Standing for what the IL GOP Should Stand For
By John Biver Because of the incredibly bad state of affairs that currently exists for Illinois Republicans, we’ve been forced to spend a lot of time lately shining light on the root causes of…
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All Politics is NOT Local
According to the Financial Times, Next month’s midterm elections will be the most costly congressional races in U.S. history…[an] estimated $2.6 billion [will be spent]…Republican candidates, parties and advocacy groups would spend $1.4 billion…
Read MoreBad News for the “homosexual rights” movement — Resetting the Proper Context
It has long been an entertaining notion for me that those who promote the advance of the extremist “homosexual rights” agenda see themselves as more enlightened than those of us who defend traditional morality.
Read MoreIntroducing the Golden Handcuff Award
By Bill Zettler Since teachers have the Golden Apple Award I thought it only appropriate to have a similar award for politicians called the “Golden Handcuff Award.” Whereas the Golden Apple recognizes the highest…
Read MoreBad News for the “homosexual rights” movement — Health Realities
It’s bad news for the “gay rights” community: political correctness won’t forever win out over the ugly reality of the many diseases afflicting the homosexual community.
Read MoreBad News for the “homosexual rights” movement — Friends, Family, and Children
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 MoreCompartmentalizing Republicans
Like 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 MoreJohn Kass v. the rest of the Illinois media
We 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 MoreTwo narratives competing for our embrace
There 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 MoreMoney for nothing and chits for free
One 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 MoreHealth Care and the race for Governor
Four 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 MoreIllinois Descending: Life imitating art
Much 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 MoreCJR Daily: reporters – puppets and pros
Little 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 MorePost Labor Day: Is Topinka running as a Republican yet?
We 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 MoreExpanding Gambling: A Failure of Political Leadership
The 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…
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