Saints Preserve Us
By Mike Houlihan September 16th, 2026 There’s an old Chicago joke that goes something like this….what three streets in Chicago…
The Scourge of Bad Church Music
By Marie T. Sullivan Sunday September 13th, 2026 In my youth, after years of post-college wandering, I resumed going to…
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Lest We Forget September 11th, 2001
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Newspapers and Writers
By David Bittinger September 10th, 2026 You’ll probably recognize much of the Chicago newspaper history recounted here. Some of you…
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The Builder in Chief, Making the White House Beautiful Again
By James Banakis September 6th, 2026 I recently saw a documentary on the History Channel about the Emperor Hadrian who…
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SANCTUARY BOONDOGGLE
By Paul Vallas September 2nd, 2026 A report issued by Chicago’s Inspector General confirmed that $639.7 million was spent on…
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Chicago’s Political Dogs Walking Stiff-Legged Into Mayoral Race
By John Kass August 30th, 2026 Years ago when I first began covering Chicago politics–first for The Daily Calumet (America’s…
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Et tu, David Axelrod?
By Cory Franklin August 28th, 2026 At the legendary South Loop delicatessen, Manny’s, every stratum of Chicagoan comes to enjoy…
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Francesca Hong, We Hardly Knew Ye
By James Banakis August 26th, 2026 As a lifelong Chicagoland resident, I have a challenging, love/hate relationship with our neighboring…
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Daddy, Where Do Communists Come From?
By David Bittinger August 23rd,2026 Children are curious and easily frightened. They want explanations for everything scary. For instance —…
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Anti-Semitism and the Unholy Alliance Between the Far Left and Radical Islam
By Paul Vallas August 21st, 2026 There is an alliance between the far left and Islamist fundamentalists that is based…
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Only Fauci Knows – And He’s Not Telling
By Cory Franklin August 19,2026 On January 26, 2020, one week after the first COVID patient was hospitalized in the…
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The Road Less Traveled
By James Banakis August 16th, 2026 Samuel Taylor Coleridge famously defined poetry as, “the best words in the best order“.…
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CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION’S SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS A SCAM
By Paul Vallas August 12th,2026 Having approved yet another unbalanced city budget that does little to address the district’s abysmal…
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The Democratic Socialists Are Coming!
By James Banakis August 9th, 2026 Last night I rewatched a movie I had forgotten from my teens, The Russians…