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Pat Fitzgerald for Illinois governor. Or Chicago mayor.

Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney for Northern Illinois, blazed a trail right into the slammer for an entire catalogue of the state’s politically corrupt. Now that he is retiring after an unprecedented (for Illinois) decade of integrity, he said at a press conference on Thursday that he would like to remain in public service of some... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
Friday at 11:01 am
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The left, including Obama, abandons women in Afghanistan

Want to see a real “war on women?” Wait until 2014 when U.S and NATO forces effectively leave Afghanistan to the whims of the bloodthirsty Taliban. The savagery will make the alleged Republican sins against women — as politically motivated Democrats have charged — pale in comparison. The Taliban’s strict enforcement of Sharia law, or Islamic law, has resulted in what can... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
Tuesday at 11:45 am
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Another statistical link between abortion and breast cancer disclosed

What better place is there to measure whether breast cancer and abortions are related than in China with its one-child-only policy? Some did just that and found evidence that induced abortions indeed are related to an increased risk of breast cancer—a risk that increases when a woman has more abortions. This finding was published in... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
Monday at 1:17 pm
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Calculate your public pension

Want to know how your own private sector pension plan compares with a similar job in the public sector. Go here  to figure it out. You can name your imagined public sector job, your average salary and your retirement date. Let’s run an example for, say, a teacher in Illinois. Using hypothetical salary numbers, let’s... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
Monday at 12:24 pm
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War of 1812 (remember?) bicentennial events listed

Yes, the war was fought here, in Chicago Just a fortnight until the bicentennial of the beginning of the War of 1812, and it hardly gets a notice. It might be America’s most forgotten war, but clearly it was one of the most important wars in our nation’s history. Find out why by going to... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 19, 2012 at 1:26 pm
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Twenty great jobs that don't require a college degree

CareerCast, an online job board, has put together a list of good jobs that don’t require a college degree. Not that there’s anything wrong with a college degree, but some young people might have concluded from all the ballyhoo about the need for a college degree to pursue a career path that they’ll eventually regret... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 19, 2012 at 12:50 pm
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Obama's past behavior not an issue, but Romney's is?

Word that billionaire Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts planned to bankroll a campaign ad that highlighted the  race-baiting by President Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., has occasioned  wide-ranging and well-publicized denunciations, even from the apparent Republican nominee Mitt Romney. For some, Obama seemingly cannot escape his past. Same for Romney. Allegations that Romney bullied... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 18, 2012 at 4:03 am
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Why Wrigley Field must be destroyed

Here’s a great read about why the Cubs won’t win until they tear down Wrigley Field. The real “curse” isn’t Billy Goat, but the ball park itself. I always thought it was a dump anyway, offending the sensibilities of certain fans who regarded the place as some sort of shrine. A shrine for losers, if... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 15, 2012 at 9:14 pm
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Barack Obama wins World War II

Well, no. But President Obama does equate what he has “accomplished” with the achievements of presidents as far back as Calvin Coolidge. Check this out: Many of President Obama’s fervent devotees are young enough not to have much memory of the political world before the arrival of The One. Coincidentally, Obama himself feels the same... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 15, 2012 at 8:48 pm
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Pro-Choice Activist Gets Prison for Sending Pro-Lifers Death Threats

Death threats don’t always come from the right, as this article in LifeNews.com points out. Father Frank Pavone , director of Priests for Life, made this observation: Pavone added, “From the point of view of my work as a pro-life leader, I also take this opportunity to point out that violence and threats of violence... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 15, 2012 at 3:08 pm
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