All Articles : Page 5
By Mae Arthur
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05.29.25
At IFI, we seek to raise awareness of and address cultural and political trends here in Illinois and throughout the nation. An increasing number of these trends pose a threat to human dignity, endangering the lives of image-bearers of the living God from conception to natural death.
By Oliver Perry
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05.29.25
Deeds, whether good or bad, must have consequences. Bad deeds must be punished.
By David E. Smith
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05.28.25
As Illinois lawmakers eye online gambling as a potential financial lifeline, experts warn the state is heading down a dangerous path of market saturation and overreliance on gambling revenue. With billions in pension liabilities and growing debt, is expanding Big Gambling the solution—or just a predatory wager against the best interests of the state's citizens?
By Rev. Thorin Anderson
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05.26.25
Over a million Americans have died in wars over our nearly two-hundred-and-fifty-year history. Considering the cultural and political unrest we are dealing with currently, it may be appropriate to ask just what it was that they died to accomplish and whether we are, after all their sacrifice, at risk of losing it all. Are we now giving away that which cost them so dearly?
By David E. Smith
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05.24.25
In a strategic maneuver, the assisted suicide legislation has been attached to a different bill, a move designed to enable the Illinois General Assembly to push this alarming measure through in the final hours of the regular session. Illinois has no demonstrated need or widespread public cry for assisted suicide. Why, then, is there such an urgent drive to legalize ending life?
By Steve Goreham, MS/EE, MBA
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05.23.25
A bold new directive from the White House is set to ignite a firestorm in the ongoing debate over energy policy. This presidential action aims to curb state and local regulations that are hindering domestic energy production.
By Thomas Hampson
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05.22.25
There has been an intentional effort underway for several decades to bring down the West. The effort is not an open, direct attack. Rather, it involves eroding the foundations of our culture, eating away at the supports, and corroding the superstructure. The attack is indirect.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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05.21.25
George Floyd’s death and the Black Lives Matter movement greatly affected the respect and support that police officers across the nation receive.
By Mark Elfstrand, Cultural Affairs Writer
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05.21.25
Judging by the frequent surveys of employees in the workplace who seem unhappy in their jobs, you’d think companies would make some serious changes. This does not account for the fact that there are perpetual “grumpies" who wish work itself would go away. There are plenty of those!
By David E. Smith
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05.20.25
The last day of the regular session for the Illinois General Assembly is May 31st! Therefore, we have less than two weeks to petition our state lawmakers and tell them to VOTE NO on pro-suicide legislation. Devaluing life for some means devaluing life for all. The state should never normalize suicide.
