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Freedom of Religion in Illinois and the Extreme Right
By Daniel Nardini In my personal experience throughout life, while all U.S. states have freedom of religion, some are more free than others. In my view, Illinois is among the… Read more
The Real Sad Facts About the Migrant Issue
By Daniel Nardini When I hear some of the ugliest political rhetoric coming out of the Republican Party about what they think the migrants are, it makes me cringe to… Read more
The Still Very Porous U.S.-Mexico Border
By Daniel Nardini I saw the 60 Minute special on a place in the U.S. border wall where Chinese nationals were easily getting through a break in the border wall… Read more
The Chinese Student Spies Among Us
By Daniel Nardini A Chinese student named Wu Xioalei was convicted of threatening to do harm to a fellow Chinese student for posting criticism of the Chinese government. Wu could… Read more
The Wrecked Human Souls of War
By Daniel Nardini I see them from time to time in all of the places I go shopping in. They wear hats describing them as veterans of a certain war,… Read more
The Way Things Were, Again?
By Daniel Nardini Well, this extreme winter weather killed my car battery. I had a sneaking suspicion that my car battery was not performing well when it did not work… Read more
Something Democrats and Republicans Can Agree Upon
By Daniel Nardini It makes me sad to see a new and equally bitter cycle of campaign animosity between the two ruling political parties the Democratic Party and the Republican… Read more
More a Resource Than a Name
By Daniel Nardini When my wife Jade had applied for a job back in 2020, she had sent in a resume and hoped whatever company that wanted her would call… Read more
The Cruel Dumping of Migrants
By Daniel Nardini It seems that not a week goes by without some poor group of people from somewhere from South America, Central America or the Caribbean find themselves in… Read more
Immigration to the United States in the 2020’s
By Daniel Nardini Immigration in this decade is in many ways a continuation of trends in the previous decades, and in other ways a result of conditions in the countries… Read more »