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• Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism

  By Ray Hanania on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Real threat facing the Middle East is Iranian extremism Published in the Arab News, Oct. 13, 2016 By Ray Hanania Although much is made of the rising threat of ISIS and al-Qaeda in the Middle East, one axis more threatening,… Read More ›

• Readers share fear of street gang violence

  By Ray Hanania on October 13, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Readers share fear of street gang violence Oct. 13, 2016 Street Gangs Part 2, Des Plaines Valley News, SW News-Herald, The Regional, The Reporter By Ray Hanania Last week I wrote about how most violence in Chicagoland is the result of… Read More ›

• Don’t call me MENA, call me Arab

  By Ray Hanania on October 8, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Don’t call me MENA, call me Arab President Obama is considering placing an all inclusive category called “MENA” (Middle Eastern and North Africa) on the US Census forms going out soon to identify the nation’s 2020 demographic population, but I think the… Read More ›

• Stop murders by making street gang membership a jailable crime

  By Ray Hanania on October 7, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Stop murders by making street gang membership a jailable crime SW News Herald, DVN, The Regional, The Reporter Oct. 6, 2016 By Ray Hanania Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing all he can to reduce skyrocketing violence plaguing many neighborhoods…. Read More ›

• Rahm Emanuel deserves support to fight violence

  By Ray Hanania on October 3, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Rahm Emanuel deserves support to fight violence SW News Herald Sept. 29, 2016 By Ray Hanania Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a three-part plan to confront Chicago’s rising murder rate. The crime wave in Chicago is so bad that people… Read More ›

• Board of Review needs your attention

  By Ray Hanania on October 3, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Board of Review needs your attention DVN, The Reporter, The Regional Sept. 29, 2016 By Ray Hanania I know the big focus on November 8 is the battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but there are other elections that… Read More ›

• Holt biased in Trump-Clinton debate

  By Ray Hanania on September 28, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Debate Analysis: Lester Holt took sides in the Trump-Clinton debate, and denied the American people an opportunity to understand the real issues separating Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Although Clinton claims she won, the truth is she wasn’t as much… Read More ›

• Blame non-voters for state’s problems

  By Ray Hanania on September 26, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Blame non-voters for state’s problems. Everyone is complaining about Illinois’ poor economic situation, the excess spending and the skyrocketing taxes. But the majority of people complaining don’t even take the time to vote By Ray Hanania Last week’s column hammering… Read More ›

• Nation’s biggest challenge, credit card debt

  By Ray Hanania on September 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The nation’s biggest challenge, credit card debt. Credit cards are destroying this nation and its people, mortgaging the future and undermining our economy. We need to crack down on the banks and limit the amount of interest they can charge…. Read More ›

• Laboring through Labor Day

  By Ray Hanania on September 15, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Laboring through Labor Day. A look at how life has changed from schools to politics in Chicagoland and America. By Ray Hanania The Labor Day weekend usually marks a special point in our lives when children go back to school,… Read More ›

• Opinion: Term limits deny voters their rights

  By Ray Hanania on September 1, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Term limits deny voters their rights. But Term Limits may soon see a casualty in the demise of the failed administration of Gov. Bruce Rauner in November 2018 By Ray Hanania Every time a failed politician or a failed group of… Read More ›

• It’s the News Media, stupid!

  By Ray Hanania on August 26, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s the news media, stupid! Playing golf or politics with people’s suffering in the Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton presidential election. The hypocrisy is screaming out loud By Ray Hanania The flood damage in Louisiana is considered one of the worst… Read More ›

• Are the Olympics fair?

  By Ray Hanania on August 22, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Are the Olympics fair? A look at the disparity of the various nations, from the rich to the poor, and how that directly impacts the competing athletes By Ray Hanania I know that the Olympics are probably as political as… Read More ›

• Is it Trump or Clinton? Yikes!

  By Ray Hanania on August 12, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Is it Trump or Clinton? Yikes! Ray Hanania’s column & commentary and audio podcast, also available at http://www.RayHanania.com August 11, 2016 explores the difficult choice Americans have in the presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump By Ray Hanania… Read More ›

• American English rocks the house in Orland Park

  By Ray Hanania on August 8, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  I couldn’t define my life without a mention of the Beatles, from their first hit song (Love Me Do) in 1962 when I was nine years old until today, their music has real meaning. Losing John Lennon first to Yoko… Read More ›