Behind the Glareshield #2
By Steve the Pilot July 8th, 2026 In the comments section of my last column, Michael asked about difficult flights…
How to Catch Wild Pigs for America’s 250th Birthday
By John Kass Sunday July 6, 2026 Some 250 years ago, long before the communists took over the modern Democrat…
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Happy 250th Anniversary
Happy 250th Birthday America! from johnkassnews.com…
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Where Have You Gone Uncle Sam?
by James Banakis July 1, 2026 “I believe in America.” This is the famous opening line uttered by Amerigo Bonasera…
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I Believe That We Will Win
By John Kass June 28, 20264 Those old wives know many things, from truths like “breaking a mirror brings seven…
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National debt warnings are getting louder. Will we listen?
By Greg Ganske, June 26th,2026 What do the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB),…
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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…
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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…