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  • Father and two daughters Jeffery M Leving
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Why you need to read Ray Hanania’s syndicated columns

Posted on August 22, 2024August 22, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Why you need to read Ray Hanania’s syndicated columns
Why you need to read Ray Hanania’s syndicated columns

Why you need to read Ray Hanania’s syndicated columns Ray Hanania is an award winning columnist but he needs your support. His columns reflects an honesty in political coverage that you don’t often find in American journalism. Watch this promotion on Ray’s commitment to objective journalism and commentary, “even when it hurts.” He needs your…

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Pappas: When it comes to voting on referendums, the few decide for the many

Posted on March 12, 2024March 12, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Pappas: When it comes to voting on referendums, the few decide for the many
Pappas: When it comes to voting on referendums, the few decide for the many

Pappas: When it comes to voting on referendums, the few decide for the many By Maria Pappas If you’ve ever voted, you’ve probably seen one.  It’s a referendum, usually asking you to approve some numbers. A referendum is a proposed law on a social or economic issue on which the people can vote, even as…

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Word of mouth helps homeowner get $6,805 refund for missed exemptions 

Posted on March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 By Guest Columnist 2 Comments on Word of mouth helps homeowner get $6,805 refund for missed exemptions 
Word of mouth helps homeowner get $6,805 refund for missed exemptions 

Word of mouth helps homeowner get $6,805 refund for missed exemptions  By Maria Pappas Word of mouth helped chef Gabriel Miranda of Hickory Hills obtain a $6,805 refund for missed homeowner exemptions. Miranda said he and his wife deposited the money into their savings account. Their monthly bills include private high school tuition for the…

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Right from the Middle: Real estate industry problems weaken Communist China

Posted on February 3, 2024February 4, 2024 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: Real estate industry problems weaken Communist China
Right from the Middle: Real estate industry problems weaken Communist China

Right from the Middle: Real estate industry problems weaken Communist China By William O. Lipinski The enormous economic Red Dragon of the far East, the People’s Republic of China, that had plans to control all the countries on this planet because of its great economy has fallen victim to its own excesses. The world’s second…

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Democrats desperate to undermine Trump’s strong primary election polling leads

Posted on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Democrats desperate to undermine Trump’s strong primary election polling leads
Democrats desperate to undermine Trump’s strong primary election polling leads

Democrats desperate to undermine Trump’s strong primary election polling leads The DNC tried to manipulate the primary election process that has been in place for the past 50 years to weaken Trump and strengthen his Republican rivals. It didn’t work By Ray Hanania Free/Sunday Jan. 28, 2024/ https://Hanania.substack.com In a vote on December 2, 2022,…

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Subscribe to Ray Hanania’s new eNewsletter Political Column

Posted on January 23, 2024January 23, 2024 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Subscribe to Ray Hanania’s new eNewsletter Political Column
Subscribe to Ray Hanania’s new eNewsletter Political Column

Subscribe to Ray Hanania’s new eNewsletter Political Column The cost of an eNewsletter at Mailchimp has gotten out of hand so I decided to move my columns subscription page to a new site at Substack. You can subscribe (free for limited columns or paid for additional special columns) by clicking this link: https://hanania.substack.com/ I have…

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Two Guys on Politics podcast on weakening fight on crime, increased benefits for non-citizens and Biden and Iran deal

Posted on August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 By Ray Hanania 1 Comment on Two Guys on Politics podcast on weakening fight on crime, increased benefits for non-citizens and Biden and Iran deal
Two Guys on Politics podcast on weakening fight on crime, increased benefits for non-citizens and Biden and Iran deal

Two Guys on Politics podcast on weakening fight on crime, increased benefits for non-citizens and Biden and Iran deal Former Congressman Bill Lipinski and columnist Ray Hanania release Season 2 Episode 3 of their weekly podcast on American politics this week discussing the weakening fight against crime in America, the increasing benefits being given to…

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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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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: 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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Two Guys on Politics podcast adds Facebook and Twitter accounts

