Articles filed under Politics
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Generation gap makes for interesting debate in Clinton-Obama raceApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems the presidential primary season has outlived its welcome, rather like winter in northern New England where the snowdrifts have delayed our annual appointment wi...
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Governor signs bill to bypass Electoral CollegeApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois is officially ready to bypass the Electoral College in choosing the country's president, but dozens more states would have to join the effort b...
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Congressional hopeful talks to high school classesApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - The Mundelein High School students congressional candidate Steve Greenberg met with Monday are too young to vote, but that didn't stop the Republican hopeful from talkin...
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Turn hope into action -- right nowApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Hope is a fine word, an amazing word. It can be a step, helping you reach a higher level. It can be a crutch, helping you down the road to destruction. It is a word we h...
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Storied Lincoln a frequent loser, tooApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been written about the fact that Jim Oberweis has failed at all attempts to win elective office. But, consider the following: In 1832, he lost his job, being de...
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Voters who have no cause to complainApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - I am so tired of all the complaining going on about sales taxes being too high, gas being too high, property taxes being too high. What did you think would happen when y...
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Holy Name Six exposed hypocrisyApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - The Holy Name Six are being vilified for taking action on the Pope's denunciation of the unethical war and illicit U.S. occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, where countle...
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'John McCain is not a warmonger'Apr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Saturday repudiated a liberal talk show host's description of Sen. John McCain as a warmonger, a comment m...
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Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injuryApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Bailouts offer insult to bad fiscal injury Democrats on Capitol Hill want $400 billion to back problem loans, said a March 30 story. Greed by some in the mortgage indust...
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Gangs, not guns, root of violenceApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Mayor Daley and other civic leaders constantly focus on legislative action to ban guns as a solution to the surge in youth violence we are currently experiencing. Howeve...