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Businesses Leaving Illinois
by Daniel Nardini I saw another headline in a local newspaper about Caterpillar Inc. moving its hydraulic hose assembly facilities from both Dixon and Sterling, Illinois, to another facility in… Read more
Refocusing on Extreme Rightwing Terror
by Daniel Nardini Like so many things, it took a terrible tragedy for the U.S. government to respond to a growing threat. The attack against a Jewish community center and… Read more
A Bogus Exchange
by Daniel Nardini In the case of former U.S. Sargeant Bowe Bergdahl, there are now accusations that he had in fact deserted his post and was thus captured by the… Read more
Talking to a Former Soldier
by Daniel Nardini While I was waiting at a local pharmacy for my medications, I met a former U.S. soldier. I saw this former soldier because his leg was in… Read more
Why Should There Be Reparations?
by Daniel Nardini In an article to the The Atlantic monthly magazine, an African American writer and senior editor for the magazine named Ta-Nehisi Coates has written a long (and… Read more
The Necessity of Reshoring
by Daniel Nardini A new word has come into the English language, and it is known as “reshoring.” What exactly is reshoring? Almost all of us know what outsourcing is…. Read more
Another One Falls Through the Immigration Safety Net
by Daniel Nardini He came to the United States with his parents from Cuba when he was only five years old. His parents had fled the Communist take-over in Cuba,… Read more
Giving Them a Chance to Serve
by Daniel Nardini The ENLIST Act is a piece of legislation that would grant young undocumented individuals a path to becoming legal permanent residents and eventually U.S. citizens if they… Read more
The Hipocrisy of Brunei’s Sharia Law
by Daniel Nardini In the Sultanate of Brunei, everyone has national health care. Everyone is guaranteed an education. Fifty percent of the population works for the government, so they are… Read more
Mad American-Born Killers
by Daniel Nardini It never ceases to amaze me the number of mad people there are in this country who believe that the only way to “solve” problems is by… Read more »