Sweetheart, Will You Be My Valentine?
By John Kass It was a perfect day. Beyond perfect. A day that was sunny and warm, blue skies. A…
“Jesus. A Daley on Trial?”
By John Kass A Daley was on trial this week on federal tax fraud charges, but as it began, I…
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What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Sports?
By John Kass I really shouldn’t be writing a column asking: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About…
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The Dog That Didn’t Bark: Three Words Biden Would Not, Could Not Say In NY Crime Speech
By John Kass With violent crime skyrocketing across America and the blame at the feet of the Democrats where it…
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Hey Chief Judge Tim Evans, off the record, do you know who won the Golden Moutza of the Month?
By John Kass A Moutza of the Month Hotline? Hmmm. That’s a great idea. It comes from reader Tom Dattalo…
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Chief Judge’s Message to Crime-Plagued Chicago: Help Isn’t Coming, You’re On Your Own
By John Kass On the day that a 16-year-old Latin King was charged with the murder of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega,…
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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…
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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…