Editors note 2/1/24

By Fletcher Farrar

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Thank you to history columnist Tom Emery for reminding readers (p. 10) that this is the 75th anniversary of Adlai Stevenson II becoming governor of Illinois. Less than four years later, Gov. Stevenson would become our state's gift to the nation, famously beginning his first presidential campaign with, "Let's talk sense to the American people." The line resonates today in Nikki Budzinski's bipartisan demeanor (p. 6) and JB Pritzker's straight talk (p. 7). But Stevenson had a sense sadly missing from today's cutthroat political battleground – a sense of humor. "You have the vote of every thinking person," a woman shouted to him during the 1956 presidential campaign. "That's not enough, madam," the Illinoisan replied. "We need a majority." – Fletcher Farrar, editor

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