Guest Column–Matt Rosenberg: The Blue State Confederacy Of Dunces Has Big Plans For You
By Matt Rosenberg The capture of Chicago Public Schools by the Chicago Teachers Union was complete long before the…
All Lightfoot’s songs are sad, but Preckwinkle’s tune on violent crime is like…crickets.
By John Kass Going into a re-election year (if she even runs for a second term), all the news is…
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President Biden floats witlessly and America is on the hook with him
By John Kass Now you know why America’s real presidents—perhaps White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and Susan Rice—have…
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Guest column–Cory Franklin: There’s A Reason They Call It Acting
By Cory Franklin What do Sir Laurence Olivier and Dame Helen Mirren have in common? Two of the greatest performers…
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About that Biden, Schumer “Thelma & Louise” scenario, The Chicago Way
By John Kass For a man who really, really knows politics I’m shocked that my friend Tom Bevan–co-founder and president…
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Like “Thelma & Louise,” Biden and Schumer drive the Democrats off the cliff
By John Kass After somberly promising to unify the nation just a year ago, President Joe Biden, with his poll…
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The Ken Griffin political hat-trick to change the broken politics of Illinois: Back Vallas, fund a challenger to Preckwinkle, and then take Pritzker out.
By John Kass If you look up in the sky and squint, you might see giant meat-eating bird-like creatures with…
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Guest column Cory Franklin: If You See Something, Say Something
By Cory Franklin “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose You’re invisible now, you’ve got no…
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The Wake of “the Bricklayer” and his Story of Life
By John Kass Have you heard all the political screaming lately? Who could miss it? In Washington the Democrats were…
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After Chicago Teachers School Shutdown, Does Lightfoot Have the Guts to go Nuclear with Real School Choice and Save the City?
By John Kass The militant hard left bosses of the Chicago Teachers Union closed schools again this week, leaving students…
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“Kasstradamus” and the Tom Bevan Show
By John Kass It was an honor that Tom Bevan, my good friend and co-founder and president of Real Clear…
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Ringing (or Whistling ) in the New Year, with the Golden Moutza of the Month
By John Kass “I nominate the entire year of 2021!!” writes Agatha Mantanes. “annus horriblis. Nah!” Yes Agatha, it was…
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Guest Column–Matt Rosenberg: It’s “Office Time” For Chicago: Let’s Spitball The City’s Future
By Matt Rosenberg When I drove a Yellow Cab in Chicago in the late 70s, I learned to love…
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All I really wanted was a White Castle Christmas with Popo the Elf, but I ended up in the ER
By John Kass With Betty isolated in “Covid protocol”—which is passive/aggressive Orwellian scientism bull crap for “staying in her room”—I…
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O Holy Night
By John Kass For all the children who should be loved always, but especially on this Holy Night, with our…