Where there's a Will, there's a way
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 9 months ago.
On March 18 the central Illinois chapter of the ACLU and Liberty Brew & View will co-host a showing of the HBO documentary The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib. The film's website describes it...
Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy (HBO's "Indian Point: Imagining the Un...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
State leaders are still talking about the need for a Capital Bill to fund roads and new construction projects around Illinois. Past capital bills such as Illinois First included funding for land acquisition to preserve natural open spaces. Whether conser...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
When I was at SIUC the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute brought in several speakers connected to the 1988 Presidential election. Michael Dukakis came one day and he was asked to make some remarks to young people thinking about going into politics. I fo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
All I can say about the Ohio primary results is that at least Obama won the two cities I volunteered in. I was hoping a big victory in Cleveland would carry the state for Obama but his margin of victory out of Cuyahoga county was pretty small. I had a go...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
I'm in Columbus Ohio volunteering for Obama. I'm listening to Chris Matthews' Sunday morning show where a panel is telling us that Hillary Clinton is going to win Ohio. It doesn't look that way from here.So far I've seen many Obama signs is people's yards...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
The Sierra Club endorsed Democrat Bill Foster today in the Illinois 14th Congressional District special election against Jim Oberweis on Saturday, March 8. The election is to fill the seat being vacated by Dennis Hastert. Thus far the Illinois Sierra Club...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
I had a great time volunteering for Barack Obama in Cleveland last weekend. I knocked on doors in a couple of neighborhoods and had a very positive response. People are fired up!I helped sign up new volunteers at a campaign organizational meeting in Cleve...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
When I took Paul Simon's History of the Abolitionist Movement class at Southern Illinois University I did a research paper on William Seward. He's is one of the most interesting characters in American political history and I've been thinking about Seward ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
A friend and I made the spontaneous decision that Barack Obama could use our help in Ohio for the March 4 primary. I lived in Cleveland for a while in 2003 when I worked on Kucinich's last Presidential campaign, so the trip sounded like a good excuse to s...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
If you weren't still out for Valentine's Day Thursday at 10:00pm you might have seen the TV 20 news coverage of Springfield being named a top Green City by Popular Science magazine. They showed clips of interviews with Mayor Davlin and myself. The city pu...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
The State Journal-Register's breaking news updates reports that Springfield made the list of America's 50 Greenest Cities in Popular Science magazine. Look for Springfield at 29 on the list here.Springfield gets highest marks in the "electricity" category...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
You may enjoy this video in between your pagan holiday celebrations.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 10 months ago.
I made a flier for the February Liberty Brew & View movie, 10,000 Black Men Named George. You can click on the image below for a larger version.You can also download a PDF file of the poster to save, post or hand out to anyone who may be interested.
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
Up until now I had some respect for Mitt Romney. I considered him to be one of the more reasonable Republicans running for President this year. That all ended when I read his speech announcing his withdrawal from the race. A lot of people are talking abou...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
My post about the 92nd Illinois House Democratic primary in Peoria attracted a lot of attention to this blog, including many google searches for Jehan Gordon, so I thought I should write about Gordon's victory. Most people from the area I spoke to thoug...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
Every election has a few surprises and the biggest one I saw last night was Daniel Davis winning the Democratic Primary against Joe McMenamin for the 19th Congressional District. McMenamin had the support of most Democratic Party county organizations, the...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
The Sierra Club released its list of candidates endorsed for the February 5th Illinois primary election.Most of the endorsed candidates are in Chicago and its suburbs where there are more contested primaries. Downstate primary endorsements include Mike Bo...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
There are a lot of news articles about the Department of Energy backing off its support for the experimental FutureGen power plant proposed for Mattoon. A lot of criticism is rightly being given to the Department of Energy but this shouldn't be a total su...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
The Citizens Club Forum on Hunter Lake that happened last night will be aired on the local PBS affiliate, WSEC. It airs:
Friday, Feb. 1, 9pm
Wednesday, Feb 6, 10pm
Friday, Feb 15, 8pmAll the Citizens Club events I've been to are very informative and this ...
Posted by Where there's a Will, there's a way 11 months ago.
If you skipped reading the Sunday State Journal-Register be sure to check out this article on preserving Carpenter Park. It includes quotes from some of Springfield's leading environmentalists, including one from Bill Crook about the artwork he creates in...
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