Articles filed under Politics
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Editorial: The optimism of Franklin RooseveltJan 30, 2022 10:00 pm - Few of us remember Franklin D. Roosevelt, and for those who do, he is a pale memory. Such is the claim time inevitably makes on even the greatest who walk among us. Roos...
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Maybe it's time to consider a permanent site for OlympicsJan 30, 2022 12:00 am - At the first modern Summer Olympic Games in Greece in 1896, Greece's King George I made a modest proposal. Why not provide a permanent site for the games at Olympia, Gre...
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Lake Forest resident seeks to unseat Brad Schneider in 10th Congressional DistrictJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - A Lake Forest resident has announced he'll try to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider of Deerfield. Joe Severino, the founder and president of a private inves...
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North Barrington woman seeks to unseat U.S. Rep. Mike QuigleyJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - A North Barrington woman who ran for a local school board seat last year has turned her sights on Congress. Malgorzata McGonigal has filed paperwork with the Federal Ele...
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Next two years will be true barometer of Biden's successJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - It's been about a year since Joe Biden took office as President and though it's still too early to draw firm conclusions about his performance, it's not too early to dis...
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The weaponization of #MeTooJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - The nasty emails have started to come in, as I knew they would. "Why are you representing a rapist," they begin, and forget about all that Clarence Darrow stuff. "Why yo...
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Lawmakers returning to state Capitol next weekJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers will return to the Statehouse next week for their first in-person sessions since Jan. 4. House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, a Hillside...
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Despite evidence, polls, don't count on any change in BidenJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - The failures of President Joe Biden's first year in office are obvious to all. Inflation is raging. COVID is raging. Crime is spiking in some big cities. The U.S.-Mexico...
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Bill would revamp Prisoner Review Board, make it harder for killers to get paroleJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - A bill introduced in the Illinois House on Thursday would revamp the Prisoner Review Board, the board that decides whether those convicted of felonies will be freed and ...
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U.S. must do better job of reading PutinJan 27, 2022 12:00 am - Now is not a good time to go to war with Russia. The United States just ended a 20-year lost war in Afghanistan five months ago, returning the ragged country to the Tali...