When “Clean Slate” Becomes a Blindfold; New Concerns from Inside Illinois’ Criminal Justice System
By Chief Tom Weitzel (Ret.), Fellow of Law Enforcement at Awake Illinois June 24th, 2026 Editor’s Note: This column is…
My Modest Proposal to Save the Republic
By James Banakis June 21st, 2026 I was in high school when the film Goldfinger was released. I saw it…
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Searching for Answers About Chicago’s Obama Center and Its Spooky “Death Star” Building
By David Bittinger June 19th, 2026 So, the Obama Center is having its grandiose opening today. It was supposed to…
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Americans Are Sick of Paying the Democrat DEI Blood Price
By John Kass June 17th, 2026 Who brings a knife to a track meet, then stabs another athlete to death?…
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HOW THE NEWSPAPER OF RECORD FLUNKED JOURNALISM 101
Editors Note: An earlier version of this piece appeared on the British publisher spiked-online. By Cory Franklin June 14th, 2026…
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Mayor Johnson Is Making Chicago’s Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
By Paul Vallas June 12th, 2026 The best way to achieve rent stabilization in Chicago is to cap property tax…
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What Susana Mendoza Forgot: Grendel’s Mom
By John Kass Wednesday June 10, 2026 Even a casual fan of Chicago politics can pick up what Illinois Comptroller…
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Thank You Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
By John Kass June 7th, 2026 When I think of graduation in June, I usually think of the poem “If”…
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“The Line It is Drawn, The Die It Is Cast”
By James Banakis June 5th, 2026 Bob Dylan was only 22 years old in 1963 when he wrote his anthem…
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Pritzker’s Opportunity to Help Children and Send the CTU a Message
By Paul Vallas June 3rd, 2026 With Mayor Brandon Johnson now joining Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis‑Gates and Vice…
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The Return of Vox Populi at JohnKassNews
By John Kass Sunday May 31, 2026 We talked about this on the Chicago Way podcast, recently but…
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Remember Leon Uris!
By Pat Hickey May 29th, 2026 I thought I was angry enough to write an angry screed after reading the garbage tossed…
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The Witches of Luigi Mangione
By John Kass | Sunday May 24, 2026 The media has an odd term for the sullen young women who…
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Beware of the Historical Revisionists
By James Banakis | May 22nd, 2026 I’ve always been a devotee of history. I think that’s because for me…
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Family and Friends Who Cast Out Heretics
By David Bittinger May 20th, 2026 If you believe that socialism always turns undemocratic and capitalism nurtures liberty, you’re disproportionately…