Fletcher Farrar

Springfield

Editor at Illinois Times

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Editors note 5/22/25

2 weeks ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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Editor's Note

3 weeks ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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Editors note 5/8/25

1 month ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

Uneducated in either racehorses or wine, I pick mine by the name. If I saw Lazy Bones Carbernet on the store shelf, I'd buy it to support cleverness. Of course I picked Journalism to win the Kentucky Derby. But I'm not sorry Sovereignty won. In retrospect I think journalism is already getting too much press, as either the cause of the nation's problems or their solution. It's best that journalists stay out of the news to quietly do the work. Sovereignty, on the other hand, is a little-understood word.
Editors note 4/24/25

1 month ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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Editors note 4/10/25

1 month ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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Editors note 4/3/25

2 months ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

Interesting to hear President Donald Trump scheming for a third term, despite the Constitution. One of the ideas is for whoever is elected in 2028 to voluntarily step aside and turn the reins over to him. Sort of like the arrangement he has with Elon Musk. The problem with that scenario is that even unelected presidents must face polls – opinion polls and, indirectly, election polls. After Wisconsin, it is clear Musk isn't doing well in either.
Editors note 3/13/25

2 months ago | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

“St. Louis was shrinking until the immigrants arrived,” according to the March 9 New York Times. The long article details the city’s efforts over the last several years to attract immigrants. In 2023 the region added 30,000 foreign-born residents, almost enough to replace the 34,000 native-born residents who had left. Now parts of the city are thriving with Afghan groceries, restaurants and businesses, and an engineering firm owned by an immigrant from Venezuela.
Editor's Note

Mar 6, 2025 | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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Editor's Note

Feb 27, 2025 | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

It may be too soon, but if things get any crazier in Washington it will be time for level-headed conservatives to start thinking about forming a new political movement, like their ancestors did 170 years ago. Back then the Republican Party was formed by anti-slavery activists; now, what to be against is less clear – oligarchical right-wing populism maybe – but its outlines are sharpening daily. A new movement could begin to form around what it's for.
Editors note 2/20/25

Feb 20, 2025 | illinoistimes.com | Fletcher Farrar

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