Bill Knight
Local Commentator-
Progressives and conservatives alike should be outraged at the bipartisan stonewalling and slights that last week culminated in the Illinois Green Party…
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College costs and student loans aren’t being discussed enough, but maybe this month’s increase of student-loan interest rates will start something. Last…
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Two days after Major League Baseball’s annual All-Star Game, the contest at Minneapolis’ Target Field is over but the contest between owners and their…
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Six years ago this week, when George W. Bush was still President, terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, killing six.Ten years ago on…
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As flags unfurl, fireworks explode, and independence celebrated this week, patriotism seems absent from many corporate boardrooms, and an effort to…
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Eighty-five people have more wealth than the poorest 3.5 billion people on the planet.The statistic comes from a recent report by Oxfam, the global group…
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After Republican Eric Cantor lost his primary race to a Tea Party challenger last week, most press prophets seemed either to sympathize with the House…
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Corporations and mainstream media often repeat the “jobs vs. the environment” angle to situations, but that’s a false choice. Instead, the discussion…
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Spring is here. (All together now: “FINALLY!”)We know this not because of temperatures that flirt and flash between freezing and the 80s, or baseball…
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The Illinois legislature’s spring session is supposed to end this week, roads and bridges are deteriorating, and state and federal programs to fund…