Democrats’ attitude fuels ‘the party of no’
Mindless of the din arising from the crowds of supposed hicks, reactionaries, bigots, dupes and dolts gathering to bring down their party, Democrats have coined what they believe is a...
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Can Chicago function as a democracy?
It didn't take long after Mayor Richard M. Daley announced his retirement that talk began turning to his "heir apparent," or at least the lack of one. Why hasn't he...
Bush-era rate cuts launch a taxing debate
From Eric, to Dennis: In May 2001, four months into President George W. Bush's first term, Congress passed across-the-board tax cuts despite the fears of most Democrats and a few...
The only issues worth discussing
Forget about gun control, energy, abortion, public safety and all the other issues that are cluttering up the Illinois gubernatorial race. The only things that matter in the race between...
Hey, Eastern pundits: Stay out of our mess
From the Eastern heights come directives to go easy on Illinois corruption. The Washington Post decreed that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald should silence his "moral thunder" and not retry Rod...
Pension check may not be in the mail
Illinois public employees who think the state constitution guarantees that they'll get all their pension benefits may have another think coming. Politicians' and public labor unions' assurances aside, there's another,...
Stumbling all over academic freedom
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently allowed itself to be bullied by an anonymous student into firing a faculty member. All because the course content "offended" the student. It's...
Democrats vs. Crenshaw
This is about deaf people. The deaf politicians and the rest of the political class, who, oblivious to the tumult growing around them, continue to do the same stupid things...
Why is viewpoint discrimination OK?
Lost in all the bickering over the (correctly decided) Supreme Court's snuffing of Chicago's handgun ordinance is another (incorrectly decided) high court decision trashing other freedoms enumerated in the Bill...
What to do with all that wind?
A quiz about wind power: 1. Who runs America's biggest wind farm? (A) Cannon Power Group, (B) General Electric, (C) BP or (D) Terra-Gen Power. 2. Where is it located?...