Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
Anecdotally, I have seen a dramatic increase in junior high and high school students and their parent/guardians using “home schooling” or “online schooling” to drop out early. I think it does a disservice to those who are truly homeschooling their children to have these “students” in the same category as them. I think a situation in which a registration for homeschooling should at least be looked at.
“We cannot turn a blind eye to children who are not being educated,” ReP. costa. Has she reviewed the results Illinois public schools so well documented by Wirepoints and Illinois Policy
How about just leave everyone alone? You know how you solve the problem of parents failing to properly home-school their children? Stop providing any and all social / welfare benefits for able-bodied working-aged people, regardless of how they were or were not educated. It’ll take a generation, but they’ll get the message. Get some knowledge, get a skill, get a job.