Chicago’s Main Event: The Race for Mayor
By John Kass January 1, 2023 Some still think of Chicago politics as prizefight, with the winner grabbing the government…
O Holy Night
By John Kass December 24, 2022 For all the children who should be loved always, but especially on this night,…
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A Christmas Story: The Birds on the Wire and the Man in the Tube
By John Kass December 22, 2022 Just before they slid me into that MRI tube—and if you’ve ever stuck your…
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Have a Very Merry Chicago Way Christmas
By John Kass December 23, 2022 This Christmas, will Mayor Lori Lightfoot get big fat hugs from the Chicago Way…
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A Grand Avenue Christmas Carol
By Peter Bella December 21, 2022 Twas the night before Christmas, and all tru da house Not a creature was…
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Miranda Devine: Wakeup Call Coming for Americans Who’ve Been Lied to by Media
By John Kass December 18, 2022 Miranda Devine, the New York Post columnist and author of the critically important book,…
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Miranda Devine and her Book “Laptop From Hell,” on the Chicago Way podcast
By John Kass December 17, 2022 “So this is a guy (Joe Biden) who lives high on the hog, and…
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Focused on Chicago Mayoral Polls? Don’t be a Chumbolone, Focus on Chuy Garcia, and Dark Money from Indicted Swindler Sam Bankman-Fried
By John Kass December 16, 2022 What’s up with the breathless Chicago news media reports about those mayoral polls? Money.…
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An Irish Fable
By Michael Ledwith December 14, 2022 Thornton: Well, some things a man doesn’t get over so easy. Mary Kate: Like what,…
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Have You (Unwittingly) Become a Stochastic Terrorist? Or is it all just Greek to you?
By Greg Ganske December 11, 2022 Recently while watching the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC I discovered that I could…
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Tom Bevan the Chicago Way. And what the #$%^!! is going on at Francis Parker School?
By John Kass December 10, 2022 Tom Bevan and I have been friends for decades now. And it’s always a…
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Left Behind: The Marine Got The Worst of Biden’s Brittney Griner Deal
By John Kass December 9, 2022 The American media love happy endings, especially when the politicians they support are on…
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The Cocaine Bear Will Kill Us All, Hunter Biden, and Tiny Lori in the Tiny House, in the Race for Mayor, The Chicago Way.
By John Kass December 8, 2022 Whew, that’s a mouthful. The only thing I missed in that headline was writing…
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Twitter Files Fallout: President Avenatti and that Media “Herd O’ Whores”
By John Kass December 7, 2022 Today’s column didn’t sprout from the 1523 woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder of…
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As Elon Musk Releases “Twitter Files,” You’ll Need Miranda Devine’s “Laptop from Hell”
By John Kass December 4, 2022 The American left is shrieking in rage over Elon Musk’s weekend release of “The…