Thank goodness all Davenport taxpayers are not like River Gulf Grain. If Davenport’s residents harbored the gall of their riverfront tenant, it’s likely no taxes would be paid. Residents would just ignore city notices. Drivers would floor it past speed limit signs. Rules, laws, agre…
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The holiday season doesn't sneak up on Quad-Citians. It arrives in grand style on schedule with a celebration that reaches out to everyone in our community.
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The not-so-subtle subtext in our national health-care reform debate is about reshaping medical service delivery to be preventive, proactive and focused on wellness, not just treatment.
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Just 12 days ago on the weekend before Veterans Day, U.S. flags lined the Illinois 84 corridor through Thomson, snapping in the breeze and welcoming the pass-through traffic. Neat displays of pumpkins and cornstalks sat in front yards. The large apple barn on the town’s north end advert…
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We hope young animal rights activists Carrie Feldman and Scott DeMuth don’t stay in jail too long. We kind of admire their gumption, even if their ethics and tactics seem a bit screwy.
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For seven years, Thomson, Ill., residents and leaders have pleaded, begged and lobbied for 1,600 of Illinois’ worst convicted felons. Last weekend, their dream came true.
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Sawdust, the heavenly turf of the circus, is scattered in the center ring. Smell the popcorn. Be awed by the young woman on the flying trapeze. Welcome, children of all ages, to “Tent No. 63” at Festival of Trees.
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“We (should) wrap him in bacon and deep fry him at a state fair while Lee Greenwood stabs him in the face.”
Nov 21, 2009 | 1:30 am | Loading…
I have joined an elite club that I’d rather not belong to.
Nov 20, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 - not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic.
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Kevin Johnson, a 17-year-old Rock Island High School student, looks up while mounding the vanilla ice cream for a hot fudge sundae at Lagomarcino’s in Moline. The soda jerk says, “I can talk when I’m not so busy.” He sounds apologetic for not granting me the time.
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Nearly every Republican these days calls for tax cuts and lower deficits, and in the same sentence. Point out that these goals clash — that taxes pay for government and not paying for government causes deficits, and the Republican counters, “We must shrink government, instead.”
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“My friend, Jean Hutchinson, and I were eating lunch in the cafeteria at Genesis West where we are auxiliary members,” says Paula Blinkinsop, Davenport. “The weather was awful — windy, cold and rainy. As we ate by the cafeteria window, we saw a bright green parakeet perched outs…
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Dear Doug: I thought you might like seeing a few of the cars I played with when I was a kid. They were made by the Corgi Co. I have a dozen or so and I still have the box for the James Bond car. Are these real valuable?
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