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Respect the Meaning in Life, or Watch it Die Away

Last update November 9, 2015Leave a Comment

Few things speak to the meaning we find in life like the symbolism behind Veterans Day. Sacrifice to preserve life for others stands in shocking contrast to the calculated murder of a nine-year old boy1 and the killing of an aspiring model in Chicago.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: Chicago

Prison Pipeline? School Spending is a Political Scam

Last update June 19, 2017Leave a Comment

“Pipeline to prison” is a slogan you are going to hear many times over the next year. What it means is that no matter how much money taxpayers give to schools, kids are going from kindergarten to the big house because we aren’t paying enough.

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Chicago

Illinois Liberal Politics Won’t Stop Chicago Shootings

Last update February 18, 2018Leave a Comment

Liberal politics in Illinois did not prevent Obama’s hometown from becoming a slaughterhouse. Spending for neighborhood projects and community initiatives has not stopped Chicago shootings. After the city celebrated Independence Day weekend with over 80 shootings, the summer has settled into a comfortable pattern of daily news of more shootings to the accompaniment of tiresome calls to end gun violence and take back the city’s worst neighborhoods.

Filed Under: Illinois Tagged With: Bruce Rauner, Chicago, taxes

Sanctuary Cities are No Havens for Taxpayers

Last update June 16, 20182 Comments

Chicago and other big cities have a problem. There are fewer and fewer things left on which to levy fees and taxes. Fortunately for illegal immigrants, being short on cash only encourages sanctuary cities to obstruct federal law. Strong words from Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a speech in Sacramento, California won’t matter to public officials who know that illegals work and spend just like citizens. The problem is that isn’t all they do, but criminal immigrants are not a threat we’ll hear much about from big city mayors beholden to the sanctuary movement.

Filed Under: Immigration Tagged With: Chicago

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