Nobody seems to be talking about security. It's a non-issue at the moment. I'm shocked.

Nobody seems to be talking about security. It's a non-issue at the moment. I'm shocked.

I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play.

I don't want to get behind any more. If we can possibly play, we'll play.

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, read more

I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. - The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience. - The Most of Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966.

A supreme social challenge.

A supreme social challenge.

I am responsible only to God and history.

I am responsible only to God and history.

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to read more

With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to pull that string tight at one time through all of them, we'd make a lot of headway.

I hadn't really thought about it, but I wonder how many people spent the same kind of days here a read more

I hadn't really thought about it, but I wonder how many people spent the same kind of days here a hundred years ago.