As many of you know who follow us on Facebook, our church and the Brocton Christian Church have been holding combined drive-in services since Easter Sunday. It was Brocton’s idea and…
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We first began hearing about COVID-19 or the Wuhan Virus in January when the government warned against travel to China because of a pneumonia-like infection in the Wuhan Province. President…
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In the 19th century, successful entrepreneurs were sometimes called “robber barons”, especially if their wealth and corporations were built on “unethical or unscrupulous practices” Several of these established business or industrial…
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Another day and we are closer to two more “orders” from our governor, JB Pritzker, to follow to get us out of this nightmare virus. These are simple: the stay at home…
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I recently read a column which began with the sentence. “Democrats are evil.” That is a pretty stark statement and one which should not be made lightly. One must first, of course, believe…
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The Democratic Party has long touted itself as the party of the disenfranchised, the working class, the minorities, and of science. But in actual fact, they have historically never been any…
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No doubt you have heard in the media about the VA study which suggests that using hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 patients had no positive benefits for the patients or made…
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I have been a follower of history and politics for many years. My age is shown when I admit to remembering the 1956 Presidential campaign, and was unhappy that in 1960…
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On March 8, 1962, at a joint House/Senate Republican press conference, discussing a bill to add a billion dollars to the federal payroll, Senator Everitt Dirksen of Illinois quipped, “A…
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By now every two bit philosopher has written about the coronavirus pandemic, giving their sometimes insightful, sometimes inane take on the little critters we call bacteria or virus, and how…
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