Guest Commentary
Beating a dead horse? Hardly. “The government is us; we are the government, you and I.” Theodore Roosevelt The last thing most of us want to hear is more about [...]
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Posted October 03, 2012in Guest Commentary
Posted September 28, 2012in Guest Commentary
Chicago and the psychology of teacher bashing
In a deeply unequal society, the affluent will always sneer at public services and the men and women who provide them. Last year, state lawmakers in Illinois did their best [...]
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Posted September 19, 2012in Guest Commentary
Guest Commentary
Here’s a milestone of sorts. In July, for the first time since 1998, the House of Representatives voted to maintain the current military budget rather than increase Pentagon spending. It’s [...]
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Obama’s smokescreen obscures smart energy policies
The Obama energy team recently got pelted from an unlikely source. In a CNBC interview, billionaire oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens lambasted the President for not doing enough to promote [...]
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