Articles filed under Politics
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York: Democrats seem delusional about the weak hand they holdDec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Sen. Joe Manchin's announcement that he will not support the Democrats' giant spending bill should not have been a surprise to anyone who has been watching for the last ...
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Kamala Harris is a liabilityDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - Here's a depressing thought. The three people most likely to appear at the top of the November ballot in 2024 are President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and f...
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Against the religion of 'woke anti-racism'Dec 22, 2021 12:00 am - "If you pull the camera back and think about 1965, and think about last week, there's been massive improvement. The question is why so many people pretend that that's no...
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Editorial: Board is right on one point: Expand consolidation opportunities statewideDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - The McHenry County Board appears poised to approve today a measure seeking to void or modify a state law making McHenry alone among Illinois' 102 counties where voters ...
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We can find a way to define the 'common good' in AmericaDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - I still remember a question I got years ago. It was at a public meeting in southern Indiana, in one of those squat, featureless cinder-block buildings you find all acros...
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Why parents shouldn't rely on Santa for big Christmas giftsDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Between the breaking news reports from the tornadic devastation in the Midwest, I worked on Christmas crafts with my kindergartner. The juxtaposition of hardship and the...
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Summit will involve students in search for unity on Illinois issuesDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - Is the notion of "One Illinois" a reasonable hope, a noble aspiration or an impossible dream? The Paul Simon Public Policy Institute is inviting Illinois college student...
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Inflating the costs of government's fiscal irresponsibilityDec 19, 2021 12:00 am - Inflation has reached its highest level in decades. While we're not yet in a situation like we had in the 1970s - and we can hope that the Federal Reserve will regain co...
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Editorial; George Orwell's America and the 2020 electionDec 18, 2021 1:00 pm - We try not to wade into national politics too often, but anyone who has lived in the United States for any length of time surely understands these are not normal times. ...
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Suburban immigration advocates push to include immigration reform in Build Back BetterDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Members of the Round Lake-based immigration advocacy group Mano a Mano marched with hundreds of other advocates in Washington D.C. last weekend, urging that a pathway to...