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October 2005
Coming or going? Comfortable and reliable passenger trains used to run in Illinois, and they might again if Congress quits arguing about Amtrak and starts talking about trains.

September 2005
Pipe dream? States try to snuff out meth on their own

July/August 2005
Like five wise old sisters, the inland seas have stories to tell and lessons to teach

June 2005
No Secrets: Someone knows more about you than you know they know

May 2005
Paul Simon ESSAY

Civic Virtues: Moral imperatives grounded in religion call us out of ourselves

April 2005
Baby's about to retire: The "youth generation" is going gray, creating a new image of senior citizens and a fresh set of complications in the workforce.

March 2005
Bioethics: The beginning and end of life

February 2005
The New World of Work: Retooling, Outsourcing and Downsizing

January 2005
Planning for Illinois Future:
Why can't politicians behave like the work-for-tomorrow ant instead of the live-in-the-moment grasshopper?

December 2004
Postmodern past:
In the new millennium, historical interpreters search for new ways to reach a point-and-click generation

November 2004
Hard times:
When the economy takes a dive, smaller towns take a bigger hit.

October 2004
Vote 2004
Building Blocs:
Successful political campaigns nail down the bases, then stack up interest groups. But sometimes this construction is a matter of chance



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Illinois Issues Celebrated its 30th Anniversary
September 30, 2005
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FEATURE

Uncle Sam's pocket by Pat Guinane
Where there's federal cash, the states choose to follow, losing rights along the way.

ESSAY

Great mystery by James Krohe Jr.
Leadership doesn't derive dependably from personality, or belief, or rank. It isn't inborn, but a gift. A gift from whom? The times, Fate, the stars, the rolled dice.

FEATURE

United by faith, separated by race
by Joseph Ryan
Eight charismatic evangelical Christian leaders want to join forces to save souls and serve the poor. But forging this army of God won't be easy.

REVIEW ESSAYS

Who has the power? by Aaron Chambers
The framers of the Constitution agonized over delegating authority to declare war. The question is still open to debate.

Courtroom drama by Daniel C. Vock
Do daily proceedings at 26th and California illustrate injustice at the hands of the criminal justice system?

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK by Peggy Boyer Long

We should fall through the looking glass

STATE OF THE STATE by Pat Guinane

Government service isn't supposed to be about helping yourself

BRIEFLY

Giant grass grows into green energy idea

Heat wave boosts cases of West Nile

State faces more budget woes

COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Competition is stiff for top administrators

PESIDENTIAL PARK
Work starts in Springfield on last stage of museum complex

COURT RULINGS
Gambling, Contraceptives, Fees

State pays on lapsed leases

Governor wants to cover all kids

DINOSAUR HUNTERS

UIC prof goes to Africa to study AIDS

SCENIC BYWAYS
Feds put two Illinois roads on national list

Bison bones rewrite state's prehistory

Smithsonian names UIUC as an affiliate

SIUC team adds detail to Trail of Tears map

Landmark Chicago store to lose name

PEOPLE

CUB chief to head ICC

HONORS AND AWARDS
Steven Goodman, Todd Martinez, Kevin Murphy, and Olufunmilayo Falusi

Lincoln museum director tapped for 9/11 site panel

Fire marshal resigns

New guardian

Governor's choice

State board staff shifts

Pate Philip Park

Sox win series

ENDS AND MEANS by Charles N. Wheeler III

Is the governor scoring political points? Or are his intentions aboveboard?

ILLINOIS ISSUES 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Retrospectives
Three decades of public affairs journalism
PART 1: Welfare reform, Tax caps, and Capital punishment
PART 2: Patronage rulings, Cutback Amendment, Judicial subdistricts
PART 3: Energy resources, Water commerce, Economic subsidies
PART 4: Editorial cartoons, Public art, Political fiction, Classic architecture, Web literature

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