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A serious debate about the extremist “homosexual rights” agenda is often hindered by those who can’t handle any discussion about morality. Too many people, as professor and author Gertrude Himmelfarb once said, “are embarrassed even by the idea of passing moral judgments in private affairs” or of “such judgments in public affairs.”
Read MoreLike former President Clinton, many Illinois Republicans have an uncanny ability to “compartmentalize.” They can take — their pro-life views, their support for defending traditional marriage, their opposition to the extremist “gay rights” agenda, their opposition…
Read MoreWe note that a few recent John Kass columns have included references to the Republican nominee for governor of Illinois. On September 20th he had this to say in answer to a letter writer: Judy won…
Read MoreThere are two narratives competing for our embrace: Blagojevich’s big victory is guaranteed – or Topinka still has a chance. They’re both represented by polls announced this week. It was funny to receive an email…
Read MoreOne of the greatest ongoing challenges facing legislators has been summed up many times, including by writers in previous centuries. In the first half of the nineteenth century Frederic Bastiat wrote in his book “The Law” about…
Read MoreFour years ago in the Illinois race for governor candidate Rod Blagojevich was upfront in his views and posted it on his website: Rod Blagojevich favors the goal of creating a universal health insurance…
Read MoreMuch of the 2006 race for governor in Illinois is surreal. We’d hoped things would never get this bad. As of now the general election looks more like a Democrat Party primary. The best…
Read MoreLittle by little the Illinois press is waking up to the fact that they’re being played by the Illinois public school establishment. Every now and then a media outlet will question something a school district…
Read MoreWe picked up a radio show this past Sunday evening and heard one of the most tepid half-hearted endorsements of Topinka’s Chicago casino plan that’s been given to date. What’s amazing is that it…
Read MoreThe principles of the Republican Party platform provide direction on most if not all issues. Traditional values, personal responsibility, limited government, free market economics — all rightly defined — point the way. On these pages we’ve…
Read MoreAt any time Speaker of the State House Mike Madigan can end this governor’s race with a one-sentence statement to the press: “Judy Baar Topinka’s plan to put a casino in Chicago is going…
Read MoreThe human capacity for hope is amazing indeed. We know, because we once had hope about the Old Guard of the Illinois Republican Party. At the latter part of the last century a man named George…
Read MoreThere are signs that Republican voters will be staying home in record numbers this November. Can anything be done in the next 80 days to avoid this?We think it isn’t too late to make…
Read MoreWithin the past couple days, the Illinois Family Institute and the Topinka Tattler listed bullet points comparing and contrasting the two major party candidates for Illinois governor this November. As a public service…
Read MoreThe press is probably not welcome, but the rest of you are: Judy Baar Topinka – Volunteer Opportunity Please join us at the Citizens for Topinka Chicago Campaign Headquarters (312 West Randolph) on Tuesday,…
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