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August 2016

August 02, 2016

Not Newsworthy in Illinois? Rauner destroys conscience protections

Last Friday, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law the Orwellianly-named Health Care Right of...

August 01, 2016

Why doesn’t Hillary triangulate?

Three choices. She doesn't want to. She doesn't need to. She isn't able to. As...

July 2016

July 29, 2016

“Stronger Together”? What I heard in Clinton’s speech

Side note: I go back and forth between writing "Hillary" and writing "Clinton." In general, it's...

July 28, 2016

The #DNCLeak: where does conspiracy theory start and end?

The Russians did it, because they want Trump to be president, because he's said he...

July 26, 2016

Why does Trump want the presidency, anyway?

Some possible reasons: A. For his own personal financial enrichment. B. For the ability to...

July 24, 2016

What about a third-party vote?

Should I vote for this man? That's Gary Johnson, of the Libertarian Party. Fellow blogger...

July 22, 2016

J’accuse (#RNCinCLE)

Jeb Bush. Marco Rubio. Ted Cruz. John Kasich. Chris Christie. And all their top-level donors, supporters,...

July 21, 2016

And when neither evil is “lesser”?

After 5 weeks of travelling, staying in equally-many rental apartments, and dealing with jet lag...

June 2016

June 07, 2016

Sanders supporters: you were robbed (sort of)

You know, it's clear that the press is not the objective reporters of fact we...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

The transgender locker room “guidance”, power, and punishment

Here's an article, one of many, about the Obama administration's decree on transgender students: "Obama...

May 13, 2016

Why the Trump nomination won’t tear the GOP apart

How often have you read that this election will end up destroying the Republican Party,...

May 04, 2016

Quick Trump Poll

The next 6 months are going to be filled with debates about whether Clinton or...

May 04, 2016

Whose fault is Trump?

Is it the fault of The Republican Party that Trump is the nominee? Depends on...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Go, Carly!

So this is what happens when you work at home, and have half-an-eyeball on twitter...

April 26, 2016

Update on Illinois: Thank God I don’t live in Palatine!

where the Elementary School District 15 School Board has, as far as I, or pretty...

April 25, 2016

Are Social Security benefits “earned”? If not, what next?

That's the reason, or has, at any rate, always been offered as the reason, why...

April 21, 2016

Another what-if on locker rooms

Look, we all get it: an individual who has transitioned is in a position where...

April 21, 2016

1.2 billion reasons why Rahm Emanuel — well, read on!

Here's an update on Chicago politics for non-locals. Two years ago, George Lucas announced that...

April 20, 2016

Why did pensions die?

At the very beginning of the Ghilarducci book I discussed yesterday, she says, "From the...