Steve Balich Conservative Activist
Can a person remember being born?
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Staffing centers criticize schools for not addressing skills gap
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
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A professional recruiting company says the nation’s public schools aren’t giving students the opportunity to learn skilled vocational trades.
As unemployment hits record lows...
Why do so many people die shoveling snow?
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Every winter, about 100 people in the US die while shovelling snow. Why?
A study looking at data from 1990 to 2006 by researchers at the US Nationwide Children's Hospital recorded 1,647...
Senate passes landmark prison reform bill marking a major bipartisan win for Trump
Tens of thousands of inmates could earn faster release
The bill drew a stunning coalition, with even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signing on. (Associated Press) more >
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Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability. Read more..
The ’60s Radicals Won the Culture War
Victor Davis Hanson / @VDHanson The Daily Signal
Unfortunately, the wounds of the '60s have not healed with the graying of the 1968 generation. (Photo: Ryan Jorgensen/agefotostock /Newscom)
Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian...
Plastic Straw Ban Crusades Are About Progressive Virtue Signaling, Not Practical Solutions
Jarrett Stepman / @JarrettStepman
Plastic straw bans are becoming more common throughout the United States. (Photo: Ralf Hirschberger/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom)
Jarrett Stepman is an editor and commentary writer for The Daily Signal and...
Ben Sasse’s Wise Counsel for a Lonely, Polarized Country
Alexandra Hudson
In his book "Them," Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., says we must recover our love of community and family if America is to survive. (Photo: Joshua Roberts/Reuters/Newscom)
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The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition. Read more..
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The Republicans took of the House with with a mandate to stop Obamacare funding. They did not even try; as I now see the Democrats stopping the wall with control of only the House. Republicans were told we need...
