By Jay Levine Who is Eric Adams and why should we care? Because he’s going to be New York City’s next Mayor. And his election could provide a roadmap to Chicago’s next Mayoral contest. For just as Bill Clinton was elected President by saying time and again, “It’s the economy, stupid,” for most Chicagoans right now “It’s the violence, stupid.” …
By John Kass It’s days like this one that I’m so glad I’m not a political cartoonist. I’d have been tempted to draw a cartoon of two presidents–former President Barack Obama and current POTUS Joe “The Big Guy” Biden–kissing their own behinds with politicians and media applauding and Chicago bleeding from all the violence on the streets. Obama broke ground …
By John Kass I need a fire. It’s time for me. Maybe for you, too and the weather is right. A real wood fire in a real wood burning fireplace and a glass of single malt scotch. One for me and one for you. Or, perhaps outside at the firepit, with the scotch and a fine Maduro cigar. Either way, …
By John Kass She doesn’t call herself Mayor Moses. At least, not yet. And I’ve been calling her Mayor Wokefoot, but now I’m wondering if I have to just drop it and start all over again. Because–in an as-yet undiagnosed fit of political lunacy (or bad speechwriting) –Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot channeled Moses at least five or six times in …
By John Kass America’s Southern border is in chaos with some ten thousand illegal immigrants living in misery, in that squalid Joe Biden shantytown under the viaduct in Del Rio, Texas. All that is courtesy of President Biden’s immigration policies. He called for a surge on the Southern border as he pandered for votes. And now thousands more are on …
By John Kass Once upon a time I was a bacon and eggs guy, then a feta with spinach omelet guy, and briefly an egg whites with spinach guy, but that didn’t last long. For a brief time, I went off the rails and sought out Oeufs Cocotte–French for baked eggs. Yes, they’re tasty, but I should have been smacked hard …
By John Kass Chicago murders, shootings and other crimes of violence are on the increase beyond even last year’s terrible levels, as anyone living in or near the city of anarchy knows. But also on the increase is virtue signaling, and political public relations stunts in response. They come from hapless Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and the other empty suit being …
By John Kass The media is awash with stories about where we were 20 years ago, when the terrorists waged holy war against America and hit the Twin Towers in New York, killing thousands. The Pentagon was hit a short time later. And Todd Beamer on Flight 93 over Pennsylvania was reciting the 23d Psalm and “The Lord’s Prayer” with …
by John Kass With America determined to jump off a cliff, sometimes I just feel like giving up and watching something nice for a change: Like backyard tomatoes ripening on the vine. I stare at those tomatoes with a vacant, yet somewhat pleased expression on my face, like the face of a blissful idiot. All I’d need is a tuba …
By John Kass Yes, I know, I know. The Golden Moutza of August award is a few days late. Why? News got in the way. The Biden White House sent Vice President Kamala Harris to Vietnam and left Americans behind in Afghanistan. And Mayor Lightfoot—having already demonized her police department–has no clue about dealing with Chicago’s violent crime, in the …