While the primary sucked a lot of air out of the room, more has been going on than simply that election, as the legislature in Springfield has once again proven its ineffectiveness. We’re at what amounts to halftime in the…
In the first part of the Spring legislative session, State Representatives and Senators were busy introducing bills, and much of our attention was on the Bears and the primary. Now there are an endless succession of hearings, and with each…
The photograph you see here has no date on it. On the back is written, “Amelia Wittkoetter[‘s] mother and sister Anne”; that’s my grandmother’s handwriting, and the photo is of her grandmother, also named Amelia Wittkoetter, and aunt. It’s clear…
