. By Ray Hanania . Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, America began to build up its reputation as the leader of the free world. One of the most important aspects of carrying that title was to lead the fight to champion freedom and to speak out against human rights violations, injustices and government-sanctioned crimes, especially against innocent […]
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion
Labor, business want more infrastructure spending
. By Rich Miller . Three of Gov. JB Pritzker’s appointees to the Illinois Commerce Commission have not yet been confirmed by the Illinois Senate, including the chair, Doug Scott. All three unconfirmed appointees have recently voted against the stated interests of trade unions. Senate President Don Harmon has assiduously courted trade union support and […]
Posted inOpinion
Missing the old days of imagination
. By Ray Hanania . Technology has been a blessing and a curse for our society, especially in the making of movies. Too often technology takes the place of great movie scripts and stories. While the CGI (computer generated images) sometimes can be astonishing, there is nothing like having a great story to provoke your […]
Posted inOpinion
Voters need to stop hiding in the weeds
. By Ray Hanania . Let’s be honest. The choices we have for president next year are very flawed. You can find something you don’t like about every candidate. Some voters will close their eyes to flaws in order to vote against someone over some issue they don’t like, while others will vote for someone […]
Posted inOpinion
Lobbying orgs need to re-think questionnaires
. By Rich Miller . Imagine a lobbyist approaching a legislator and promising that if the member voted for a specific bill the lobbyist would contribute to their campaign committee. Lobbyists have been convicted here for doing just that, going back to at least 1982. Legislators would be violating state law if they made that […]
Posted inOpinion
Get ready to tighten those belts
. By Rich Miller . The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget released a revised state revenue and spending forecast last month for the current fiscal year and it’s pretty good. Its projections for next fiscal year, however, were not nearly as strong. Projected Fiscal Year 2024 revenues have been revised upward by $1.4 billion, […]
Posted inOpinion
Holidays are different today
. By Ray Hanania . When I was growing up, a phrase I am sure younger generations hate to hear is that I really enjoyed Thanksgiving and Christmas. The focus was on family, food and fun. Kids got time off from school, and our parents had time off from work. But instead of going on […]
Posted inOpinion
Start thinking for yourself
. By Ray Hanania . Congress and American politics is like a shell game in which the truth is slid in circle-eights and from side-to-side, replaced by lies, actions that completely contradict what is being claimed. Social Security is a good example of how this federal shell game operates and why Democrats in Congress have […]
Posted inOpinion
Pols fail private-school kids
. By Rich Miller . I don’t know whether or not the legislative Democratic leadership would have allowed a vote, but it is puzzling to me that the people behind the extension of the state’s Invest in Kids Act program didn’t at least try to run a bill that would have wound the program down […]
Posted inOpinion Vedette
Letter to Ed.: Freeman
Dear Editor: Recently, Will County Board Members Mica Freeman released a statement on the hate crime that resulted in the death of a six-year-old boy and the hospitalization of his mother… My district (Plainfield Township) experienced a devastating tragedy this weekend. A six-year-old was killed, and his mother was left severely injured at the hands […]