Lesser police chief acquitted highlights training need
Former Lesser police chief Frank Haught was acquitted in Franklin County Circuit Court on official misconduct and intimidation charges. The commentary argues insufficient Illinois training, urges state funding for broader training, regionalized police services, and ongoing state sponsored conferences for officers handling both daily issues and rare crises like the Percy shootout.
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Frank Haught
Franklin County
Haught
Illinois
Illinois Police Training Institute
General Assembly
State Police
Percy
Jerusalem Peace Talks Face Jerusalem Divide Amid Arab Israel Tensions
The piece argues for keeping East Jerusalem under shared or international control to avoid recurring religious and political conflict. It notes Egyptian calls for Israel withdrawal from East Jerusalem and urges a broader regional approach, including Jordanian self rule and open borders, to ease negotiations and reduce violence risks.
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East Jerusalem
West Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Egypt
Israel
Middle East
Thompson neglect harms Illinois civil rights progress
In post Bakke days Governor James Thompson is accused of benign neglect toward civil rights enforcement. The Illinois Civil Rights Agency is battered by underfunding, political timidity, and leadership lapses, worsening discrimination harms despite past law knowledge and actions.
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Thompson
James Thompson
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
Illinois Supreme Court
Chicago Fire and Police Departments
Illinois Board of Education
Illinois
Michael Bakalis
Commission
Land of
Lincoln
Welfare reform debate and effects on work and families
Bradley Schiller cites President Carter’s claim that welfare is anti-work and anti-family. He notes the system rewards non work and taxes working earners, yet finds anti work and anti family effects are not large. About one in four welfare mothers hold a job year round despite welfare deductions.
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Bradley Schiller
Wall Street Journal
Carter
Letters Accept the melting pot or get out
A reader denounces Nazi and Ku Klux Klan activity in the United States. The letter argues all men are created equal, condemns the groups parading in public, and calls for them to leave if they cannot accept the nation as a melting pot. It urges television and press restraint of such factions and challenges members to leave the country if they cannot embrace equality.
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East Jerusalem
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Jerusalem
Berlin Wall
Southern Illinoisan
Nazi Party
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
United States
Welfare Experiments Challenge Antiwork and Anti Family Claims
The Seattle Denver welfare experiments show many families split up despite potential benefits, suggesting stronger family ties or misinformed choices. Participants are informed about welfare rules, employment effects, and benefit loss, highlighting rational behavior under reform proposals. Congress faces pressure to pursue serious welfare reform before the current system worsens.
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Leonard Goodwin
Brookings Institution
Seattle
Denver
Congress
Stanfor Research Institute
HEW
Carter
Seattle-Denver
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London
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William B. Cox Jr
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