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End all ties to Communist China now or pay the consequences later

Posted on July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on End all ties to Communist China now or pay the consequences later
End all ties to Communist China now or pay the consequences later

End all ties to Communist China now or pay the consequences later By William O. Lipinski At all times in dealing with the Chinese communist we must remember, it is an anti-democratic, totalitarian, human rights abusing, ideologically communist state. A brutal, barbarian regime totally committed to world domination. A dictatorship that not long ago massacred…

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Right from the Middle: Who are Ukraine’s greatest supporters next to America?

Posted on July 15, 2023February 4, 2024 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Who are Ukraine’s greatest supporters next to America?
Right from the Middle: Who are Ukraine’s greatest supporters next to America?

Right from the Middle: Who are Ukraine’s greatest supporters next to America? By William O. Lipinski The United Kingdom is resolved to spend $2.53 billion in aid to Ukraine, second only to the United States, whose contribution at the present time stands at $25.45 billion. Poland is third with its aid to Ukraine standing at…

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Right from the Middle: We must return to Americanism to strengthen our nation

Posted on June 24, 2023July 15, 2023 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: We must return to Americanism to strengthen our nation
Right from the Middle: We must return to Americanism to strengthen our nation

Right from the Middle: We must return to Americanism to strengthen our nation By William O. Lipinski In just three short years, our America the Beautiful will celebrate its two hundred and fiftieth birthday giving us  a very short time to  capture the Spirit of Americanism that our founding fathers believed  in and  practiced. The Americanism gave us…

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Lipinski Foundation All American Eagles presents Patriotism Awards

Posted on April 29, 2023April 29, 2023 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Lipinski Foundation All American Eagles presents Patriotism Awards
Lipinski Foundation All American Eagles presents Patriotism Awards

Lipinski Foundation All American Eagles presents Patriotism Awards The All American Eagles program is extremely proud and very happy to present to Jeffery J. Kranig the Eagle Head Award for countless acts of patriotic community involvement and unlimited devotion to our land of liberty and fortress of freedom. The following are some of Mr. Kranig’s…

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Right from the Middle: Newt Gingrich helped fuel America’s political polarization

Posted on February 3, 2023February 4, 2023 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Newt Gingrich helped fuel America’s political polarization
Right from the Middle: Newt Gingrich helped fuel America’s political polarization

Right from the Middle: Newt Gingrich helped fuel America’s political polarization By William O. Lipinski Our country must come together, we have far  too many challenges  domestically and  internationally to continue to be so divided.   Some people say the great divide starred back in the Golden days of radio, the 1930s  and the 1940s.  …

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Right from the Middle: Return semi-conductor and chip-making industries to America

Posted on January 15, 2023February 4, 2024 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Return semi-conductor and chip-making industries to America
Right from the Middle: Return semi-conductor and chip-making industries to America

Right from the Middle: Return semi-conductor and chip-making industries to America By Bill Lipinski A little over a month ago, I wrote a column praising the President Biden administration’s awakening to the need for our Land of Liberty to once again lead the world in the development and production of computer chips, semi-conductors and chip-making…

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Right from the Middle: The China threat to Asia’s Democracy

Posted on January 9, 2023February 4, 2024 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: The China threat to Asia’s Democracy
Right from the Middle: The China threat to Asia’s Democracy

Right from the Middle: The China threat to Asia’s Democracy By William O. Lipinski Anyone that has read my columns in the past know that I have been a strong advocate of keeping a sharp eye on China. They are a totalitarian country ruled by a Communist party with the goal of world domination. First…

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Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill

Posted on December 16, 2022February 4, 2024 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill
Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill

Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill Former Congressman Bill Lipinski looks back at President Ronald Reagan’s efforts to undermine the communist rise in Nicaragua and how Communism continues ot upward growth threatening the West and America today By William O. Lipinski Back in the nineteen eighties when I…

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RoseMarie Lipinski Foundation offers 2023 scholarship for women to attend college

Posted on November 20, 2022November 20, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on RoseMarie Lipinski Foundation offers 2023 scholarship for women to attend college
RoseMarie Lipinski Foundation offers 2023 scholarship for women to attend college

