Several local bloggers (Eleventh Hour, ThirtyWhat, Unspelled) have posts on the Illinois Times’ Best of Springfield nominations. Apparently, they’ve added a Best Blog category. I must have missed that when I was reading my IT at lunch today. But here it is, you can go and vote online. What do you know about that.
*Whose Academy […]

We tend to remember politicians more for their words than their actions. This is because, as a rule, politicians are better suited to talking about things than actually doing something about them. Despite their best efforts to carry on the Websterian tradition of grand oration, many are remembered by but a single word, often uttered […]

Although you wouldn’t know to read them, I actually spend a good deal of time thinking through a column before I post it on the old blog. Lately, I haven’t had much time to think and so there hasn’t been anything to post. Nobody’s complaining either.
It’s difficult, on a regular basis, to write a coherent […]

We’ve all heard how the proliferation of free news sources on the Web is threatening traditional forms of media, especially newspapers. We’ve also heard that if newspapers are to survive, they must adapt to the evolving trends in both how news is delivered, and how it is consumed. This may be why the SJ-R has […]

Those of you who don’t visit the SJ-R’s Web site might be interested in knowing that you can now post comments to their online stories*, similar to how you can here at BFS. The only difference is that they seem to screen to ensure civility, so you won’t be able to call anybody a d*psh*t. […]