As we get closer to the March 20, 2012 primary election in Illinois, I wanted to review the races in each congressional district, to see who’s running and who’s likely to win. Here’s my review. 1st Congressional District – this south side Chicago district is heavily Democratic, and will likely continue to vote for incumbent…
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2012 Update: Illinois Congressional Districts
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2012 Update: Who is Gary Johnson?
He’s not as good-looking as Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Sarah Palin or Paul Ryan (do you know how often I begin to call him Ryan Paul, or even Ron Paul—what kind of guy has two first names for a name?). He’s not as ugly as Chris Christie, Newt Gingrich or Mitch Daniels. So, I guess we can chalk up his average looks as another point against him.
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National Equal Pay Day
Today is “National Equal Pay Day,” as advocated by the National Committee on Pay Equity, and proclaimed by President Obama. The idea is to highlight the difference in pay between women and men. On average, women make $0.77 for every $1.00 men make. April 12, 2011, is the day that the average woman would have to work to earn the same amount that the average man earned in 2010.
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Protecting Children?: Thoughts on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
I got an email fowarded to me from the ParentalRights.org (“Protecting Children by Empowering Parents) about the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is a “civil rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children,” according to Wikipedia. It hasn’t been ratified by the United States, primarily because of religious and conservative opposition
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Election Post-Mortem
Taking a page from Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post (though he did his before the election), here’s my election post-mortem:
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