From The Chicago Sun-Times: “The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rose from 10.5 percent to 11 percent between September and October, bringing the rate to its highest mark since August 1983. As recently as October 2008, the ...

Here is a video of the late Willy deVille singing Ry Cooder's song "Across the Borderline." (You may have heard other covers of the song by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Freddy Fender or others.) Listening to the lyrics makes me realize how deeply American it is for someone to cross the Rio Grande ...

These are some neat little vehicles. They are called street legal bumper cars. That seemed like a goofy name until I tried to come up with one on my own. Personal motorized devices and single seat transportation pods just didn’t sound right. After a little research I found out they go back to at ...

I took Thursday as an escape from normalcy day and went to Great Escape Movies Theater in Moline to watch the new movie 2012! I was not disappointed. I really like the Moline theater for the most part. The Davenport Showcase Cinemas should feel ashamed and must feel bathroom envy. The GEM parking is ...

There’s still time to protect your freedom and tell the government you’re mad as hell and not going to take its latest intrusion into your life. But not much time. We’re only 10 days away from the scheduled Dec. 1 enforcement of the ill-conceived and freedom-curtailing ...

I'm involved with the Hilltop Campus Village project, which is part of Main Street Iowa's Urban Neighborhood District program. Basically the idea is to inject new life and create more of a campustown feel in the general area between Ripley and Perry, and between 5th and Locust. As part of this ...

I vaguely remember what it was like to live in a carefree world. Where every day brought the potential for excitement and the promise of tomorrow brought hope for an enchanting future. A world where dreams could come true if you just wished on a star. Where you could put on a pair of Nikes and JUST DO IT, ...

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First Ward Alderman Terry Brooks has delineated an area west of 15th Street to 12th Street and South of 9th Avenue  to 18th Avenue as a "war zone. Apparently it is news to many of the residents who don't read The Argus or Quad City Times newspapers. A drive through the neighborhood on August 20 ...

Jeff Ignatius is a bad-ass commentator. He summed up the entire Rock Island School Board fiasco better than anyone. Kudos Jeff. Read the entire political summary on the Rock Island School Board and Rick Loy’s heavy-handed, profiteering here in the River Cities Reader.