The Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly and the Chicago City Council and are struggling to rally support for their so-called progressive agendas. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune) Editorial Board  May 7, 2016 Sea change usually doesn't wash over the political environs of...
After Puerto Rico’s collapse, is your city or state next? By Jon Cassidy  /   June 6, 2016  /   News  /   9 Comments           This island of 3.6 million is losing residents, who are fleeing massive government...
As the Democratic National Convention kicks off today, we decided to get Hillary Clinton supporters on-the-record about the progressive principles of equal treatment and equality of outcome... and how they apply to the Democrat nominee for President. Try to Follow the Logic....
AFSCME HEALTH BENEFITS, WAGES OUT OF SYNC WITH WHAT ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS CAN AFFORD   By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner 6/25/2016   Health insurance premiums for the average Illinoisan have risen dramatically over the past several years. Copays have also spiked, and access to doctors...
Wealth is now debt Posted on October 24, 2016 by GS EarlyViews: 545 27 Shares Debt has become the currency of the world at this point. No longer is money the prime driver of individual, national or corporate wealth. It seems that now that...
There were four offenders convicted of drug crimes released on parole in Wilmington during 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette. Read more..
Watch now. http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCFGx7Vvphk Governor Rauner has used his amendatory veto on Democrats' School Funding Bill. They say that Rauner and Republicans are hostile to Chicago schoolchildren. Has Democrat rhetoric on school-funding changed at all in the past 40 years? What's next for...
ALLOWING MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUST BE PRIORITY FOR ILLINOIS MARK GLENNON  June 7, 2016 OPINION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGExrTcRcs In the dozens of articles you probably read in the last few months about our fiscal crisis, what’s the universal omission? A solution. No analyst, officeholder or commentator has...
WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted...
MAY 15, 2013 @ 09:57 AM   Forbes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33i_BAhuiE0 Many observers have pondered if the United States is following the same troubled path as Argentina.  In the 1940s, Argentina’s Juan Domingo Perón used government agencies for political gain and created a...

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