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Grand Old Party: How Aging Makes You More Conservative
23Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Grand Old Party: How Aging Makes You More Conservative

One of the most durable forces shaping the U.S. electorate is that voters tend to lean more Republican as they age.But it also matters where they begin on the political spectrum, and there are indications that millennials and the oldest members of Generation Z started out more liberal than prior generations. That has made them a crucial base of support for Democrats, even as some other groups of voters have moved away from the party.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Chicago Is Losing Supermarkets. Does a Small Kansas Town Have the Answer?
21Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Chicago Is Losing Supermarkets. Does a Small Kansas Town Have the Answer?

ERIE, Kan.—As Chicago studies whether to become the first big city to open a municipally-owned grocery store, it will be looking to places like this city of 1,000 people for tips on how to do it.At the moment, things aren’t going especially well. Erie Market, which the city took over in 2021, is losing money almost every month amid stiff competition from a Walmart 15 miles away and a Dollar General across the street. The store has slashed prices, cleared the shelves of expired items and put in a salad bar to try to bring more people through the door. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Hamas and Black Lives Matter in Chicago
17Oct By adminNo Comments
Business

Hamas and Black Lives Matter in Chicago

For a preview of the Democratic Party’s coming brawl over Israel, have a look at Chicago. On Friday the City Council passed a resolution expressing solidarity with Israel in the aftermath of the Hamas attack, but the hearing devolved into a spectacle of the moral equivocation now rampant on the progressive left.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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LOT Polish to open first US lounge at Chicago O’Hare – Business Traveller
12Oct By adminNo Comments
Travel

LOT Polish to open first US lounge at Chicago O’Hare – Business Traveller

LOT Polish Airlines has begun construction of its first airport lounge outside of Europe. The 617 sqm facility at Chicago O’Hare airport is scheduled to open in late Q3 / early Q4 next year, with the design currently being finalised and a “prestigious architectural firm” having been invited to collaborate on the project. LOT said that the new lounge will have views of the airport apron, with three zones for relaxation, work and catering. The carrier added that there would be “touches reminiscent of Polish tradition through, among other things, the use of amber in the space, as well as cooperation with Polish partners”. LOT currently serves Chicago from both Krakow and Warsaw, and said that the city was a strategic destination in the US market in terms of the potential traffic of Polish a...
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Look Who’s Building a Border Wall Now
11Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Look Who’s Building a Border Wall Now

Jason Riley is an opinion columnist at The Wall Street Journal, where his column, Upward Mobility, has run since 2016. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and provides television commentary for various news outlets.Mr. Riley, a 2018 Bradley Prize recipient, is the author of four books: “Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders” (2008); “Please Stop Helping Us: How Liberals Make It Harder for Blacks to Succeed” (2014); “False Black Power?” (2017); and “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell” (2021).Mr. Riley joined the paper in 1994 as a copy reader on the national news desk in New York. He moved to the editorial page in 1995, was named a senior editorial page writer in 2000, and became a member of the Editorial Board in 2005. He joined the Manhattan Institute in 2015.Born ...
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