On March 8, the federal immigration authorities arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in New York City. I am deeply concerned by these heavy-handed actions — actions that appear to be bending, if not outright breaking, the law. Such measures stand in direct contradiction to the fundamental principles we, […]
if you don’t see it doesn’t mean it is not there invisible Marxism is everywhere.
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Here you are: Mr. Bukele, el presidente de la República de El Salvador, praises his labor camps as the way to rehabilitate the lost souls of the criminals he harvested in his widely popular campaign of crime eradication. The prisoners not just are removed from the street, – they become an integral part of the
Here is a plot showing the shifts of the numbers voting for D/R candidates for POTUS in Urbana, from elections 2020 (i.e., Biden vs. Trump) to 2024 (Harris vs. Trump). Each arrow shows the change of the number of votes for the corresponding precinct in Urbana (that is, the precincts are Cunningham 01 through Cunningham
I talked about this issue on Brian Barnhart’s show on 10.31.24, starting at 1:14:00. The Election Day is approaching fast, with the portentous choice between Harris and Trump on everyone’s mind. But the ballots are long here, with votes on state senators, county auditors, and city council members filling them. Urbana, Illinois ballot has also
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As a freshly minted American, I will be proudly exercising my newly acquired right to vote. Here’s what I plan to do, with rationales (click to see the answers).
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October 7 Somewhat coincidentally to the meeting I described yesterday, the Channing Murray Foundation surfaced also on WUNA-Main, a listserv (rather a google group) for the dwellers of West Urbana, the better-off part of the town between the campus and downtown Urbana. It was one of the recipients of the funds sent by the federal
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October 6, 2024 (follow up) Two events happened in Champaign-Urbana over the past couple of week, rhyming and resonating with each other. The first meeting was a lecture and a Q&A at the University YMCA by Dr. Mohammad Darawshe. Dr. Darawshe is a politician (in the past he ran Knesset election campaigns for various Arab
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