With judge’s ruling, Obama gets his lakefront Temple of Love
Now that a federal judge has decreed that Chicago's great temple to Barack Obama can be built without delay — you can almost hear Obama himself say the words, "Look...
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Silent soldiers of WWII and the memories they left behind
Before D-Day, Betty and I decided our sons should visit their grandfathers. We brought flowers. We planted American flags next to their gravestones. We prayed. Betty's father Donald Castella grew...
After Gov. Pritzker, Boss Madigan budget, let’s change state slogan: Illinois-Shut Up and Take It.
It's about time that taxpayers demand the old boring state slogan, "Illinois: Land of Lincoln," be changed. Immediately. Yes "Land of Lincoln" had a good run, but Lincoln was a...
Put coward Florida cop in prison, and who’s next? The social worker? The teacher? The politician?
It shouldn't be surprising that Scot Peterson — the coward cop of Broward County, Fla. — has been charged with crimes that could send him to prison for 100 years....
Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants a book on the history of Chicago corruption. What would Ald. Edward Burke send her?
That gray Chicago sky was just starting to spit when Ald. Edward Burke strode into the federal building to plead not guilty in his criminal case. And I thought: He's...
The secret history of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s introduction to City Hall clout
When Chicago thinks about Mayor Lori Lightfoot and City Hall corruption, it is usually in the context of her public war with the thoroughly indicted 14th Ward Ald. Edward Burke....
Florida Man, Harvard among notable nominees for Golden Moutza of May
The awarding of the Golden Moutza of May is at hand, and just like every month the number of worthy nominees outnumbers all the hands across America. Democratic Rep. Alexandria...
Mayor Lightfoot’s (buttocks) kicking of Ald. Edward Burke was simply Homeric
Mayor Lori Lightfoot spent 30 years as a lawyer, working the C-suites and federal criminal courtrooms. But what she did at her first Chicago City Council meeting Wednesday was purely...
Why have Democrats lost their curiosity over the Trump-Russia story?
Just a short while ago, as CNN insisted that an apple was an apple and not a banana no matter who screamed that it was a banana, and the Jeff...
On Memorial Day, you might spare a thought for Americans like Mike Spann
With so much going on in your life over the Memorial Day weekend — picnics, parades, soccer and sitting out late with your family and friends, telling stories and laughing...