Fish Camp – Core Value Capitalism & Great Dining
By Pat Hickey July 31, 2022 Not what we have; But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance–Epicurus Do not pack…
The Chicago Way: Paladin, Mayor Phallus Maximus & the Trolls at the Door
By John Kass July 29, 2022 Jeff Carlin and I open the latest edition of The Chicago Way podcast with…
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“Have Laptop, Will Travel,” and the Demise of The Chicago Tribune
By John Kass July 27, 2022 When the editors of “the paper” that I served faithfully for 40 years recently…
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Do You Know Me?
By Michael Ledwith July 24, 2022 I drove to my aunt’s house after walking the graveyard, through the gravestones, trying…
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Real School Choice for America’s Families, the Civil Rights Issue of our Time
By Steve Huntley July 20, 2022 The covid-19 pandemic left a lot of wreckage in its wake. High on the…
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On The Chicago Way podcast with guest, Professor Charles Lipson.
By John Kass July 21, 2022 Is Chicago rapidly becoming a crime plagued wasteland under Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the…
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About the man-chair, that shoulder surgery, and what I owe you
By John Kass July 20, 2022 How long has it been since I’ve written a proper column after I ruined…
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Brittney Griner: Woman Without a Country?
By Cory Franklin July 17, 2022 In 1863, during the height of the Civil War, The Atlantic published a fictional short story by…
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When Will it be Safe to “Come Out” as a Proud American?
By Greg Ganske July 15, 2022 An amazing thing happened at Harvard’s graduation ceremonies recently. One of this year’s Harvard…
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The Chicago Way, Time Travel and Mr. Peabody and Sherman
By John Kass July 14, 2022 Jeff Carlin, top Chicago radio producer and future physics teacher, is properly giddy over…
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Lessons from a Turkish Coup: The country that invented the “deep state” teaches us how it can be dealt with
By Nicholas Spyridon Kass July 2022 The idea of the “Deep State” took root in the American mind in response…
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The Man and the Painful Adventure of the Man Chair
By John Kass July 10, 2020 After 36 years of marriage to The Lovely Sicilian—40 since we met—I have finally…
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John Kass on the Megyn Kelly Show, Talking About Highland Park Shooting, “And the Devil is Laughing”
By John Kass July 9, 2022 It’s always such a treat when Megyn Kelly calls asking that I join her…
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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…
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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…