Mayor Lightfoot, It’s Time For You To Resign. Just Go Away. Now
By John Kass July 8, 2022 Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot could do her city and her family a great service…
The Chicago Way: My Brother Nick and Lessons from a Turkish Coup
By John Kass July 7, 2022 My brother Nicholas is a man of action and ideas. Sometimes I wondered if…
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And the Devil is Laughing
By John Kass July 6, 2022 Immediately, the mass shooting at the Independence Day parade at Highland Park was weaponized…
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For Independence Day: Wild Pig Sausage or Grilled Hot Dogs?
By John Kass July 4, 2022 What will Americans talk about on Independence Day? I don’t suppose they’ll talk about…
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Behold Greece and The World: The Golden Moutza of the Month is at Hand
By John Kass July 1, 2022 Desperate candidates for the Golden Moutza of the Month are crawling over each other…
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Raging Democratic Socialists Mourn Their Lost Sacrament: Abortion
By John Kass June 29, 2002 Do you recognize the image at the top of this column? Of course, you…
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Steve Huntley, the Fall of Chicago Newspapering and The Chicago Way
By John Kass Steve Huntley, columnist, distinguished veteran Chicago editor and newspaperman—and now frequent contributor to johnkassnews.com– is our guest…
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Jeanne Ives Column: Combine Consultants Skip Republican Principles, Election Day Retribution Coming
By Jeanne Ives June 26, 2022 Americans who think they can go through life without being impacted by politics…
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Steve Huntley column–Orwellian Warning: Newspeak, Public Safety and Chicago’s Rising Violent Crime
By Steve Huntley June 23, 2020 Been there, done that. America’s police departments can justifiably say that. Because once before…
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The Chicago Way: Combine Sniffing Around Chicago Mayoral Race to Block Paul Vallas with One of Their Own? And You Can Hear the Heads Exploding Over Richard Irvin’s fade?
By John Kass June 23, 2020 The only thing I left out of that rather long headline of…
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Illinois Combine Heads Explode as Irvin Fades in Republican Race for Governor
By John Kass June 22, 2022 Is there anything like the heads of Illinois Republican Combine politicos exploding (metaphorically) as…
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Cory Franklin column: Ousted Prosecutor Chesa Boudin and Family Karma
By Cory Franklin Wisdom from The Holy Bible to Shakespeare admonishes that the sins of the father are visited upon the…
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Column by Mike Houlihan: Father’s Day and Root Street Dreams
By Mike Houlihan June 19, 2020 My dad was 91 when he died, born in 1904. And on Father’s Day,…
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Pat Hickey Column: Two Days Before The Mast–Life is Simple, If You Add Water
By Pat Hickey June 17, 2022 You’re net ropeman now, or you’re on the move And you’re learning all…
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The Chicago Way: The Brilliant Hannah Meyers and those no-prosecution prosecutors like Kimm Foxx. And, the angry media squirrels clench their tiny paws in rage at me.
By John Kass June 16,2022 On this latest edition of The Chicago Way podcast, Jeff Carlin and I welcome Hannah…