Articles filed under Politics
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'Proportionality' and the challenge facing Biden, EuropeJan 19, 2022 10:00 pm - No one is sure what Vladimir Putin is going to do. Smash and grab, inflicting pain on Ukraine and then a pull back? March to Kyiv? Artillery or missile strikes across th...
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Joe Biden's lies may not even be in his partisan interestJan 19, 2022 12:00 am - How do you explain why an ultra-experienced politician makes a major speech on the behalf of a legislative goal that is both doomed to fail and unpopular with voters? Es...
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Let's talk about Bruno - lessons from Disney's 'Encanto'Jan 19, 2022 12:00 am - My son could not wait to see the new Disney movie "Encanto." We saw it in the theater on Thanksgiving Day and then bought the soundtrack and counted down the days until ...
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Senate sets stage for showdown on voting rightsJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - The Capitol candlelight vigil for the mob attack on Congress gave way to a Senate showdown on voting rights - a scene straight from the heart of darkness. Timed for the ...
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Illinois Senate Republicans offer 'voter empowerment' amendmentsJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republicans in the Illinois Senate have again introduced a package of proposed constitutional amendments that they argue would give voters more of a direct...
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Is underwear now a criterion for judging rape?Jan 18, 2022 12:00 am - The most unusual thing about the decision of a Quincy, Illinois, judge to throw out the conviction of an 18-year-old man who raped an unconscious 16-year-old girl is tha...
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Speaker names new House budget negotiation teamJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch announced a new House budget negotiation team Tuesday, led by House Majority Leader and chief budgeteer Greg H...
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GOP pushes back on Democratic 'Big Lie'Jan 16, 2022 12:00 am - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Tuesday to push their party's bill to federalize U.S. election procedures on terms favorable to ...
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Finding gratitude in the little gifts of online learningJan 16, 2022 12:00 am - By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp The omicron variant of COVID-19 has surged to the point that many school districts are back to remote learning. When the transition was announce...
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Editorial: The life of Martin Luther King Jr.'s DreamJan 15, 2022 1:00 pm - From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in his "I Have a Dream" speech 59 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. expressed guarded optimism about the future of racial just...