Illinois highlights under JB Pritzker (all sarcasm intended). The fiscal 2027 budget does not solve Illinois’ underlying structural problems. The core issue is that the state’s revenue base is not growing fast enough to support its spending commitments, and much of the new revenue has come from tax hikes and fund sweeps rather than sustained…
Category: Thoughts
The Press – is there still journalist integrity?
Did you ever ask yourself when investigative journalists, what year, what decade lost their way. I used to love print, the newspaper offered….. well news. In the 19th century a key cultural advance was the professionalization of news gathering, handled by professional reporters. A reporter would have to produce a story based on fact and…
War, what is good for, absolutely nothing
1968 Motown song “War” song by the Temptations posed this eternal question about “War”. War, I despise ’cause it means destruction of innocent lives War, means tears to thousands of mothers how When their sons go off to fight and lose their lives I said, war, good god, now, what is it good for? Absolutely,…
When did viewpoint diversity become a thing of the past?
We have come to a time in our history when it has become increasing difficult if not impossible to have a conversation about topics like politics, gender and religion. Opposing views that used to be a part of engaging conversation and friendly debate have become a catalyst to labeling people with words like racist, hate…