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  • Illogical Chicago

    The most powerful word in the English language is BECAUSE. After witnessing the trouncing of facts, logic, and reason in the primary election two weeks ago, it’s time to take a hard look at what it’s going to take to convince Chicago’s voters that things should be better. While there is no panacea, the bottom…

  • Chicago’s Bankruptcy Prophecy Foretold

    It’s been unfixable for over a decade. This is not a new problem: “We are writing today to let you know that the pension crisis has grown so severe that it is now, unfixable,” said the letter co-signed by Miles White, chairman of the Commercial Club; Jim Farrell, chairman of the Civic Committee, and Ty…

  • Can Chicago’s Media Expose Mayor Brandon Johnson?

    Are There Any Smart People at the Intersection of Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Media? In days of old it was the media’s job. Twenty-five years ago every mayoral candidate had to sit down for a full hour every Sunday morning and be prepared for an in-depth discussion on various matters. Back in the day…

  • Reviewing the Impact of Mail-in Voting on Chicago

    What’s really going on with mail-in voting in Chicago? According to the Chicago Board of Elections’ database, as of early August there were 2,115,542 registered voters in Chicago. Of those, 1,570,753 were in active status. Two addresses share the title of having the greatest number of active voters. The first is 2700 S. California; that’s…

  • Invictus

  • Corrupt Civil Rights Leaders Won’t Support School Choice

    So says Juan Williams: “The civil rights challenge of this generation is education,” Williams said. “Dr. King would never allow anybody to buy his silence, to buy him off.” He charged that unions are paying off civil rights leaders like Reverend Al Sharpton so that they will not support charter schools and education vouchers. “Poor…

  • Sun to Flip its Magnetic Field Soon

    The sun’s magnetic field is expected to flip in the next three to four months and it could lead to changes in our climate, storms and disruption to satellites. This solar event only happens once every 11 years and signals what physicists call the Solar Maximum – a time when the Sun’s solar activity is…

  • National Debt (Strangely) Unchanged for 70 Days

    The U.S. national debt for the past 70 days has been stuck at exactly $16,699,396,000,000, CNSNews.com reports, citing the Daily Treasury Statement for July 26.“That is approximately $25 million below the legal limit of $16,699,421,095,673.60 that Congress has imposed on the debt,” the report notes.Fed debt subject to the legal limits imposed by Congress first…

  • More Bankruptcy Coming (to a city near you)

    The top 10 biggest U.S. cities on the brink of pension bankruptcy. #1 Philadelphia – Unfunded liability of $9 billion, $16,696 per household, only 1 year before the pension accounts are empty #2 Chicago – Unfunded liability of $44.8 billion, $41.966 per household, money runs out in 4 years #3 Boston – Unfunded liability of…

  • Feds Ask Web Firms For Account Passwords

    The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users’ stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed. If the government is able to determine a person’s password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could…

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