It is past time for the state to act to get these weapons off the streets, and Illinois should set an example for Indiana to follow.

The gun lobby's leaders said today in Springfield that banning assault weapons would injure Illinois economically to the tune of $150 million and cost the state 750 jobs. Are Illinois residents really buying $150 million a year worth of assault weapons? If so, I urge the Legislature to move as quickly as possible on this proposal, because we have a bigger problem than we realized.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

After over three decades of implementation the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has recovered 10 of roughly 1300 listed species nationwide, ... The current law is just not working. TESRA is an innovative approach with bipartisan support that will turn the conflict under ESA into cooperation and refocus the law on actually recovering species. We can and must do better.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The LTTE has tons of money and in the past three years they have regrouped and rearmed with latest weapons smuggled in.