Posted on December 29, 2021December 29, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Two Guys on Politics podcast adds Facebook and Twitter accounts
Two Guys on Politics podcast adds Facebook and Twitter accounts

Two Guys on Politics podcast adds Facebook and Twitter accounts The Town Guys on Politics podcast, which features commentary from former Congressman Bill Lipinski and former Chicago City Hall reporter Ray Hanania now has a Facebook and Twitter account. Lipinski and Hanania co-host the podcast discussion each week on local, regional and national politics and…

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Repealing parental notification for abortion law deprives girls of fathers’ support  

Posted on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Repealing parental notification for abortion law deprives girls of fathers’ support  
Repealing parental notification for abortion law deprives girls of fathers’ support  

Repealing parental notification for abortion law deprives girls of fathers’ support   By Jeffery M. Leving The Illinois House and Senate just passed a bill which would repeal Illinois’ parental notification for abortion law, and have sent that bill to Governor JB Pritzker for his signature, thus creating a new law. The parental notification law…

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Right from the Middle: The accomplishments of Ronald Reagan “the great communicator”

Posted on September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: The accomplishments of Ronald Reagan “the great communicator”
Right from the Middle: The accomplishments of Ronald Reagan “the great communicator”

Right from the Middle: The accomplishments of Ronald Reagan “the great communicator” Former Congressman Bill Lipinski looks back at the significance of former President Ronald Reagan, called the Great Communicator, and his achievements while in office domestically and internationally. Reagan’s ability to win support from both Republicans and centrist Democrats became the foundation of the…

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Lipinski and Hanania launch the “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast

Posted on August 29, 2021September 1, 2021 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Lipinski and Hanania launch the “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast
Lipinski and Hanania launch the “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast

Lipinski and Hanania launch the “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast The “Two Guys on Politics” Podcast to offer Reagan Democrat Perspectives from Chicagoland’s Southwest Side with former Congressman Bill Lipinski and former Chicago City Hall reporter and syndicated columnist Ray Hanania. Listen to the first episode below Bill Lipinski and Ray Hanania have partnered to offer a…

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Right from the Middle: How we can bring America back

Posted on August 21, 2021August 23, 2021 By William Lipinski No Comments on Right from the Middle: How we can bring America back
Right from the Middle: How we can bring America back

Right from the Middle: How we can bring America back Right from the Middle: Former Congressman Bill Lipinski advocates Americans to reverse the nation’s downward trends that include a very significant decline in America’s religious beliefs and in attendance at religious services, decline in marriages, families, patriotic spirit and individual responsibility. He asks public to…

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Right from the Middle: The Three dictators, Last time

Posted on May 3, 2021November 17, 2021 By William Lipinski
Right from the Middle: The Three dictators, Last time

Right from the Middle: The Three dictators, Last time The process of creating legislation has been undermined by personal political interests and a dictatorship of power that has corrupted the system that was originally envisioned by the Founding Fathers of America, former Congressman William O. Lipinski explains By William Lipinski and Brian Broeking We talked…

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Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy

Posted on May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 By Guest Columnist No Comments on Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy
Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy

Price Controls Punish U.S. Innovators and Economy By Sally C. Pipes America’s biopharmaceutical industry dwarfs most other economic sectors. It’s one of our nation’s single biggest job creators, supporting close to a million positions across the country.  And its products save countless lives each year. Yet for some reason, politicians in both parties seem determined…

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Three weeks of staying home because of COVID-19 and I am ready to break out

Posted on April 21, 2020April 27, 2020 By Ray Hanania No Comments on Three weeks of staying home because of COVID-19 and I am ready to break out
Three weeks of staying home because of COVID-19 and I am ready to break out

Three weeks of staying home because of COVID-19 and I am ready to break out Tensions between husbands and wives are hitting new highs. After being at home for the past three weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, I can understand why frustrations are mounting. I’m ready to escape. Published in the Southwest News Newspaper Group:…

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