I Just Wanted to Water My Tomatoes, But the Lovely Sicilian Had Other Ideas
By John Kass August 17, 2022 It has been a week since my shoulder surgery last Tuesday. It’s time for…
Could Donald Trump get a fair trial?
By Steve Huntley Aug. 11, 2022 Could former President Donald Trump get a fair trial if criminal charges were filed…
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Behold: Stop the Presses! The Golden Moutza is at Hand. Nah!
By John Kass August 9, 2022 As you read this, I expect to be quite relaxed, stretched out on an…
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George Soros and Those Tribune Flies
By Steve Huntley August 7, 2022 “You are sure to be censured by malevolent Criticks and Bug Writers, who…
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Beware the Push for Woke Doctors
By Greg Ganske August 5, 2022 Let us progress from the petty, but not inconsequential aspects of “woke” changes in…
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George Soros and his Soft-On Crime Prosecutors: the Johnny Appleseeds of Urban Anarchy
By John Kass August 3, 2022 As major cities suffer large spikes in violent crime, as Democrats find themselves on…
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Fish Camp – Core Value Capitalism & Great Dining
By Pat Hickey July 31, 2022 Not what we have; But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance–Epicurus Do not pack…
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“Have Laptop, Will Travel,” and the Demise of The Chicago Tribune
By John Kass July 27, 2022 When the editors of “the paper” that I served faithfully for 40 years recently…
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Do You Know Me?
By Michael Ledwith July 24, 2022 I drove to my aunt’s house after walking the graveyard, through the gravestones, trying…
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Real School Choice for America’s Families, the Civil Rights Issue of our Time
By Steve Huntley July 20, 2022 The covid-19 pandemic left a lot of wreckage in its wake. High on the…
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About the man-chair, that shoulder surgery, and what I owe you
By John Kass July 20, 2022 How long has it been since I’ve written a proper column after I ruined…
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Brittney Griner: Woman Without a Country?
By Cory Franklin July 17, 2022 In 1863, during the height of the Civil War, The Atlantic published a fictional short story by…
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When Will it be Safe to “Come Out” as a Proud American?
By Greg Ganske July 15, 2022 An amazing thing happened at Harvard’s graduation ceremonies recently. One of this year’s Harvard…
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Lessons from a Turkish Coup: The country that invented the “deep state” teaches us how it can be dealt with
By Nicholas Spyridon Kass July 2022 The idea of the “Deep State” took root in the American mind in response…
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The Man and the Painful Adventure of the Man Chair
By John Kass July 10, 2020 After 36 years of marriage to The Lovely Sicilian—40 since we met—I have finally…