Monday, August 11, 2014

Rauner reaches out to deprive Quinn of black voter bloc in upcoming election

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Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Rauner made a point earlier this year of touting the number of African-American ministers willing...
Friday, August 8, 2014

Does Trot mean more than Richard? Is Milhous merely a Simpsons character?

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It has been 40 years since the date that Richard M. Nixon became the only U.S. president to voluntarily leave office – resigning the ter...
Thursday, August 7, 2014

To listen to the business-oriented types, Walgreen’s should have left Illinois

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I’m always suspicious of people who rant and rage about our local governments being anti-business. They have an attitude that at times see...
Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Can rural really prevail over Chicago?

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I remember my first college roommate, a native of downstate Normal, explaining to me the downstate perception of Chicago by telling me a la...
Tuesday, August 5, 2014

We're lucky that Lake Michigan water isn’t all “Erie” like that in Toledo

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I experienced a sense of relief Monday morning when I learned that local officials once again proclaimed their water supply safe for drink...
Monday, August 4, 2014

BRADY & CALLAHAN: Blasts from political past, or our present loss?

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The Illinois political scene lost a pair of individuals who provided a sense of institutional memory in the form of officials who went on to...
Friday, August 1, 2014

Rauner leads Quinn; is that shocking at this stage of Ill. electoral game?

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I do believe one bit of truth is coming out of the assorted results of polls commissioned for the Illinois governor’s race – Republican chal...