House cameras trap Illinois lawmaking in self inflicted glare
Rep. Glen L. Bower denounces TV cameras in the Illinois House as distorting the chamber’s image. The piece notes a later vote backing a real estate licensing bill for auctioneers, driven by lobby influence, and criticizes lawmakers for expediency and grandstanding despite earlier sunset rhetoric. It concludes that cameras are not the main enemy. the lawmakers’ own actions demean the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lawrence Springfield
Glen L. Bower
Bower
House
Illinois
Springfield
Senate
Thomas Ewing
Pontiac
Effingham
Southern Illinois An d Lee Enterprises Newspaper Opinions
John C. Gardner serves as Publisher and Peter W. Selkowe as Editor for the Southern Illinois and Lee Enterprises newspaper opinions section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern
Illinois
D Lee Enterprises Newspaper
John C. Gardner
Peter W. Selkowe
Remembering Memorial Day’s origins and meaning today
The piece recalls Memorial Day’s 1868 origin by John A. Logan to honor war dead, notes its shift to a long weekend by Congress, and urges remembering the sacrifice of all who died in Wars. It contrasts battle and non battle deaths and lists totals by wars, including World War II Civil War and Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Virginia
Congress
Reagan
Arlington
Milwaukee
Vietnam
New drive to stamp out thinking sparks school bans
A national wave of parental activism presses to remove books and alter curricula in U S schools. Groups such as the Moral Majority and Eagle Forum push to curb secular humanism and return to traditional basics while challenging open classrooms and new math.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Kleiman
New York Times
Onida
S.C
Plano
Tex
Des Moines
Iowa
Mount Diablo
Calif
Ms. Magazine
Lottie Beth Hobbs
Pro-Family Forum
Fort Worth
Paul Kurtz
State University of New York
Buffalo
Dorothy Massie
National Education Association
Young Parents Alert
Parents of
Minnesota
Guardians of Education
America
Mel Gabler
Norma
Longview
Gablers
Reagan
Judith Krug
American Library Association
the Gablers
Buried lessons are we buying calm at too high a price
The piece argues that Americans hide painful memories of racial prejudice, Vietnam, and Watergate to shield the young, risking a gap in guiding future generations. It warns that avoiding these discussions may deprive children of essential context and moral grounding, leaving unresolved tensions to reemerge.
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Robert D. Reid
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
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Ing
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Winds High School
Dallas
South St. Paul
St. Paul
Minn
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Montello High School
Wisconsin
Donald J. Rykhus
Blunt
Vicky Brooks
Sally Buttes High School
Watergate
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