Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon guest on AM560 with Chris Krok discussing CTU lawsuit agains Illinois Policy and more
August 19, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Much of the routine trade and investment between China and America is entirely appropriate and in America’s interest. But inserting the Chinese Communist Party into America’s pay-to-play system and its economic development strategy isn’t just crossing a line. It’s a leap into an abyss of stupidity.
Illinois paid the price for embracing Fauci’s “science.” Here’s the retrospective.
Ok, so mandated “tasty healthy meals” at Illinois schools. Meaning: all Illinois public school students deserve a “Lettuce Entertain You” brand Beatrix-formula school lunch?
Because you can’t expect school kitchen personnel to prepare fancy meals from surplus agriculture FED-supplied cheese.
Folks, when Old Joe was in junior high school back in Detroit circa 1970 the Archbishop closed my Catholic school. I had to attend the public school and got my first “taste” of government in education and the free school lunch program. This was the beginning of the formation of my right wing conservative (some will even say racist) views. Every black kid got a free lunch while I had to brown bag it because my father was actually present in the home (more precisely — I was present in his home). I thought that something was wrong with this… Read more »
Oops, I forgot to add that Old Joe wasn’t suffering from childhood obesity at that time although he could spare a few pounds now!
Your comparisons to Detroit are very telling for Chicago. Too bad those in charge don’t see it.
Goose, I try to educate WP readers thru my lived experience in Detroit but I’m not always sure the message sinks in. It’s what first attracted me to Chicago years ago — a big city that wasn’t Detroit.
Do School Lunches Contribute to Childhood Obesity? Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach ABSTRACT This paper assesses whether school lunches contribute to childhood obesity. I employ two methods to isolate the causal impact of school lunches on obesity. First, using panel data, I find that children who consume school lunches are more likely to be obese than those who brown bag their lunches even though they enter kindergarten with the same obesity rates.(Emphasis added) Second, I leverage the sharp discontinuity in eligibility for reduced-price lunch to compare children just above and just below the eligibility cutoff. Students are more likely to be obese,… Read more »