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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…

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Give the Gift of Common Sense: A Subscription to JohnKassNews.Com

By John Kass We’re all rushing in these hectic days from Christmas to the New Year and beyond. The frantic…

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Guest Column–Mary Hallan FioRito. Gov Pritzker’s Christmas Gift to Illinois Parents: The State, Not Parents, Decides What You Get To Know About Your Child.

By Mary Hallan FioRito   On the Friday afternoon before Christmas–as families prepared for the holiday–Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave Illinois…

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Glenn Loury, Chicago born, on woke policy feeding violent urban crime

By John Kass The rise of violent crime in urban America, nurtured by the policies of liberal defund-the-police Democratic mayors…

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The Angel on the Radio

By John Kass There’s always too much to do around Christmas, isn’t there? Rushing through work and errands, failing at…

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Guest Column—Donna More: A Way to Fight Back Against Rampant Crime in Chicago

By Donna More Chicago is a crime spree in progress. Homicides in Cook County have topped 1,000, nearly 800 of…

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Jussie Smollett, ‘lest we forget

By John Kass Now that entertainer and Obama White House star Jussie Smollett has been convicted on multiple counts of…

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