Sadly, two weeks after writing
a column extolling a senior Illinois Republican for his brave stand on admitting refugees from the horrors of World War II Europe into the U.S., our
state is shamed by a senior Illinois Republican who has surrendered to fear and
xenophobia.
I pass with applause this
comment by the editors at Crain’s Chicago Business on Bruce Rauner’s
statement that no Syrian refugees will be allowed into Illinois.
This article appears in Nov 19-25, 2015.
