Obituary for Susan Labelle… MORE
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Obituaries: Sangster
Obituary for Antoine Sangster… MORE
Obituaries: Finnegan
Obituary for James Finnegan… MORE
Obituaries: Scheets, Doage
Obituaries for Chase Scheets and Mable Doage… MORE
The Birth of a Nation: shame of an epic
Auteur D.W. Griffith made cinematic history with the 1915 release of his epic film “The Birth of a Nation.” The 3 hour drama featured armies at battle, the recreation of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and a heroic “cavalry” that rode in to save the day. Those heroes, however, were hooded Klansmen. The movie was…… MORE
Obituaries: Mason
Louis A. Mason, 89, of Bloomington, passed away at 5:13 a.m., Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Advocate BroMenn Medical Center, Normal. His funeral will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Carmody-Flynn Funeral Home, Bloomington with Rev. Ken Martin and Rev. Paul Petry officiating. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Bloomington. …… MORE
Shakespeare’s age of terror
In a time of domestic terrorism and political turmoil, William Shakespeare gave birth to some of the greatest dramatic works in the English language. In November of 1605 a plot to blow of London’s House of Lords, housing the English Parliament, was foiled. Many of the Gunpowder Plotters had ties to Shakespeare’s friends and family.…… MORE
Sue Grafton on X
Sue Grafton has bumped off a few dozen people on the page. The popular mystery novelist has been thinking up methods of death for over 30 years, yet the author says she never runs out of ideas for the deaths that kick of the action for her detective Kinsey Millhone. Her favorite? “I found in…… MORE
Obituaries: McDonnald, McKeon
Obituaries for Ramona McCrary-McDonald and Connie McKeon… MORE
Obituaries: Bishop, Williams
Obituaries for Robert Bishop and Keionta Williams… MORE
Blogs
Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all
By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year. It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …
Is federal mobilization the answer?
By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city. Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…
In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans
By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…
Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life
Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University. We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk. Going to work every day for some people means…