Silvis, Illinois is truly a one- stoplight town. There are some members of my family that have lived there for over a decade. My family used to take kids up to play at Schadt Park in Silvis. I still know of family friends/kids that play and/or walk that region of town. Yet just days ago [...]

Wendy McElroy thinks the next US revolution, if it comes, will be more like the French Revolution rather than our original revolution of 1776: “America has become a society of elites. Specifically, those in the political class who enjoy endless economic bounty that comes from the sweat and ...

Health care is going to be in the news this month and I got tired of listening to half-truths, lies, and projections from both sides of the political fence. I had assumed we had a world class health care system that was the envy of the world. This turns out to be partially true; our health care system [...]

ARMY BASE HOLDING 4TH ANNUAL SPRING HOLD’EM TOURNEY (Editor’s Note: This is one of the coolest poker tournaments in the Quad-Cities Area! And, with 5,000 starting chips and 30-minute levels, it offers great playability, too. Admittedly, I’m a bit partial to this event ...

Here are a few shots from today's parade. The weather was better than some years, worse than others. Overcast, misty, almost Irish weather...Third Street, before the parade. You never know what you're going to see in a QC St. Patrick's Day Parade. Irish Santa, and the weinermobile made appearances ...

Well, folks, we have a new twist in the case. Elijah Reid has filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court, Rock Island, seeking $17 million because he claims Rock Island County Jail correctional officers Jeff Stulir and Bryan Browne did not let him use the jail’s law library, though Judge ...

When I last checked there we were only 2 days 22 hours and 12 minutes from the Colts and  Saints Super Bowl game. I guess it would be almost unpatriotic to try and find out what was happening in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq during the game. Too bad so many of our young men and women, the older ones in ...

In this morning's Moline Dispatch newspaper columnist Scott Reeder opines that the National Association of Latino Elected Officials must not know the Bible as well as he does. The group is trying to encourage immigrants to participate in the 2010 census and are distributing posters to ...

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