The World This Week: The Democrats' Dilemma

by | Mar 13, 2008 | News

The Democratic Party faces a major dilemma in the 2008 election, one that needs to be resolved sooner rather than later. That is, supporters of Hillary Clinton and supporters of Barack Obama have different emotional attachments to their candidates. The emotional...

What Do You Think? Letters to the Editor

by | Mar 13, 2008 | News

I write regarding your cover story, "Hip-Hop Happening" (March 6, 2008). The so-called "hip-hop" genre of music, which a genuinely accomplished musician, Wynton Marsalis, and a noted journalist and music critic, Stanley Crouch, have labeled...

The Gipper–Now?

by | Mar 13, 2008 | News

You hear that what's missing for the Republicans in this presidential election is another Reagan—someone who can evoke the spirit of the Gipper.But does the average American need another Reagan? That average voter is drowning in a sea of problems whose...

Nuevo Mundo: Dignifying Bigotry

by | Mar 13, 2008 | News

Diversity is in danger when a presidential candidate's middle name can't be uttered nor a picture of him wearing traditional Somali clothes shown without these incidents being framed by Barack Obama as personal attacks.The Obama campaign has been successful in...

Between the Lines: No Training Wheels

by | Mar 13, 2008 | News

The recent decision by the Springfield Finance Control Board to let city officials have a crack at shaping next year's municipal budget hardly comes across as a vote of confidence. The newly restored power comes with a list of conditions and a general tone of...