink-stained wretch” of a dad. It’s also…
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A personal hero, newspaper columnist and labor activist Heywood Broun, was known for his progressive views and his passionate interests – from sports and…
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Time magazine recently had a cover story bashing teachers that was not just one-sided, but as misleading as less-respected voices on talk radio and cable…
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Illinoisans disappointed because the U.S. Senate didn’t pass the Keystone XL pipeline measure letting multi-national corporations bring tar-sand Canadian…
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For this Thanksgiving, last winter’s “polar vortex” became this season’s “bomb cyclone” – meteorologists’ trendy term for an intense, fast-moving storm…
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Silly is a funny word. You call babies and toddlers silly when they smile and coo and do funny things. But adults, especially farmers, are rarely called…
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Lane Evans had an easy smile, but downstate Illinois’ progressive champion for working people and veterans was a bit bashful and didn’t often laugh out…
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The public-comment period on a new rule about water ended two weeks ago, but the uproar over a “government takeover” of ditches remains.It’s reminiscent…
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Wall Street seems like a casino where the problem gamblers ARE the House, and they only bet on sure things. “Wall Street hates uncertainty,” analysts…