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NOT JUST POLITICS Newsletter

Lila Pifer, Editor/Publisher
Steve Mansfield, Political Reporter

Sue Mauntel, Political Advisor (2005-2014)
[Passed away May 12, 2014]

Dutch (David) Valkema
Guest Columnist/Reporter (via shares and original posts)

Kim Gouker, Doug Ibendahl, Dennis Prager, Peter Roskam, et al:
Guest Commentators (via shared F/B posts)

Maggie Kohls: Legal Advisor





About Lila Pifer, Editor/Publisher:

I am Jewish by conversion, but I grew up German Lutheran in rural Ohio in the 1950's and that is still a part of my cultural heritage. I believe that Jews and Christians worship the same Eternal God. It's just that Judaism better fits my beliefs about God and the universe. I love science and I have never seen any real conflict between science and religion. Evolution is science and Intelligent Design is philosophy. If one looks at it this way there is really nothing to argue about. But I really am a serious monotheist. It really "bugs" me when purportedly secular people make references, even in jest, to "the gods of this and the gods of that." I take the Judeo-Christian Biblical First Commandment seriously and that is axiomatic in my philosphical view. When I converted to Judaism, I took the Hebrew name Ora Lilah. This translates loosely to "a light in the night" and stands for this personal concept: I want to use my writing, counseling and social service skills to enlighten and help lead people out of dark places. Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois
1985, MA (Community & Family Counseling)

Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois
1967, (BA Elementary Education)
1995, Paralegal Certificate (generalist)

10/12/2026

Happy October 12th! Call it Columbus Day, it's traditional name, or call it Indiginous Peoples' Day if you feel strongly about that. Here's what I would do if I were in charge of creating federal holidays: Leave Columbus Day where it is, and make the first Monday in August Indiginous Peoples' Day. August has no federal holidays, so it would be great to have one at the beginning of the month. Then, with Labor Day at the beginning of September, it would kind of "bookend" the summer.

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05/07/2026

When a major party of the United States becomes dominated by people who hold radical anti-American ideas, it ceases to be “the loyal opposition” that is so important to the functioning of our democracy. Instead it becomes a threat and political violence ensues. Never has this been more obvious than it has in the last two years. We are now up to three attempts to assassinate President Trump and many more acts of violence against our public officials. Even in the late 1960s-early1970s when our country was seriously divided over the Vietnam War, it wasn’t this bad. We are now inching closer to a pre-Civil War political climate. Why? Because civil debate has been replaced by inflammatory rhetoric. Because, as it has been throughout human history, there are some people who become so passionate about their own beliefs and the ideas of people that they think validate them that they are willing to resort to violence. They delude themselves into thinking that their violent actions, up to and including murder, are going to change the world for the better. Instead they end up just causing tragedy for their victims and throwing away their own lives either literally or figuratively. The rest of us can’t live in fear, but we can resolve to weigh our words carefully.

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