In 1887, Scottish history professor Alexander Tyler wrote this about the fall of the Athenian (Greek) Republic approximately 2000 years ago:
“A Democracy is always temporary in nature; it cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
OPINION…by Rich Gurka
Sur-prise; Sur-prise; Sur-prise!
As everyone knows, on 16 June of this year, three inmates escaped from the White County jail in Carmi, Ill. by using a pipe from within a jail shower area to break a large hole in an exterior wall of the jail building. The inmates, dressed in civilian [Read more…]
IS A $500 FOID CARD IN OUR FUTURE?
By Rich Gurka
I recently spent $101 to renew the license plates on my vehicle, in order to have the PRIVILEGE to drive that vehicle on Illinois roadway; gotta do that every year. [Read more…]
R.D. Moore, life well lived
A tribute, by Rich Gurka
On New Year’s Eve, a real American was laid to rest at the White County Garden of Memories. Raymond “Doug” Moore, a lifelong Carmi resident, was 92 years old. Don’t we all pray that God gives [Read more…]
OP ED – Fundraising or Begging?
On July 17, a local news source reported the following:
CHILD STRUCK AT INTERSECTION DURING FUNDRAISER
On July 15 at 9:29 a.m. an 8 year old child from Norris City was struck by a vehicle while the child was standing DIRECTLY on the centerline (of the highway) with a cone on the centerline as well.
Andrew C. Inboden of Broughton, Il. was (as reported) the driver of the 1999 Chevy truck that struck the child.
Thank GOD, it seems that at this point the child will be OK.
