Court Ruling Against Rahm Emanuel Devalues Service

Rahm Emanuel would probably be the best mayor of Chicago, considering who is running for the office. But that’s not why the ruling yesterday of the Illinois appellate court is so egregiously wrong. It’s because the decision totally devalues service to our country.
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Advice for the House Class of 2011 From Their Revolutionary Predecessors in ’95

It is one of the most celebrated and historic classes in congressional history — not the one seated Wednesday but the last group of Republicans who took over the House after the 1994 midterms. With 73 GOP freshmen, that class was smaller than this year’s group, which boasts 87 new Republicans elected in November. But members of the historic ’95 class contend their takeover was more significant because it was the first time Republicans had been in control of the House since the Eisenhower administration.
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Arizona Shooting Shouldn’t Stop Government Openness

The tragic events in Tucson this weekend have focused attention on a lot of things that need to be examined—dialing down political rhetoric and hate speech, tightening gun control laws, and having better systems in place to address the problems of the mentally ill.
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