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Recent commentaries

• Companies threatening to leave Illinois get $30 million
  Illinois Watchdog

• Freedom and independence
  Part 1
  By Jim Killebrew

• Poll shows Illinois voters overwhelmingly favor term limits
  Illinois Watchdog

• Hey, millionaires, Illinois wants 10 percent of your cash
  Illinois Watchdog

• Restored by forgiveness
  By Jim Killebrew

• Unintended consequences
  By Blinn Bates

• Drop big-money focus, look for more small stuff, reformer says
  Illinois Watchdog

• 4 million reasons why Illinois lawmakers are looking at high school sports takeover
  Illinois Watchdog

• Abundant life through Christian living
  By Jim Killebrew

• Illinois Democrats and Republicans battle over doomsday budget scenario
  Illinois Watchdog

• Ave Maria, Fla.: Christian living community
  By Jim Killebrew

• The calendar says April, but it feels more like Groundhog Day
  Illinois Watchdog

• Abortion: outcomes of a journey's destination
  By Jim Killebrew

• Thanks, Blagojevich: 89 percent of Illinois voters say corruption rules
  Illinois Watchdog

• Baby boomer generation
  By Jim Killebrew

• God's gaze
  By Jim Killebrew

• Illinois' Gov. Quinn wants to make 'temporary' tax increases permanent
  Illinois Watchdog

• Lawmakers: $31 billion in temporary taxes won't cut it
  Illinois Watchdog

• University president gets $480K to quit amid investigation
  Illinois Watchdog

• Listen up! Illinois Supreme Court strikes down eavesdropping law
  Illinois Watchdog

• Chicago's Loyola University passes anti-Israel divestment resolution
  Illinois Watchdog

• Illinois' race for governor: a populism and proxy war
  Illinois Watchdog

• Post-modern world
  By Jim Killebrew

• Voters field school funding question punted by Illinois lawmakers
  Illinois Watchdog

• Games we play
  By Jim Killebrew

• Not so funny: Illinois nowhere near Obamacare goals
  Illinois Watchdog

• Disarming Americans
  By Jim Killebrew

• Illinois lawmakers suggesting schools pay their own pensions
  Illinois Watchdog

• Modern church and cultural relativity
  By Jim Killebrew

• This call may be recorded (and used against you)
  Illinois Watchdog

• Answered prayer
  By Jim Killebrew

• Atheists
  By Jim Killebrew 

• Illinois’ high taxes create mass exodus
  Illinois Watchdog

• If you died tonight
  By Jim Killebrew 

• Illinois sheriff seizes, sells guns. But does he have the authority?
  Illinois Watchdog

• Stability in an unstable world
  By Jim Killebrew

• Military heroes
  By Jim Killebrew

• Ethics reform in leadership
  By Jim Killebrew

• True bipartisanship: Unions jump into Illinois GOP gubernatorial race
  Illinois Watchdog

• Alligators in the moat
  By Jim Killebrew

• Presidential delay of cooking the bacon
  By Jim Killebrew

• Lawmaker: Ban welfare for drinking, gambling and bail money
  Illinois Watchdog

• Public servants
  By Jim Killebrew

• Ukraine, Russia and the United States
  By Jim Killebrew 

• Budgetary philosophy
  By Jim Killebrew 

• Bloomington mayor calls on taxpayers to help tired, stressed city workers
  Illinois Watchdog

• Coup d'état
  By Jim Killebrew

• Convicted terrorist worked as Obamacare navigator in Illinois
  Illinois Watchdog

• Military reduction of size and strength
  By Jim Killebrew

• Going broke getting well: Reforming Medicaid in IL won’t come cheaply
  Illinois Watchdog 

• Illinois governor running hard left
  Illinois Watchdog

• The truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth
  By Jim Killebrew

• Personal political profile regarding positions on euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, and religion and government
  By Jim Killebrew

• Personal political profile regarding positions on immigration and private property

  By Jim Killebrew

• Personal political profile regarding positions on economy and healthcare
  By Jim Killebrew 

• Union money has business leaders telling Illinois GOP voters to know the messenger
  Illinois Watchdog

• Personal political profile regarding positions on gun control
  By Jim Killebrew

• Illinois cries poor as it guarantees public workers $500 million more
  Illinois Watchdog

• Personal political profile regarding positions on energy
  By Jim Killebrew

• Chubby kids, Medicaid cuts have Illinois lawmakers eyeing soda tax
  Illinois Watchdog

• Personal political profile
  By Jim Killebrew

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