A certain emptiness is bound to pervade the upcoming Fourth of July holiday as a local tradition has apparently and unfortunately come to an end. It may have even ended last year, my misty sentimentality numbing the pangs of reality. But it became all too clear to me today that former talk radio firebrand One-Eyed [...]

It was heartening to see the SJ-R’s editorial response to the previous day’s story about the large percentage of public school expellees who are African American. They correctly pointed out that there are a number of factors other than race that could contribute to this problem. They must have been reading [...]

Many of the Springfield Police Department’s prowlers are sporting back windshield stickers promoting their www.beacop.net Web site. On further investigation, I discovered that it’s actually a flash presentation intended to promote recruitment to the ranks of the SPD.
The whole thing is rather long on animation, with a jazzy beat-heavy track looping in the background [...]

One day after I lamented the lack of a clever headline on a front page story, the SJ-R references “Seinfeld” over an article announcing Jackie Newman as the new head of the Springfield Housing Authority. Unfortunately, the phrase “Hello, Newman”, as it is known to almost everyone, is spoken through clenched teeth with as much [...]

This was to be posted on Monday, but was preempted by a four-hour power outage. I was watching the Simpson’s on Fox 55 as the storm hit, but the station afforded me no warning of the advancing tempest. Gus Gordon would never have let this happen on his channel. Plus he’s a song and dance [...]