U-Turn or just an bob and weave

CNN is reporting that the United States agreed to begin negiotations on global warming. Well, first off, as I look outside at the snow and think about the ice and snow so far this year, I wonder if there is such a thing. Granted, we haven’t had much snow in the past few years save [...]

Northward Ho!!

I wonder if the Okies in the late 1800s looked like some people in Peoria. All poised at the border and waiting for the whistle to zing over to claim land. Probably not, but it’s amazing as the Journal Star points out today. Empty stores on Pioneer Parkway. The comments seem to lay blame with [...]

Boogie wonderland

Not the Earth Wind and Fire rendition but the one that we see on our roads every day here in River City. Jonathan Ahl noted the silliness of Route 6recently. Upon reading this post, I asked why isn’t Route 6 just part of 474.  Apparently, it’s called Route 6 still because it ends at a [...]