Springfield

Sweet Jesus Camp

Check Out Ulises Via Free Songs

GameStop Faces Its Future, and It Looks a Lot Like ... Mom

Crazy Like Fox

The future of Fox

Events for the week

The future of Fox

Trail of Tears

Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

Out There

Ruth Smith set out to enshrine a Cherokee battleground and started a war of her own

Guns N' Groceries

City of Springfield, IllinoisThat's Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's plan, anyway: Folks who bring an "operational, unloaded firearm" (oh, and an ID) to Reunion Arena on Saturday between 9 a.m. and noon will receive in exchange a $50 grocery card -- from Kroger, sounds like, courtesy such spons ... More >>

Gun Crazy

City of Springfield, IllinoisDid not see that coming. Yesterday, first thing, I pointed out Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway's call to arms -- meaning, of course, his call for folks to part with their firearms in exchange for 50 bucks' worth of Kroger groceries Saturday morning at Reunion. Shortl ... More >>

Obama and Me

It was the year 2000, and I was a young, hungry reporter in Chicago with a young, hungry state legislator on my speed dial

Crock the Vote

The numbers are in...but what does it mean?

It Doesn't Suck!

Breathe easy, Simpsons fans. The movie is eeeexellent.

Mo Funny

Plus: Sack of Kittens; A Gay Scam Robs Now

Off the Hizzle

Plus: Double D'oh, Bolly Wanna Poppadum?

Fractured Fairy Tale

Reckless' helter-skelter heroine searches for the meaning of Christmas--and life

Goodbye Kitty

CueCat was a little like a mule with a spinning wheel--so says Dallas' own Lyle Lanley

Shearer Delight

The voice of Flanders is the voice of reason, absatively posilutely

Unfair Share

High-pressure sales tactics and promises of fabulous prizes make Dallas-based Silverleaf Resorts the champion of Texas time-shares, but dissatisfied customers say, "Buyer beware"

Disturbing personality

An unsolved string of cat mutilations in North Dallas leaves police and residents wondering who could do such a thing

Combat rock

The Strafers tune in to rebel radio and the Clash's echoes

Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top ... More >>