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In case you missed it from the University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Political Science and the Illinois Integrity Initiative of the University of Illinois’ Institute for Government and Public Affairs: For a…
Read MoreThe “war on drugs” is mostly big business for government—the more “wars” there are the more tax dollars and bureaucrats needed. Law enforcement officials love all the expensive toys they get to play with….
Read MoreLest there be any doubt about whose side Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is on… Sound financial management clearly wasn’t a concern to any party involved in the recent contract negotiations in Chicago Public Schools….
Read MoreIt’s called freedom. It’s called liberty. Right now what we have is tyranny in education. From the National Review: “Won’t Back Down,” released in theaters [Friday, September 28], has teachers’ unions furious because of…
Read MoreFriends, this is how Republican candidates should sound on every issue. There are many good quotes—here are just three: “I talk often about the ‘Corrupt Party’ (the Democrats) and the ‘Stupid Party’ (the Republicans),…
Read MoreFrom the Daily Caller: Taxpayers spent $1.4 billion dollars on everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining President Obama and his family last year, according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded…
Read MoreFolks, this example explains every single thing in government at all levels. When I write about my extensive dealings with dishonest and/or incompetent people during a quarter-century in politics and government, this is what…
Read MoreI just started reading the book “Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind” by Mallory Factor with Elizabeth Factor, and sure enough, only a dozen or so pages into it it’s just…
Read MoreMy friends, it’s high time for our society to stop the praise and worship of public school teachers. The fact is, they’re worse than politicians. The politicians are honest about cashing all those PAC…
Read MoreMichelle Malkin, as usual, says it nicely: Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis walks, talks and barks like a rootsy Occupy Wall Street activist. But this Big Labor loudmouth who’s leading the abandonment of…
Read MoreHere’s an excerpt from Steve Malanga’s Manhattan Institute look at what can only be called theft. The teachers were over-promised over-priced pensions taxpayers cannot afford and should never pay: Chicago Teachers Union representatives said…
Read MoreA friend sent me links to the two subscriber-only Wall Street Journal articles with the above headlines—here are excerpts from each: According to the union’s own figures, the average Chicago public school teacher makes…
Read MoreThe decades old problem of the public schools isn’t going to be solved until we outlaw public sector unions and restore liberty in education by instituting 100% school choice so parents are empowered and…
Read MoreFrom the Heritage Foundation: This election year, millions of Americans will donate to the political candidates and initiatives of their choice at the local, state, and federal levels. But for unionized workers, union dues…
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This just jumped to the top of my own read-next list… Now Available: Shadowbosses by Mallory Factor: History shows that when government loses its connection with the people, the people soon become the servants…
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