What Happened to John Kass?
January 21, 2023 John Kass is back with a message to everyone about what’s been happening. Plus, John’s brother Nicholas…
The Shoulders of Bill Finney
By Pat Hickey January 17, 2023 In the late 1970’s, when Waylon and Willie and the boys were all the…
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The Open Heart
By John Kass Tuesday, January 10, 2023 How far is Sweden’s Kvistrum Bridge from my room at the University of…
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Paul Vallas is Becoming the Inevitable Candidate for Mayor
By John Kass January 10, 2023 Paul Vallas, the Chicago mayoral candidate, had an eventful week on the campaign trail.…
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What is Best in Life?
By John Kass January 4, 2023 We were coming down in the elevator at Northwestern Hospital, bickering ever so slightly…
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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…
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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…