John A. Tures, Author at LaGrange Daily News

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TURES COLUMN: Democrats Were Outpolling Biden In Swing States, Which Is Why He Stepped Aside

Politicians and pundits have given a host of excuses for why President Joe Biden decided not to seek another term.  They claim it’s the economy, ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, July 25, 2024 8:45 am

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TURES COLUMN: Are Elections Impacted By Assassination Attempts In America?

There’s a myth, fed partly by the media, that assassination attempts boost politicians into the stratosphere in surveys.  Many conservatives, and some liberals, are claiming ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Saturday, July 20, 2024 9:00 am

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TURES COLUMN: No, The American Revolution Was Not Fought Because of Slavery

As we celebrated the 4th of July last weekend, it’s worth noting that there’s another historical battle being fought, over the American Revolution itself.  Some ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Saturday, July 13, 2024 10:00 am

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TURES COLUMN: Presidential Debate Winners Barely Win Half Of All Elections

After Donald Trump’s clear victory in the first presidential debate of 2024 against Joe Biden (67 percent to 33 percent in a CNN poll), everyone’s ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Saturday, July 6, 2024 10:00 am

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TURES COLUMN: We’ll get different candidates only when we change the voting rules

They say that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Well, they could say the same thing about ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, March 21, 2024 1:28 pm

Columns

TURES COLUMN: How Israel should have handled the Gaza Terrorism Attack

Now that we have thousands of dead in Gaza, Israel struggling to fund continued attacks in the region, and many in the world condemning Israel’s ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Monday, March 4, 2024 2:56 pm

Columns

TURES COLUMN: Why I.V.F.s could be D.O.A. in the U.S.A. Birth control might be next on the list.

The ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court which rules that embryos are human beings has the potential to jeopardize I.V.F. clinics all over the country, ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Tuesday, February 27, 2024 9:30 am

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TURES COLUMN: Why the DeSantis campaign collapsed, using polling data

Just after the 2022 election, Ron DeSantis was poised to become the nominee, or at least a very strong challenger to represent the Republican Party ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Monday, January 22, 2024 4:22 pm

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TURES COLUMN: How good of a crystal ball are the first four presidential nomination elections?

As the snow dust settles from the Iowa Caucus outcome, New Hampshire voters prepare to cast their ballots, and South Carolina and Nevada await their ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 2:14 pm

Columns

TURES COLUMN: The evidence shows the Civil War was fought primarily over slavery

Even though Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee shook hands at Appomattox Court House in 1865, it seems that arguments over the Civil War ... Read more

by John A. Tures, Thursday, January 4, 2024 4:56 pm

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