To Be Optimistic or Not to Be
By Greg Ganske February 15th, 2026 A movie about Shakespeare and a musical piece by Bach started me thinking about how…
HOULI’S PADDY’S DAY PICKS
By Mike Houlihan February 13th, 2026 St. Patrick’s Day is nigh, and that’s also Election Day. I have skin in…
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News Update at johnkassnews.com
February 12th, 2026 I want to share something personal with you, my loyal friends and subscribers: I am facing another…
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My Brother Chris
February 11th, 2026 by James Banakis Whenever I look at that picture, I know what we are thinking at the…
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The Chicago Way w/John Kass: Quantifying trust
Chicago Way w/John Kass (02/09/26): Charles Lipson is back playing pinch-hitter for John Kass, who lost his voice educating bright…
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The political assassination of Judge James R. Brown: Lawfare offs a lawfare critic – Wirepoints
By: Mark Glennon* The cancel mob lives on. The latest example is in Illinois courts. There, the mob could hardly…
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Food: The Universal Language of Love
By James Banakis February 6th, 2026 Recently, John Kass and I were discussing a column he was working on. Of…
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The Loss of Trust in Legacy Media
Editor’s note: Today’s article is drawn from a speech John Kass delivered earlier this week to students and faculty at…
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Chicago Way w/John Kass: A lesson from Princeton on the summer of 1861
Chicago Way w/John Kass (02/02/26): RealClear Politics’ Tom Bevan is here to discuss how we got ourselves to tenuous climate…
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OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE BIBLE
By Cory Franklin February 1st, 2026 A colleague and I recently penned an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune (about marijuana…
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California Dreaming: A Five-Point Survival Guide
By David Bittinger January 30th, 2026 1. California, prepare for more Gavin Newsom. A couple years ago, Governor Newsom pondered…
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Obama’s Fingerprints All Over Investigations of Trump And Clinton
By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations January 22, 2026 Reposted with permission from Real Clear Investigations.com In the run-up to the 2016 Democratic Party…
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The Chicago Way w/John Kass: On the brink
Chicago Way w/John Kass (01/26/26): Retired police chief Tom Weitzel (Riverside) joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to talk about…
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Another Chicago Useful Media Idiot Goes Gentle in That Good Night
By Martin Preib January 25th, 2026 Editor’s Note: This piece from Martin Preib’s “Crooked City” reposted here with permission from…
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Reflections From a 20th Century Boy
By James Banakis | January 23, 2026 As we close out the first quarter of our 21st century, I sometimes…