Category: National

Community National

Seeing the world today though religious lens helpful

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First of three parts The melting pot is an outdated image of the United States. We need a new metaphor to define the Nation. Cecilia González-Andrieu follows who and how our societies evolve through history and helps identify our early sense of Americanism, wrote the following article for the American...

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Aurora woman’s march October 2

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By Al Benson Approximately 200 protesters, women, men and children, turned out for a reproductive rights rally and march Saturday, Oct. 2, at Simmons Park pavilion in Aurora. Pooja Ravi and Planned Parenthood of Aurora were among organizers. An advance statement said purpose of the event was to rally in...

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Community Government National

Census 2020: Selected communities of 5,000 and more population

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Population Census 2020 DuPage County2020 = 932,8772010 = 916,924• Bartlett2020 = 41,1052010 = 41,208• Downers Grove2020 = 50,2472010 = 47,833• Elmhurst2020 = 45,7862010 = 44,121• Hinsdale2020 = 17,3952010 = 16,816• Glendale Heights2020 = 33,1762010 = 34,208• Glen Ellyn2020 = 28,8462010 = 27,450• Lisle2020 = 24,2232010 = 22,390• Lombard2020 = 44,4762010...

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National Opinion

Never too late to help: Linking in a force for good

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By John W. Whitehead “War is over. If you want it.” —John Lennon If ever there were a year filled with an abundance of bad news and a shortage of good news, 2020 would take the prize. Between the toxic political theater, pandemic scares, nationwide lockdowns that smack of martial...

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Government National

Priority: Let’s focus on making American free again

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By John W. Whitehead You can map the nearly 20-year journey from the September 11, 20001 terrorist attacks to the COVID-19 pandemic by the freedoms we’ve lost along the way. The road we have been traveling has been littered with the wreckage of our once-vaunted liberties, especially those enshrined in...

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Racism, gender, social justice, Aurora Public Library topic June 20

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In response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. May 25, The Aurora Public Library will be host to an event to address racism, the intersection of race and gender, and social justice in our current social and political climate both nationally and locally. We are inviting leaders...

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Money National

Warren Buffett’s plan would end deficit spending with reforms

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Mitchell Nemeth writes for the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) and gives readers some facts regarding our national debt. Warren Buffett responds by telling CNBC he could end deficit-spending in five minutes. Nemeth writes: “If there is any takeaway from these unsuccessful attempts to reduce spending, it is that federal...

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Government Health Money National

Society today: Pulled apart

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At a recent dinner party, it was wondered why our society appears to be pulling apart. I observed that sometimes unfortunate consequences flow from otherwise benign changes. I illustrated with a “tale of two families,” both known to me in my rural central Illinois setting. When I was a boy...

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Health International National

Mother Nature at work: Problems of population, diet

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From the vault, November 13, 2014, revised: Swine flu. Asian bird flu. West Nile disease. Remember the hue-and-cry over these threats to public health? Whatever happened to them? They seem to have disappeared off of our radar. But, wait! There’s a new, even more deadly, threat on our radar. It’s...

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Government Money National

A financial nightmare in the U.S.

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By John W. Whitehead Let’s talk numbers, shall we? The national debt, the amount the federal government has borrowed over the years and must pay back, is $23 Trillion and growing. The amount this country owes is now greater than its gross national product, all the products and services produced...

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Community Government National Opinion Political

We can get along after presidential election best U.S. view

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By John W. Whitehead Listen: We don’t have to agree about everything. We don’t even have to agree about most things. We don’t have to love each other. We don’t even have to like each other. And we certainly don’t need to think alike or dress alike or worship alike...

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Government Money National Political

Concerns of candidates and socialism

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February 9, 2020Dear editor; Don’t you just love the double standard by the Democrats? If it had been Donald Trump’s son kicked out of military service for cocaine, there would have been headlines three inches high reporting that Trump got his kid got a job paying $87,000 per month for...

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Community Government National

Aurora Public Library grant for Census 2020

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Aurora Public Library received a grant for $10,000 from the Reaching Across Illinois Library System’s (RAILS) Census 2020: It Counts! grant project. Aurora Public Library is a subrecipient of the funds awarded to RAILS from Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s administration and the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS). In applying...

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Government National Opinion Political

Red-flag gun laws can add to government power

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By John W. Whitehead “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution We never learn. In the right (or wrong) hands, benevolent plans...

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Military National Opinion Political

Choice facing U.S.: Non-democratic empire, or, democracy

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By John W. Whitehead It’s time to bring our troops home. Bring them home from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea, and Japan. Bring them home from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad, and Mali. Bring them home from...

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Environment National

John Kerry, Arnold Schwarzenegger, declare war on climate change

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Writer Justine Calma submitted the following article to The Verge: “They launched their new initiative today along with A-list celebrities. “Former U.S. secretary of state John Kerry and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared war on climate change. The two led an all-star cast of lawmakers and celebrities to launch...

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Government National Political

U.S. political parties extend freedom-ending USA Patriot Act

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By John W. Whitehead “It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.” —Thomas Paine Although Congress subjects the Nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful, death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: Although...

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Government National Political Religion

Western freedoms at risk with Islamist candidates for political offices

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Abdelnasser Rashid, 30, announced his bid Sunday, Oct. 27 for Cook County Board of Review as an independent democrat in 2020. Rashid is the chief policy officer for Cook County assessor Fritz Kaegi. He ran for Cook County Commissioner office in 2018 and almost won. It was so close a...

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Government National Opinion

On helping our Nation: End silence, pay blessings forward

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By John W. Whitehead Once again, it’s been a hard, heart-wrenching, stomach-churning kind of year. It’s been a year of hotheads and blowhards and killing sprees and bloodshed and takedowns. It’s been a year in which tyranny took a few more steps forward and freedom got knocked down a few...

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