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.
We believed that investing more money in education would lead to a better society. We invested more and more, but it’s never enough.
Now we are told that we can’t expect kids to be educated until we produce a better society. But keep increasing that investment. We were forced to graduate all these kids who are functionally illiterate. It’s what the parents and voters wanted!
And keep paying my pension that I got at age 55. How can you expect anyone to work until 67? You just don’t understand how hard it was! And also, you are just jealous.
Maybe CPS could close underutilized schools and lay off the staff associated with those schools. But CTU won’t allow this. Maybe CPS should require teachers to consistently show up for work and actually teach. More money won’t fix the education problems at CPS.
The USUAL SOURCE . Taxpayers!!
Chicago had schools nearly empty with 28 students and 32 union members that’s over 100k per student. Fix that first!
Because 27K(?) isn’t enough for per student that can neither read nor do math to their grade level and are more interested in marching around outside all day.