RoseMarie Lipinski Foundation offers 2023 scholarship for women to attend college The RoseMarie Lipinski Foundation is offering a $10,000 scholarship to a woman who is seeking to return to or start college, Foundation President William O. Lipinski announced this week. Lipinski said the scholarship, which is named after his late wife and awarded to one…

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Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together

Posted on November 13, 2022November 13, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together
Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together

Right from the Middle: Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together With Midterm elections nearly completed, it time that Americans start looking for more moderate voices to represent them in politics and avoid the far Right and the far Left. The polarization in American is destruction to the country By…

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Keeping a close eye on China and semiconductor production

Posted on October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Keeping a close eye on China and semiconductor production
Keeping a close eye on China and semiconductor production

Right from the Middle: Keeping a close eye on China and semiconductor production By William O. Lipinski I am extremely happy to see, besides aiding and assisting Ukraine in so many ways in their gallant defense against Russia, Our Land of Liberty is keeping an eye on our real dangerous adversary China. One area where…

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Democracy is dead in Illinois as one-party control grows

Posted on October 15, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski 1 Comment on Democracy is dead in Illinois as one-party control grows
Democracy is dead in Illinois as one-party control grows

Democracy is dead in Illinois as one-party control grows By William O. Lipinski The midterm elections are just around the corner, so I thought it was time for me to say were I think things stand at the present. In Illinois, I can’t see where the republicans win a single statewide office. The Illinois Republican…

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Immigration needs more than reform, it needs to be fixed

Posted on October 5, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski 2 Comments on Immigration needs more than reform, it needs to be fixed
Immigration needs more than reform, it needs to be fixed

Immigration needs more than reform, it needs to be fixed By William O. Lipinski We have an anonymous problem with illegal aliens coming into our Land of the Free and home of the Brave. This is not new, it has been going on for over a decade, if not longer. Our political parties won’t or…

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Right from the Middle: My disappointment in both Republicans and Democrats

Posted on September 21, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: My disappointment in both Republicans and Democrats
Right from the Middle: My disappointment in both Republicans and Democrats

Right from the Middle: My disappointment in both Republicans and Democrats Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats are bringing the country together and leaders of both parties are fanning the flames of division and anger. President Joe Biden’s recent speech in which eh attacks Republicans only helped to push the two sides apart By William…

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Two Guys on Politics podcast analyzes failings of Biden’s partisan speech

Posted on September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Two Guys on Politics podcast analyzes failings of Biden’s partisan speech
Two Guys on Politics podcast analyzes failings of Biden’s partisan speech

Two Guys on Politics podcast analyzes failings of Biden’s partisan speech Two Guys on Politics podcast hosts former Congressman Bill Lipinski and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania took President Joe Biden to task during their weekly podcast on Sunday Sept. 4, 2022 for using his speech as a political attack against Republicans and…

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Right from the Middle: America must stand up to China and defend Taiwan

Posted on August 17, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: America must stand up to China and defend Taiwan
Right from the Middle: America must stand up to China and defend Taiwan

Right from the Middle: America must stand up to China and defend Taiwan By William O. Lipinski How do we handle the challenge presented by the recent visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Taiwan and China? In a previous column [of May26th] I presented what I believed to be a very formidable defense Taiwan now possesses…

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Right from the Middle: Can we win the war in Ukraine?

Posted on August 3, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski 2 Comments on Right from the Middle: Can we win the war in Ukraine?
Right from the Middle: Can we win the war in Ukraine?

Right from the Middle: Can we win the war in Ukraine? Before America should enter any war, they should have a clear strategic plan developed on how to win that war. Our record of winning wars has been marred by many failures over the decades including most recently our withdrawal from Afghanistan where the terrorist…

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Right from the Middle: Extremist political views challenge the religious freedoms of Americans

Posted on July 20, 2022October 18, 2022 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Extremist political views challenge the religious freedoms of Americans
Right from the Middle: Extremist political views challenge the religious freedoms of Americans

Right from the Middle: Extremist political views challenge the religious freedoms of Americans Extremists in American politics are undermining this great nation in order to pursue their own agendas which challenge the fundamental principles defined by the U.S. Constitution and the spirit of Americanism By William O. Lipinski The anti-America political movement whose policies will…

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