Iran’s Theocratic Regime: The Real Obstacle to Middle East Peace
By Paul Vallas March 5th,2026 Iran under the Ayatollahs is an authoritarian theocratic regime that imposes strict Islamic law, including…
Can Democrats Erase Trump?
By Steve Huntley March 1st, 2026 Is Donald Trump, as his MAGA base hopes, a transformative president, one who will…
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Concurrent Sentencing Must Be Abolished When Multiple Violent Crimes Result in a Single Effective Sentence, Justice Collapses
By Chief Tom Weitzel (Ret.) Fellow of Law Enforcement – Awake Illinois February 27th, 2026 There is a quiet provision…
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The CTU’s War on Public School Choice
By Paul Vallas February 25th,2026 “The Chicago Teachers Union is on a campaign to degrade and ultimately eliminate poor families’—overwhelmingly…
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Life Without A Smartphone
by Marie T. Sullivan | February 20, 2026 I am bereft. Opening the mail early in the year 2026, I…
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Milk The Perfect Dog Whistle
By Cory Franklin | February 18, 2026 For nearly fifty years, Dr. Arthur Caplan has been the preeminent medical ethicist…
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Variations on an Olympic Theme
By Bill Melonides February 18th, 2026 There are few memory triggers more powerful than a catchy theme song. Those of my…
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To Be Optimistic or Not to Be
By Greg Ganske February 15th, 2026 A movie about Shakespeare and a musical piece by Bach started me thinking about how…
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HOULI’S PADDY’S DAY PICKS
By Mike Houlihan February 13th, 2026 St. Patrick’s Day is nigh, and that’s also Election Day. I have skin in…
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News Update at johnkassnews.com
February 12th, 2026 I want to share something personal with you, my loyal friends and subscribers: I am facing another…
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My Brother Chris
February 11th, 2026 by James Banakis Whenever I look at that picture, I know what we are thinking at the…
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The political assassination of Judge James R. Brown: Lawfare offs a lawfare critic – Wirepoints
By: Mark Glennon* The cancel mob lives on. The latest example is in Illinois courts. There, the mob could hardly…
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Food: The Universal Language of Love
By James Banakis February 6th, 2026 Recently, John Kass and I were discussing a column he was working on. Of…
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The Loss of Trust in Legacy Media
Editor’s note: Today’s article is drawn from a speech John Kass delivered earlier this week to students and faculty at…
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OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE BIBLE
By Cory Franklin February 1st, 2026 A colleague and I recently penned an op-ed for the Chicago Tribune (about marijuana…