Column: Cure your coronavirus ennui with liver sausage and sardines
It started with the liver sausage. That's when I knew that our long coronavirus shutdown was finally getting to her. She's been shut down here with me since we sold...
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Column: Federal bailout for Illinois and other badly run states is like giving cash to a bust-out gambler
If you're a taxpayer from a well-run state with low public worker union pension debt, you may be watching in horrified fascination as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushes the political...
Column: In a time of social isolation, how the coronavirus pandemic brought one big family together
The first thing you have to know about Bruce and Cheryl Leon is that their newborn grandchild is a healthy 10-pound baby boy. His mom, their daughter, is doing well....
Column: Could Sen. Mitch McConnell’s bankruptcy idea actually save Illinois and Chicago taxpayers?
When Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell mentioned that states like Illinois should think of the "B" word — bankruptcy — to dig itself out of the bottomless fiscal pit...
Column: Take tribal politics out of coronavirus shutdown debate, and think about the guy in line at the food pantry
Unlike the tens of millions of Americans who have lost their jobs, America's cultural elites, in politics, government and media, are doing just fine during the coronavirus shutdown. Some of...
Column: Christos Anesti! Experiencing Orthodox Easter with no lamb or family gathering
When people ask me if we're roasting a whole lamb on the spit for Easter Sunday, I tell them a story: I tell them we sold our suburban home at...
Column: Aunt Helen’s Broken Glass Torte. ‘A comforting feeling is what people need with all the despair’
The eerie thing about Jell-O is that it never wiggles to the political right or left, even when full of those horrid floating fruit chunks, or worse, canned tuna (gag...
Column: Obama’s profile in courage — endorsing Biden when he’s the last Democrat standing
Joe Biden just loves talking about ice cream. "I'm an ice cream guy," said the former vice president as he campaigned for the Democratic nomination for president. Who doesn't like...
Column: Hell freezes over in coronavirus pandemic: Washington media embraces federalism
If there is one benefit from the coronavirus pandemic, it is that the establishment news media — which is overwhelmingly liberal and loathes President Donald Trump and his more than...
Column: Zoom frees Americans from Jell-O on coronavirus Easter Sunday
Being isolated on coronavirus Easter Sunday means that you probably won't be hosting a big old-fashioned extended-family feast, with or without a dish of quivering Jell-O with the horrid floating...