A point worth repeating: 700 years is a lot of time
Not long ago we did a little math – and the numbers we added up are worth revisiting since the total hasn’t changed. The cumulative years of service of the Republican members of the…
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No consensus sought regarding what consensus means
ABC 7 News quotes Topinka commenting on Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman’s primary loss: “As you drum out the moderates of the Democratic party, and Republicans have a tendency to do it to their moderates…
Read MoreIt’s really not that complicated
A “big box” regulation passes the Chicago City Council…BP Amoco shuts down a pipeline and gas prices rise…property taxes or income taxes rise or there’s a threat to raise them…Topinka issues an “economic plan.”…
Read MoreRepublicans and Democrats breathlessly await “new ideas” on education from Topinka
We struggled to come up with a headline for this post. We filtered out a few before arriving at the one chosen above. Our favorite was: “Topinka proposes radical idea: take yet more money from working…
Read MoreStep One: admit you have a problem
One of the failed gubernatorial candidates from last March’s Republican primary rejected some good advice about a year ago. The simple suggestion was to admit that Republicans have been a part of the problem…
Read MoreMideast, Midwest, over there, over here
Our concentration is typically focused on Illinois political and governmental matters. National issues – and especially foreign policy – we leave to our allies with larger budgets and bigger staffs. Occasionally, however, events occur or words are…
Read MoreWho says we can’t cut spending in Illinois?
Government spending history keeps repeating itself because those who get elected think they’re there only to serve the interest groups clamoring for access to ever more tax dollars. It’s a problem at all levels of government. The personality…
Read MoreWho says public education in Illinois is under-funded? We’ve Got the Answers
One of the most enduring and popular Illinois myths is that government-run “public” education in this state is under-funded. We’re regularly reading reports of a “budget crisis” here or a “shortfall” there – and calls for…
Read MoreHow to win elections and influence turnout
Tomorrow is August—so time is running out on U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald—he only has a little more than three months left to win this campaign for Topinka and Birkett. Speaking of poor strategic decisions on…
Read MoreOne former Edgar advisor reveals the mind of Topinka
There’s at least one former advisor to Jim Edgar that’s being honest in an assessment about the problem with Blagojevich—and in so doing, implying the solution Topinka would bring. A year ago Mike Lawrence, who heads…
Read MoreOne of the Republicans’ biggest problems
Yesterday in an editorial the Belleville News-Democrat yelled at the Blagojevich administration for it’s “cavalier” attitude regarding Illinois’ fiscal realities. Part of the problem, the editorial stated, is due to “all his spending.” The editorial referenced a…
Read MoreNot fair and balanced: what the mainstream media would never report
By John Biver Here’s the opening of his obituary from the New York Times: C. Socarides, Psychiatrist, Dies at 83 December 28, 2005, Wednesday Dr. Charles W. Socarides, a well-known psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who…
Read MoreBad News for the ‘homosexual rights’ movement — Gender Identity Disorder
The subject of Gender Identity Disorder involves a lot of discussion that, to say the least, borders on the ridiculous. Because of this I want to make it clear up front that this is not a parody.
Read MoreThe Plight of the TriSexual
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The four-letter acronym GLBT has left out one very angry group that promises to go on an anti-Western Culture rampage if society doesn’t quickly recognize and embrace them.
Read MoreTopinka’s first “idea” turns out to be a dud
By John Biver What kind of “Economic Plan” do you propose if you’re running for governor after serving a quarter century in state government but still have no idea what to do about the…
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