Chicago Daily Observer

Obama also stuck by his attack on free trade while trade protectionism under Hoover also contributed to the Depression.

The history of higher taxes and trade restrictions worsening bad economic times doesn’t seem to impress Obama. Then again, neither does the record of lower capital gains taxes yielding more government revenue. He wants to increase those taxes because he says it’s the “fair” thing to do even if it cuts tax collections.

Chicago is gearing up for another round of tumult from the closing of possibly more than a half dozen failing schools. Whatever the Chicago Public Schools administration does to solve this problem, the parents of students have no choice but to cope.

Middle-class families exercise school choice by loading up a moving van and relocating to a suburb with good schools. The rich can afford private schools. Only the poor—often minorities in inner cities with under-performing schools—are stuck with little or no choice.