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Blog posts by Nancy J. Thorner Wednesday

Tale of two neighboring states: A failing Illinois and a Wisconsin success story

Two articles were published in tandem, but a day apart, detailing the out-of-control and severe financial status of Illinois. I suspect that the Chicago Tribune's article came first in the lineup on Thursday, January 19, Topinka: Illinois' Unpaid Bill Crisis Just Keeps Getting Worse, and that it served as the spring board for the following day's opinion piece on January 20 in The Wall Street Journal, The Greece Next Door, which contrasts Illinois's credit rating downgrade to positive…See More

Blog post by Nancy J. Thorner Monday

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Investments in solar and wind by Invenergy reflect Illlinois's misguided energy policy

The following article in the Chicago Tribune by Julie Wernau in the Business Section on Wednesday, January 18, ComEd to receive more solar power, captured my attention: "Beginning in July, Commonwealth Edison Co. customers will receive more power from the sun, thanks to a solar project under way in LaSalle County. The 23-megawatt project by Chicago-based Invenergy LLC, using technology from General Electric Co's renewable arm, will be the largest solar project in the Midwest"…See More

Blog post by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 22

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How to Murder a Superpower

By Alan CarubaIt is the crime of the century that America, home to some of the world’s greatest reserves of coal, natural gas and oil, is being deliberately destroyed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior as they do everything in their power to restrict access and drive energy…See More

Blog post by Alan Caruba Jan 22

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Blog posts by Alan Caruba Jan 19

Longer entry about: Repealing the Illinois tax rate hikes is a given with its failure

A Tribune article by reporter Monique Garcia on Sunday, January 15, had this unseemly title: A year after income tax hike, GOP slams Democrats. And why wasn't the Republican action merited? The law to raise the personal tax hike from 3% to 5% and the corporate tax from 4.8% to 7% was passed in a Lame Duck session of Illinois's 96th General Assembly on January 12, 2011 without a single Republican vote. But it did receive the support of almost every legislator who retired a few hours later or…See More

Blog post by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 17

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Obama's "Fairness" is Pure Communism

By Alan CarubaIt is clear that Barack Obama’s main campaign theme is going to be about “fairness.” This is one of those words like “hope” and “change” that can mean many different things to different people. No one can ever accuse Obama of clarity. He is a consummate sloganeer, but the results of those slogans…See More

Blog post by Alan Caruba Jan 16

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Blog posts by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 16

Saluting all American Legion Posts for their dedicated and unselfish good works in their communities

Featured on January 12 in the Pioneer Press: Lake Forester Saluting American Legion McKinlock Post 264 for its service to Lake Forest youth and veterans and all American Legion Posts for their dedicated and unselfish good works to their communities by Nancy J. Thorner, Citizen Reporter.My Introduction to Lake Forest's McKinlock Post 264 of the American Legion When I was approached to write an article about Lake Forest's McKinlock American Legion Post 264, there was no hesitation on my…See More

Blog post by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 13

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Blog posts by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 12

Blog posts by Alan Caruba Jan 12

Part one: "Media disregards DOJ filing of health care legal brief with Supremes"

Two important events were missed during the week of January 2nd because of the frenzy over the reporting about the the Republican presidential candidates and Obama's unconstitutional recess appointments. Below is Part one. Part two will be posted tomorrow and will zero in on Obamacare waivers. Part one: Media disregards DOJ filing of health care legal brief with Supremes (with frenzy over state election contests)With all the hub bub and media frenzy in the week of January 2nd over the…See More

Blog post by Nancy J. Thorner Jan 10

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Quinn not such a good climber, as he digs Illinois further into debt

The first words of Doug Finke’s article published in the Jan. 15 State Journal-Register, “Facing a tough climb on pensions,” left my head spinning.

Finke attributed the following quote to Gov. Pat Quinn: “There is a major mountain to climb this year and I’m…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 25, 2012 at 12:26pm

An attempted image change is not in the cards for the Chicago Sun-Times

From the get-go in the Sun-Times surprising Editorial of Monday, January 21, Why we will no longer endorse in elections, the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board made quite clear that the newspaper was founded in 1941 by Marshall Field III to counter here in the Midwest the partisanship of Col. Robert McCormick and his Chicago…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 25, 2012 at 11:18am

Trib denies Newt's Alinsky-Obama connection allegation

Tribune reporter, Kate Thayer, is guilty of failing to do her homework when writing her article, 'Radical' Alinsky on Gingrich's radar, published on Tuesday, January 24, in which Thayer deduced that Saul Alinsky was not a radical and that Gingrich should essentially back off from his untruthful rhetoric. …

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 25, 2012 at 10:30am

Climate Change alarmism falsely promoted at Tribune

A Tribune front page article by reporter Michael Hawthorne on Sunday, January 22, titled, CLIMATE CHANGERS, named two coal-fired plants owned and operated by Midwest Generation, Crawford and Fisk, as a key source of greenhouse gas contributing to Climate Change. Listed also were 18 other big industrial emitters of greenhouse gasses in the Chicago area.

My reaction to…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 25, 2012 at 10:27am

Tale of two neighboring states: A failing Illinois and a Wisconsin success story

Two articles were published in tandem, but a day apart, detailing the out-of-control and severe financial status of Illinois.

I…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 22, 2012 at 8:55pm

How to Murder a Superpower

By Alan Caruba

It is the crime of the century that America, home to some of the world’s greatest reserves of coal, natural gas and oil, is being deliberately destroyed by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior as they do everything in their power to restrict access…

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Posted by Alan Caruba on January 21, 2012 at 6:55pm

Investments in solar and wind by Invenergy reflect Illlinois's misguided energy policy

The following article in the Chicago Tribune by Julie Wernau in the Business Section on Wednesday, January 18, ComEd to receive more solar power, captured my attention:

"Beginning in July, Commonwealth Edison Co. customers will receive more power from the sun, thanks to a solar project under way in LaSalle County.

The…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 21, 2012 at 8:06am

New Jersey's Conservative Renaissance

By Alan Caruba

It was quite a sight. The Republican Governor of New Jersey strode into the cavernous legislative chamber in the Trenton statehouse, filled mostly with Democrats, and proceeded to receive one round of applause after another.

Chris Christie is rotund in a way that suggests you…

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Posted by Alan Caruba on January 18, 2012 at 2:24pm

The U.S. is on a Suicide Watch

By Alan Caruba

In 1991, the Soviet Union, arguably the greatest experiment in Communism, collapsed. After Mao Zedong died in 1976, his successors moved to shift its Communist economy to one that embraced Capitalism while retaining centralized government control.

Following World War Two, the recovering nations of Europe were rescued from Communism by the Marshall Plan, but adopted Communism-Light in the form of Socialism. The U.S. was…

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Posted by Alan Caruba on January 17, 2012 at 4:54pm

Longer entry about: Repealing the Illinois tax rate hikes is a given with its failure

A Tribune article by reporter Monique Garcia on Sunday, January 15, had this unseemly title: A year after income tax hike, GOP slams Democrats. And why wasn't the Republican action merited?

The law to raise the personal tax hike from 3% to 5% and the corporate tax from 4.8% to 7% was passed in a Lame Duck session of Illinois's 96th General Assembly on January 12, 2011 without a…

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Posted by Nancy J. Thorner on January 17, 2012 at 9:26am