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The ‘science’ behind mask mandates
Facial expressions are integral to human connection, particularly for young children, who are only learning how to signal fear, confusion, and happiness. Covering a child's face mutes these nonverbal forms of communication and can result in robotic and emotionless interactions, anxiety, and depression.
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Unable to accept the fax
It started more than fifteen years ago: the flurry of lawsuits over unsolicited faxes.
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Doomsday for double-dippers?
Asbestos exposure shenanigans continue to this day, but U.S. District Judge Staci Yandle of the Southern District of Illinois wants no part of them.
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Your honor, you work for us, remember?
Suppose you own your own company and you decide to take a walk around the premises to see what’s going on. You get reports from all of the department heads on a regular basis and you feel like you’re on top of things, but there’s nothing like seeing for yourself, and it’s good to let the employees know that you care and are paying attention.
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If you wanted the job done right, why’d you hire me?
Chester was working as a tree surgeon and is now suing the company and the clients that hired him because he, apparently, was not qualified for the job he was doing.
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Our courts should not be used for ADA lawsuit Olympics
Justice is supposed to be blind, not stupid. It’s supposed to be blind in the sense of being fair and impartial, not in the sense of being oblivious to facts and logic.
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Transparency in St. Clair County: What the hack?
How about sharing? Let the rest of us in on it – you know, the people who pay your salaries, the people you work for, the citizens of St. Clair County.
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What it takes to be inducted into the Judicial Hellhole Hall of Fame
State Rep. Jay Hoffman claims the reason for peeling off Monroe, Perry, Randolph and Washington counties from the 20th Judicial Circuit, and making St. Clair County a circuit unto its own, is because of its heavy caseload.
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A Republican majority on the Illinois Supreme Court? It could happen!
A Republican-majority high court may not benefit Democrat politicians, but it will benefit constituents who have suffered from the arrogance, indifference, and self-serving policies of elected officials for far too long.
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Public pensions are the elephant in the room
Municipalities throughout Illinois are saddled with huge pension debt. Some try to get out from under it by selling city assets. Those with nothing of value to sell may resort to laying off city workers, cutting back services, etc., and still come up short.
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You’ve been canceled!
Nowadays, it’s not just actors, writers, and producers on TV show that have to worry about being canceled. It can happen to anyone at any time for any reason, and going back five years in time and starting over isn’t an option.
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West Virginia becomes second state to enact ‘over-naming’ reform; Illinois should be third
Good for West Virginia for taking a stand against the practice of “over-naming" defendants in asbestos litigation.
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‘One man, one vote, one time’
That’s the not-so-funny one-liner about a people foolish enough to believe promises of paradise-on-earth made by a socialist party candidate, only to discover that they’ve voted away their freedoms and doomed themselves to decades of dictatorship and deprivation.
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Shut up and pay your taxes, Illinoisans
“The state must pare back its portfolio so that it can better fulfill its basic obligations to its citizens,” opined Nicole Kurokawa in the 2010 Illinois Piglet Book, a joint project of the Illinois Policy Institute and Citizens Against Government Waste that identified more than $350 million in wasteful spending.
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You’ve got the right house, but the wrong owner
A sales guy runs out of gas in the Illinois countryside and starts walking, hoping to cadge a gallon or two.Eventually, as the old joke goes, he spots a farmer and a dog sunning themselves on the front porch of a farmhouse and approaches.
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Let’s not let this crisis go to waste
If anything good can be said about the COVID crisis, it may be that it has forced many of us to consider alternatives to the way we were living our lives, most especially with regard to how we do our jobs and how we educate our children.
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Stacking the deck in Madison County
Circuit judges, blind to the will of Madison County voters, recruited reinforcements to preserve their judicial structure as a Democratic fortress in a Republican realm.
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Hoffman looks out for the lawsuit industry
Thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s lockdowns, Metro-East small businesses are ailing.
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Is Mayor Eckert ‘more equal’ than his constituents?
Belleville citizens, restaurateurs and bar owners feel like they’ve been played by their mayor. A lot of them.
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Why a Washington DC restaurateur filed suit in St. Clair County
“Forum shopping can be grounds for sanctions,” Zurich’s counsel argues, noting that St. Clair County “has a reputation for being plaintiff friendly and where meritless claims are allowed to survive.”