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.
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Deeds, whether good or bad, must have consequences. Bad deeds must be punished.
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?
State Representative Robyn Gabel (D-Chicago) and some of her colleagues are advocating for legislation that would permit physicians to prescribe lethal drugs for suicide. This proposal directly challenges the core medical tenet of "First, do no harm," and its passage would mark a deeply concerning ethical departure for Illinois, shifting the focus from health care to death care.
The General Assembly's regular session is quickly approaching its May 31st deadline, with lawmakers grappling over the FY26 budget through debates on spending cuts, tax hikes, and gambling expansion. Our top concern, however, lies with the renewed push for suicide legislation, which assaults the sanctity of life and promotes death in our state.
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?
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?
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.
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.
George Floyd’s death and the Black Lives Matter movement greatly affected the respect and support that police officers across the nation receive.
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!
