IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK THE CITY AND STATE TO PROTECT POLICE, WITNESSES AND VICTIMS?
By Paul Vallas May 1st, 2026 Will the shooting of two more Chicago Police Officers — one fatally — finally…
Mayor Johnson, Let Me Give You a Tip
By James Banakis April 29th, 2026 Tipping is a uniquely American phenomenon. If you have had the opportunity of…
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A World Without Billionaires
By Steve Huntley April 26th, 2026 You’ll be reading this on a tablet, smart phone, laptop or desktop computer. Pause…
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Chicago Media Fuel Anti-Police Hysteria
By Paul Vallas April 24th, 2026 Chicago’s media outlets are amplifying a dangerous narrative that paints the Chicago Police Department…
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NIPSCO’s Bad Faith
By Pat Hickey April 22,2026 If something is performed in “good faith,” actions are put into play sincerely and honestly…
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Keep the Kurds Out of the Iran War
This essay is reposted with express permission from The American Conservative Magazine. by Nicholas Spyridon Kass April 16, 2026 In…
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What The Hell Happened to Chicago : THERE IT IS
By Michael Ledwith April 17th, 2026 I met with two guys from Paris last week. They suggested in the Loop…
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2026 Measles Projection and What to Do About It Part II
By Cory Franklin April 15th, 2026 In my ongoing review of America’s measles outbreaks, which I discussed here last month,…
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Fighting Through (Another) Stroke at Easter
By John Kass April 12, 2026 Life is a fight. I wish that weren’t so, and that instead of fighting…
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Illinois Democrats Lost Their Appetite for Columbus: Until He Was Served with Provolone
By Salvatore Camarda April 10th, 2026 You really have to see it to believe it. The same Illinois Democrat political…
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Welcome to Bizarro World
By James Banakis April 8th, 2026 The only superhero I’ve ever acknowledged is Superman. As a boy I was addicted…
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Sports Are Too Important to Be Ruined by Betting
By Greg Ganske April 5th, 2026 Sports are much more important than just football entertainment on a fall afternoon, the World…
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Chicago’s justice system failed Sheridan Gorman, as it fails too many Chicagoans each year
By Paul Vallas April 3rd, 2026 The tragic murder of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman, allegedly by an undocumented migrant,…
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Charlie and Me
By Pat Hickey April 1st, 2026 My life has been like a historical novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, like Henry…
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THE MURDER OF SHERIDAN GORMAN AND THE STIFLING OF CHICAGO
By John Kass | Sunday March 29 The worst sound in the world comes from the throat of a father…