Concerning Data Centers

By Charlie Johnston Our reader and commenter, Judy, brought up the growing controversy over data centers being sited all around the country. Working a political campaign, I realized just over a year ago this month, what a huge issue data centers were likely to become, so I have done a lot of study on the […]

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We Were Polling Along…

By Charlie Johnston When I was running a group of Chicago-area weekly newspapers, I occasionally brought volunteers in to run polls on heated local races, under my supervision. It worked out well. The furthest we were ever off from the final result was less than 3 points. There is a bona fide science to classic […]

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Daleiden Releases Game Changer

New Documentary Reveals How Abortionist Prey on Vulnerable Young Women – Not Only the Babies the Abortionists Extinguish This morning, David Daleiden released a powerful new documentary detailing how abortionists prey on vulnerable young women. He has been working on it for about a year. It follows a young couple and how they were brutally […]

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Birthing Pains

In the brief run-up to the American Civil war between Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration and the start of hostilities, the new president was visited by a host of “peace committees,” urging him to let the rebellious states go in peace, forming two countries from one. Lincoln believed such a peace would only be illusory, setting off […]

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We Hold These Truths…

By Charlie Johnston In America we settle disputes with ballots, not bullets. Fascists use bullets and violence to get their way. Communists use coercion and force to achieve their aims. Authoritarians rig elections to make their depredations look genuine. In America, we settle disputes with ballots, not bullets. But we have the biggest fascist, communist, […]

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Imitate Him

By Charlie Johnston I am repeating my traditional story of Good Friday today, “Epitaph.” But first I want to recall one of the two most odd Easter Masses I have ever participated in. It was 20 years ago at a parish in the far north suburbs of Chicago, a different one than I would usually […]

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