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Henry Hazlitt’s book, “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics“ is an excellent read that conveys what you need to know. In fact, if you have ever considered running for…
Read MoreABC 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 MoreNot 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…
Read MoreWe 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 MoreA “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 MoreOne 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 MoreOur 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 MoreGovernment 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 MoreOne 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 MoreThere’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 MoreTomorrow 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 MoreYesterday 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 MoreBy 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 MoreThe 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.
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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.
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