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Chicago Centrists: Time to Get Back in the Game!

By Juan Rangel May 24, 2024 Chicago finds itself in a power shift that is testing old political paradigms while…

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The Man Behind the Curtain

by James Banakis May 22, 2024 If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Someone else made that…

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Bull Rider

by Pat Hickey May 19, 2024 . . . I should’ve gone on back home, Cuz one thing I’m allergic…

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AI can make it hard to separate truth from fiction. Here’s how to tell the difference.

By Greg Ganske May 17, 2024 It’s incumbent on citizens to be skeptical about what they see, read and hear…

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Book Review: Loury’s “Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative”

by Cory Franklin May 15, 2024 The economist, social commentator and podcaster Glenn Loury has published his autobiography, Late Admissions: Confessions…

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The Ancient Art of Fire

By John Kass May 12, 2024 This is not science but art. That is the secret, and throw in the…

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Who Won the Golden Moutza of the Last Coupla Tree Months?

By John Kass May 10, 2024 As loyal readers know, an obnoxious gallbladder knocked me off schedule for the Golden…

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The Diagnoses, The Blessing

By S. Tommy Tache May 8, 2024 It was nearly 5:00 pm on a Friday.  After a triumphant week at work, I…

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Christos Anesti! Christ is Risen!

By John Kass May 5, 2024 The season of Lent began for me by editing a wonderful commentary “Lent’s Bright…

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Chicago Mayor Panics, Runs From Reporters Asking About Slain Cop’s Funeral

By John Kass May 3, 2024 Mayor Brandon Johnson had another one of his panic attacks Thursday, running away from…

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Coming Soon to Your State: Californication

By David Bittinger May 1, 2024 California has become a bad movie. It’s a big-budget turkey produced by the state’s…

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Is the Worst Yet to Come?

By Steve Huntley | April 28, 2024 This and that. Random thoughts and observations about current events. Trigger alert! What…

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Civil War Movie: What Kind of American Are You?

By John Kass April 26, 2024 My family survived a terrible Civil War in Greece just before I was born.…

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Chicago’s Criminal Industrial Complex Denies the People Their Right to Safety

By Paul Vallas April 24, 2024 You want to know why violent crime is surging in the nation’s urban centers?…

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NPR: Our Federal Tax Dollars for Marxist News, Partisan Censorship and Pan Flutes?

By John Kass April 21, 2024 As a life-long, big city newsman so focused on work that my musical choices…

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