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Candy corn, invented in the 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderlee Candy Co., was once called "Chicken Feed."

The Golden Moutza of September: The evil creator of candy corn vs. social media bullies

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Awarding the Golden Moutza of September should have been easy, that is if you don’t mind a rational discussion about a female Georgetown professor from the far left who hopes...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke takes the stand and testifies during his murder trial at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Oct. 2, 2018.

The case of Jason Van Dyke on the stand vs. Jason Van Dyke on the video

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The police shooting of Laquan McDonald is the heater case that flipped Chicago politics on its head and finished the career of rising national Democratic star Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But...

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., made it clear he would not vote to move Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination from the Senate Judiciary Committee to the Senate floor for a vote, unless the FBI was brought into the Kavanaugh circus.

Jeff Flake gives Democrats the gift of time in their fight against Brett Kavanaugh

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough,” said the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Sadly, the “Bard of Bengal” didn’t know beans about Senate Democrats on a...

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2018.

Ford, Kavanaugh, raw emotion and the rule of law

June 29, 2019 at 9:07 p.m.

You’ve probably figured out that most Americans have already made up their minds about Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. He’s the nominee to the Supreme Court. She’s the...

Lead organizer William Calloway joins protesters outside the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2018, as jury selection begins in the Jason Van Dyke trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

William Calloway helped transform Chicago by pushing for release of the Laquan McDonald video

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

The killing of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke has been a transformational event in Chicago. But one of the men who most helped transform things doesn’t...

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court judge, speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 4, 2018.

Democrats, Kavanaugh and the illness deep within the bones of the republic

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

It is tempting to watch the political spectacle of Democrats destroying Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as if it were only some shameful partisan circus. Something brutally Roman with a...

Paul Vallas, a former Chicago Public Schools CEO who is running for mayor, talks during an interview at East-West University in Chicago, on April 30, 3018.

Paul Vallas tees off on Bill Daley and Gery Chico

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Paul Vallas finally realized he’s not running for president of a think tank. He’s running for mayor of Chicago. And so, Vallas has dropped the cerebral approach and is coming...

Fruits at a farmers market in Lincoln Park in Chicago on Aug. 1, 2018.

Unplugging from politics, almost, at the farmers market

May 31, 2019 at 4:14 p.m.

All I wanted was to unplug from politics and water my tomatoes, pick up some Swiss chard at the farmers market for lamb fricassee with an egg/lemon sauce, maybe get...

Kanye West, shown performing at the United Center in 2016, loves Chicago and recently said he's moving back.

Kanye for Mayor? Daley, Preckwinkle better watch out

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Kanye West, world-famous music superstar, says he’s returning home to Chicago. Here’s a thought: Mayor Kanye West. Yeah, you heard me. And why shouldn’t Kanye West run for mayor? Everyone...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks with reporters Sept. 18, 2018, on Capitol Hill.

Eviscerating Kavanaugh: Sen. Feinstein, have you no sense of decency?

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Watching the slow, public evisceration of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh by Senate Democrats —on the strength of one unsubstantiated charge of alleged sexual aggression 36 years ago when...

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