The Faustian Bargain of Rock and Roll
By Cory Franklin August 1st, 2025 Do drugs make musicians more creative? The United States and Great Britain in the 1960s…
There Was a Book
By John Kass July 30, 2025 What was the name of that book? You know the one. You can see…
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Chicago Way w/John Kass: Dead people voting, flooded basements, and The Nice Man
Chicago Way w/John Kass (07/28/25): This week, Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to discuss how Mayor…
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When Obama Began Strangling the Republic “By the Book” Part II
By John Kass Sunday July 27, 2025 I’ve been greatly honored to be asked to give a talk at Hillsdale…
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Told By an Idiot, Full of Sound and Fury, Signifying Nothing
By James Banakis July 25th, 2025 Don’t be puzzled by this line from Macbeth. It’s not a commentary on my…
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When Obama Began Strangling the Republic “By the Book”
By John Kass July 23, 2025 It was a cold Sunday morning in Chicago in February 2003—I was driving over…
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The Chicago Way w/John Kass: A wake-up call for NYC from the Windy City
Chicago Way w/John Kass (07/21/25): On this episode, Ted Dabrowski of Wirepoints.com joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin to highlight…
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Wise Up New York: Don’t Be a Chumbolone Town Like Chicago
By John Kass Sunday July 20, 2025 Study that photograph and see the Grand Marshal of Chicago’s Gay Pride parade.…
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I Helped Reduce the National Debt and This Congress Can Try Harder to Do the Same
By Greg Ganske, July 18th, 2025 Now that the Big Beautiful bill has passed, Republicans in Congress want to extend…
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The Blackmailer Jeffery Epstein, the Chicago Hitman, and the Tragedy of MAGA
By John Kass July 16, 2025 At some of the quaint “social clubs” in Chicago and suburbs that cater to…
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Chicago Way w/John Kass: Is MAGA bigger than Trump?
Chicago Way w/John Kass (07/14/25): Continuing the conversation with Charles Lipson, the Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science Emeritus…
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Left Wing Failures Breed More Violence Before MidTerms
By John Kass Sunday July 13, 2025 Wasn’t it just weeks or so ago when I warned that the left’s…
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Some of My Best Friends Are Catholic
by Marie T. Sullivan When Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was fourteen years old, his father took him to Rome. They went…
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The Remakable Rags-to-Riches Story of Stacey Abrams
Editor’s Note: For years Stacey Abrams was among America’s most prominent election deniers, insisting that she had been elected governor…
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Chicago Way w/John Kass: Freedom rings
Chicago Way w/John Kass (07/07/25): Charles Lipson joins John Kass & Jeff Carlin for this post Independence Day episode. Charles…