Twitter Files Fallout: President Avenatti and that Media “Herd O’ Whores”
By John Kass December 7, 2022 Today’s column didn’t sprout from the 1523 woodcut by Hans Burgkmair the Elder of…
As Elon Musk Releases “Twitter Files,” You’ll Need Miranda Devine’s “Laptop from Hell”
By John Kass December 4, 2022 The American left is shrieking in rage over Elon Musk’s weekend release of “The…
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Behold the Golden Moutza of November: “That’s Huge!”
By John Kass December 1, 2022 Are there enough hands in the world to provide Golden Moutza justice to the…
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The Racial Squabble in College Admissions: What Does it Cover Up?
By Steve Huntley November 30, 2022 No one builds a house from the roof down. It’s constructed from the ground…
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For a Blessed and Happy American Thanksgiving
By John Kass Thanksgiving Day 2022 For the past several years I’ve called upon a local smart-ass called Mr. Thanksgiving…
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Chicago Loses a Treasure
by Cory Franklin November 23, 2022 When Queen Elizabeth II died, the best newspaper obituary writer in Chicago, Maureen O’Donnell,…
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As Chicago’s Mayoral Race Takes Shape, Does Lightfoot Really Deliver?
By John Kass November 20, 2022 By John Kass November 20, 2022 Just as I sat down to write this…
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Can a Nation Survive without a Center?
By Ray Hanania November 18, 2022 America is polarized by leaders of the far Left and far Right rallying voters…
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Will Trump and Biden Allow Americans to Set Aside Our Tomahawks for Thanksgiving?
By John Kass November 16, 2022 America has been feasting for years on angry politics and toxic politics and tribal…
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The Winner, Boss Toni: The New Borg Queen with Chicago Violent Crime in her Lap. Resistance is Futile. Just ask Lori Lightfoot.
By John Kass Nov. 13, 2022 Oh, so you see the word “winner” in a headline and you expected what,…
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Veterans Day and “Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War”
By Michael Ledwith November 11, 2022 Vietnam was my generation’s war. If fate had bent slightly this way or that…
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After Little Red Ripple, President Biden’s Beer Muscles Want a Second Term and Chicago’s “Main Event” Begins
By John Kass Nov 10, 2022 It might not be the most impressive of photographs, but just think what a…
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Red Wave Coming: The Time of the Jesters Honoring Themselves Comes to an End
By John Kass November 6, 2022 I must admit that I’ve always been susceptible to the dark charms of jesters,…
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Fetterman, Politics and a Doctor’s Ethical Lapse
By Cory Franklin November 4, 2022 Consider these sentences: I plead guilty. I plead not guilty. I am going to…
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The Madness of Lori Lightfoot and Chicago’s Violent Crime
By Steve Huntley November 2, 2022 How does crime maim a great city like Chicago? Let us count the ways.…