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To get out of Afghanistan, hold Biden, his team and the generals to account

By John Kass Because the empty husk that is President Joe Biden wanted to make a speech on Sept. 11—the…

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The pipes, the silence, and the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Ella French

By John Kass What is it about the sound of bagpipes at the funeral of a police officer killed in…

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Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster

By John Kass   Afghanistan has long been the graveyard of empires. And now it’s the resting place of another…

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The Church of Baseball

By John Kass As you can plainly see at the top of this column about The Church of Baseball–and that…

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Mayor Lightfoot–lost in her “Field of Dreams.”

By John Kass Mayor Lori Lightfoot has so repeatedly botched her response to the murder of Chicago Police officer Ella…

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Chicago Police families and the mayor’s big speech

By John Kass   When Chicago Police officer Ella French was murdered after a traffic stop on another bloody weekend…

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Can angry wasps ruin the Olympics like a picnic?

By John Kass I missed the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday and didn’t watch much of…

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Cuomo saga isn’t a political sex scandal story. It’s a media story.

By John Kass   The Lovely Sicilian who married me lo these many years ago, thinks I’m absolutely, 100 percent…

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Is America “A Quiet Place” or staging ground for “The Tomorrow War?”

By John Kass Americans love to be afraid, don’t we? And we gladly pay for our fears to be stoked.…

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