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May 12, 2008
It seems that the mainstream media might finally be coming to realize that the soaring prices of commodities is not so much due to reduced supplies or increases in demand but...
May 5, 2008
The oldest axiom in government is that it’s always easier to kill something than it is to pass something. And that was proved true yet again last week when Senate...
April 25, 2008
As we now know, thanks to the New York Times, the military-industrial complex is well represented in the daily television news coverage of the Iraq and Afghan occupations....
April 21, 2008
A poll taken earlier this year for the University of Illinois' Institute of Government and Public Affairs and released last week shows overwhelming public support for...
April 21, 2008
A front-page article in yesterday’s New York Times reminds us of the ominous 1961 warning of President Dwight Eisenhower, a warning that unfortunately the American...
April 17, 2008
In these tough economic times, many of us are struggling to pay our bills and afford basic necessities. With utility prices already difficult for many to afford,
ComEd has...
April 17, 2008
Unfortunately, during his private meeting with President Bush yesterday, it doesn’t seem that Pope Benedict repeated the sentiments on the president’s war on Iraq...
April 11, 2008
John McCain, the Republican candidate for president who dubiously claims the status of war hero because he was imprisoned and beaten after bombing civilian targets in North...
April 7, 2008
It’s difficult to take seriously last week’s House vote to establish a recall provision in Illinois’ state Constitution. An amendment to the constitutional...
March 31, 2008
As most everyone knows, since last week the Iraqi government, supported by U.S. troops and warplanes, has been engaged in fierce battles for control of Basra.
The question,...
March 26, 2008
Editor: For a while, I had decided not to write anything on the Jeremiah Wright/Barack Obama controversy. After all, it’s all been said, hasn’t it? Every...
March 24, 2008
Q: How could Stu Levine, the federal government’s star prosecution witness against mega political insider Tony Rezko, possibly consume $25,000 a month of illegal drugs,...