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Withers: This is it

James Withers — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:00:08 +0000

For this final post, let’s return to the first. It was September 2007. We were Visiblevote then. The staff was me, Jay, Pauline Park, and John Polly of NewNowNext. My first post was a(...)

Neff: Farewell to readers

logointern1 — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:21:16 +0000

Sci-fi author Ray Bradbury and I grew up in the same place, a far north Chicago suburb called Waukegan on the maps and Greentown in one of his novels.

Bradbury isn’t a journalist, but I apply(...)

Neff: Pledging allegiance – to justice

logointern1 — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:08:02 +0000

Some days I might say the Pledge of Allegiance three times.

That’s how it goes for a news reporter on the local government beat — meetings open with a bang of the gavel, a call to order,(...)

Neff: Intolerance and a cup of coffee

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:49:47 +0000

Proximity to a high school seems a logical choice for a new coffee house, but a brew spot in Springfield has some leaders in that Massachusetts community worried.

Some Springfield school and(...)

Neff: Top of the holiday wish list – DADT’s repeal

logointern1 — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:27:46 +0000

Former Army Sgt. Darren Manzella spent three Christmas holidays in the Middle East on deployment with the U.S. Army First Cavalry.

He spent three Christmas holidays away from family and(...)

Neff: Buying gifts that are also good for gay rights

logointern2 — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 13:40:48 +0000

Maybe you were among the 138 million shoppers who rushed the stores on Black Friday and the weekend that followed Thanksgiving looking for discounted HDTVs, e-readers, toys and sweaters.

Or(...)

Neff: Will the televised Prop 8 trial change everything?

logointern1 — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:55:23 +0000

My parents over the years have told a story of how the Watergate hearings brought them closer together.

My dad, until that tumultuous time in the early 1970s, used to have lunch in the(...)

Neff: Love, marriage and the law

logointern1 — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:15:16 +0000

The day we learned that the Mexico House of Representatives voted to amend the nation’s social security rules to allow medical and social benefits for same-sex couples, we again were reminded(...)

Neff: How to repeal DADT now

logointern1 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:06:13 +0000

The midterm madness has ended.

We lost a number of pro-equality lawmakers Nov. 2, including Patrick Murphy, the Democratic congressman who has championed the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t(...)

Neff: 150 Obama-appointed gays and (not) counting

logointern1 — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:00:12 +0000

I had a “so what” moment last week.

A news release came into my Mail application, one of maybe 100 releases to arrive October 26th. The headline heralded, “Obama appoints record number of(...)