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A ‘Moneyball’ lesson in life: ‘Get on base’
I’ve decided that the correct answer for just about any question this spring is: “He gets on base.” That answer comes from one of last year’s best movies, “Moneyball.” That simple phrase answers the questions put to Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s, …
Shimkus: Senator Kirk is coming back
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed piece submitted by U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, regarding the status of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, who is in recovery from a stroke he suffered in January. As a member of the Illinois congressional delegation, …
Shimkus: Senator Kirk is coming back
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed piece submitted by U.S. Rep. John Shimkus, R-Collinsville, regarding the status of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Highland Park, who is in recovery from a stroke he suffered in January. As a member of the Illinois congressional delegation, …
Sad to see Demas go
I am almost used to it. Our beloved neighborhood store, the legendary “Demas,” at Fourth and Linden, closed on Aug. 31. I don’t know what I was doing at the time, how I was so busy that I did not have a chance for a …
BLASER: Frauds and phonies are nothing new to Springfield
The recent news that a portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln hanging in the governor’s mansion in Springfield is a fake proved not only interesting but also somehow appropriate. It was interesting because all things dealing with President Lincoln are, at the very least, “interesting.” Appropriate …
Why we will no longer endorse in elections
The publications of Pioneer Press are no longer going to be endorsing candidates in local, state and national elections. This editorial tells you why.
Suburbs: Get smart about gangs
Gangs in the suburbs, even on the North Shore. Five years ago we couldn’t get local leaders to talk about gangs, let alone admit that the suburbs had gang members living and recruiting in our towns. It would have been bad publicity for the villages …
Our View: Kirk’s recovery
Sen. Mark Kirk, who suffered a stroke last weekend, was “alert (and) responsive” this week, giving doctors the thumbs-up and asking for his BlackBerry. This is good news for the Highland Park Republican.
Heed police advice
The tips have been provided many times, mostly by police via bulletins, neighborhood watch meetings or through this newspaper. But every week this newspaper again prints a police blotter with burglaries to unlocked cars or via unattended entrances to homes. The latter is known as …
Taking time out to remember why Monday is a holiday
Sometimes it seems as if there is no America, just fragments of America that are in opposition to each other. It can appear that we define ourselves by what divides us rather than what unites us. That is especially true in an election year. There …
