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Thursday, October 2, 2025

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Opinion: CTU Pres. Stacy Davis-Gates, hater of private schools and school choice, sends child to private school

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Sep 5, 2023

CTU Pres. Stacy Davis-Gates, hater of private schools and school choice, sends child to private school

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OPINION: Hey, Pritzker, leave them kids alone

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Nov 10, 2021

A COVID vaccine is now widely available to children five and up across Illinois.

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OP-ED: Governor Pritzker, It’s You Who Must Answer Justice Kavanaugh’s Questions On Eviction Bans

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Sep 1, 2021

Nothing in Gov. JB Pritzker’s emergency orders on COVID is more egregiously unjust, tyrannical and arbitrary than his moratorium on residential evictions.

OP-ED: They Aren’t Telling The Truth About Illinois’ Pending ‘Culturally Responsive Teaching Standards”

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Feb 17, 2021

Distortion and dishonesty are endemic in Illinois government, but rarely as blatant as what is being said to defend CRTLS — the Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards now pending for Illinois K-12 schools.

OP-ED: Illinois Vaccine Rollout Is A Fiasco In Progress And There’s No Excuse

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Feb 3, 2021

For at least six months we’ve known that a vaccine was coming. It would have been easy – yes, easy – to build a simple system that people could understand for making appointments to get the vaccine.

Tech Censorship Hits Illinois: Center Square Tweets Blocked

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Dec 8, 2020

National media and big tech companies now routinely distort facts and block viewpoints they don’t like, often through outright dishonesty.

OPINION: COVID-19 Debate Infected By Fallacy Of Averages

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Oct 12, 2020

Can you walk across a river with an average depth of five feet?

New CDC Estimates: Fatality Rate For COVID-19 Drops Again And May Surprise You – Wirepoints

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Sep 28, 2020

What’s are the real chances of dying if you are infected with COVID-19? You’ll probably be surprised how low they are according to new numbers from the Center for Disease Control. We’ll state those numbers simply for those of you who aren’t crazy about math.

COMMENTARY: Illinois And The Mail-In Voting Election Mess

By Mark Glennon, Wirepoints | Sep 14, 2020

The Illinois General Assembly held no hearings when it passed legislation this spring to vastly expand mail-in voting in the state. That’s right, no hearings were held on historic changes to the most important element of a democratic republic – the voting process. The legislation passed both houses on a nearly straight party line vote with Democrats supporting and Republicans opposing.