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The one thing keeping Biden in office

by John Kass Watching President Joe Biden on Sunday struggle to spin away from his disastrous and inept withdrawal from…

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After the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Ella French, former Chicago police union official Pat Murray and I were interviewed by Joe Donlon, of “The Donlon Report” on NewsNation Now

We talked of urban violence, of overworked, undermanned, demoralized and exhausted police in Chicago, a city unmoored. And about calls…

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The pipes, the silence, and the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Ella French

By John Kass What is it about the sound of bagpipes at the funeral of a police officer killed in…

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Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster

By John Kass   Afghanistan has long been the graveyard of empires. And now it’s the resting place of another…

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The Church of Baseball

By John Kass As you can plainly see at the top of this column about The Church of Baseball–and that…

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Mayor Lightfoot–lost in her “Field of Dreams.”

By John Kass Mayor Lori Lightfoot has so repeatedly botched her response to the murder of Chicago Police officer Ella…

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Lightfoot & the Chicago Police: it’ll get worse

By John Kass The murder of Chicago Police officer Ella French, and the anger of police toward Mayor Lori Lightfoot—they…

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Chicago Police families and the mayor’s big speech

By John Kass   When Chicago Police officer Ella French was murdered after a traffic stop on another bloody weekend…

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Can angry wasps ruin the Olympics like a picnic?

By John Kass I missed the closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic Games on Sunday and didn’t watch much of…

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Cuomo saga isn’t a political sex scandal story. It’s a media story.

By John Kass   The Lovely Sicilian who married me lo these many years ago, thinks I’m absolutely, 100 percent…

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Behold the Golden Moutza of the Month: Mayor Lightfoot? Cubs White Flag Trade? Simone Biles haters? There can be only one.

By John Kass Each time we gather to award The Golden Moutza of the Month, some of you panic. And…

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Why do The Chicago WayTM podcast? Because I like it, that’s why

By John Kass For a man who co-hosts the world-famous The Chicago Way podcast, I really don’t like the sound…

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The City of Anarchy: Calling Chicago “Chiraq” is now an insult to Iraq

By John Kass  Every Monday in the city of anarchy, on what Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot once called “Accountability Mondays”…

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America’s new fear: Haggling

By John Kass Americans today don’t like haggling for anything, especially for cars. Young Americans hate haggling for cars, and…

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“Write about the lesson your father taught you.”

By John Kass My father hated drinking. His beverage of choice was ice-water or Pepsi. He hated being out of…

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