The limits of the resistance
— January 31, 2018Chuck Schumer started a government shutdown he couldn’t finish. The New York Democrat, among the shrewdest operators in national politics, stumbled badly because he succumbed…
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Peoria native, former Sox slugger Thome gets call to Hall of Fame
— January 24, 2018Jim Thome absolutely adored his hometown of Peoria, where a close-knit, sports-minded family favoring the Chicago Cubs produced a Hall of Famer with 612 career homers. “I love Peoria….
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Obscene distortions
— January 24, 2018Is it me, or has anyone else noticed that when someone is exposed for wrongdoing, the responses all seem similar? No matter whether someone is overheard saying something racist, credibly…
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Money seems to trump everything in elections
— January 24, 2018I get the feeling we may be witnessing the end of an election system that goes back more than 2,000 years. Election to public office in the ancient Roman republic was defined by the…
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Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 17, 2018ROCKFORD Council backs capital improvement plan The Rockford City Council has approved the third largest Capital Improvement Program in the city’s history, including infrastructure…
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Trump’s s***storm
— January 24, 2018The world fell on Donald Trump’s head — yet again — when he said in a White House meeting that we should be trying to get immigrants from Norway rather than s***hole countries…
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Winnebago County News Briefs
— January 24, 2018ROCKFORD Park District cuts close $1 million deficit The Rockford Park District last week cut programs and services and approved measures to increase revenue in a bid to close a $1…
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Warm leads to soggy snow sculptures at annual competition
— January 23, 2018Winter was conspicuously absent for the final days of the 32nd annual Illinois Snowsculpting Competition at Sinnissippi Park last weekend. Sunshine and temperatures in the…
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