Articles filed under Politics
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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Democratic politicians act as though theirs are the only interests that count in IllinoisNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - A government operating on the principle of by the people, for the people, means we are citizens, not subjects. Government exists by our consent, following due process of...
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Health report shows Washington press corps' different standard for BidenNov 24, 2021 12:00 am - If you have any doubt about whether the White House press corps has a different standard for President Joe Biden than for former President Donald Trump, consider the pre...
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Panels may not end politics in redistricting, but they're better than what we use nowNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The most famous person from my hometown of Marblehead, Massachusetts, is a former vice president of the United States by the name of Elbridge Gerry. Gerry is, fairly or ...
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Biden stimulus failures could produce 1920s-style Republican victoriesNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - What's wrong with the economy? Nobody seems quite sure, but it's clear that the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed in March, on top of the $900...
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'I am truly sorry,' DuPage Democrat says after tweets tying parade tragedy to Rittenhouse verdictNov 23, 2021 12:00 am - The former social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County apologized Tuesday for tweets she made after the Christmas parade tragedy in Wisconsin. In one...
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Will Rittenhouse verdict affect open carry laws in Illinois?Nov 22, 2021 4:30 am - Illinois has a blanket ban on open carry, and experts don't foresee a change
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DuPage Democrat under fire for saying Wisconsin parade tragedy was 'karma' for Rittenhouse acquittalNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - A Downers Grove woman has resigned from her position as social media director for the Democratic Party of DuPage County after coming under fire for a tweet she wrote aft...
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Congressional candidates who were to take on Kinzinger announce they're changing districtsNov 22, 2021 12:00 am - Two candidates who had been campaigning to unseat U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger in Illinois' 16th District are setting their sights on new targets. Republican Jack Lombardi o...
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Behind the Curtain: Do adjectives add to news bias?Nov 22, 2021 12:00 am - What if we tried to produce a whole day's paper without using any adjectives? A reader who used to write us regularly, the late Stan Zegel, put that challenge to us in r...