Articles filed under Politics
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Does everyone here really love Obama?Aug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - It could be easily argued that Alice Palmer has every reason to loathe Barack Obama. When Obama was a nobody, the South Side politician took him in and showed him the r...
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Obama introduces running mate BidenAug 23, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware on Saturday as "a leader ready to step in and be president," and the newly named running mate quickly c...
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Link bad for Lake economy, residentsAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm concerned for the citizens of Lake County. Our local economy is stagnant, and what's worse is that our county is resting in the hands of people who have their own in...
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U. of I. to release Obama recordsAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The University of Illinois at Chicago said Friday it is releasing records of Barack Obama's service to a nonprofit organization linked to former 1960s radi...
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That's the ticket: Obama picks Biden for veepAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware Saturday as a man "ready to step in and be president," and the newly minted running mate quickly turned his campaign d...
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There's no doubt McCain is a heroAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - This is in response to John Hurley's Aug. 18 letter regarding Sen. John McCain. He asserts that John McCain is not a hero. I could not disagree more with that statement...
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Can new president solve our problems?Aug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - In this country, the staunch liberals are saddened by what little concern the general public has for the plight of the neediest among us. In this country, the staunch co...
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As a POW, McCain put life on the lineAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - While Sen. John McCain isn't my guy, I must take exception to reader John Hurley's wish (Fence Post, Aug. 18) that "... people would stop calling John McCain a hero." I...
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Seals' energy policy: Been there, done thatAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By those standards we should send the men in white coa...
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Bean a Congressional truantAug 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes missing, Melissa Bean: What member of the suburban delegation to the U.S. House has missed the most votes in the 110th Congress? A Soapbox Dart to Barringt...