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As the DePaul encampment enters its third week, student protest leaders said their message and mission will last longer than their tent encampment in support for Palestine as the Israel-Hamas war continues.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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DePaul long ago lost its identity as a Catholic university. It has hosted pro abortion speakers, gay marriage speakers, banned conservative speakers and derives a lot of tuition and money from Muslim students. I went to a Catholic university, not DePaul, and 4 courses in theology and 4 courses in philosophy were required for my degree. Catholic philosophy was not indoctrinated, but its teachings and attitudes were present. DePaul is less interested in being a Catholic university than being a secular one.