For God’s Sake! Let the Chicago Reader Die!
Knowing when it’s time to go is wisdom. — Terry Pratchett I take no pleasure in saying this. I’m not rooting for failure, and I’m
LinkedIn is Letting Recruiter Scams Feast on Desperate Journalists and They Know It!
The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants. — Albert Camus I’ve been a journalist long enough to remember when platforms made the
On The Tribune’s Snow-Day Amnesia
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. — William Hazlitt The Chicago Tribune wants you to
On bad judgment and potential judges
The most dangerous judges aren’t corrupt. They’re overconfident, they strive for mediocrity, and they’re untroubled by consequences. — Jeff Ward Frustrated by the lack of
St. Charles—bought and paid for!
Having spent an obscene $90,000 to buy the St. Charles mayoral election, let’s examine exactly who provided Clint Hull with the kind of funding that
On Clint Hull’s stunning incompetence and a 16th Circuit warning
Per Tuesday’s column, should you, like me, embark upon an attempt to untangle judicial campaign finance, you’ll note that, unlike it is with other candidates,
Remembrance of driver’s tests past
I thought it might be fun to reprint one of my funnier columns: In a rite of passage that strikes fear into the heart
How to buy an election – with cronyism thrown in for good measure
Illinois, in its finite wisdom, actually got it right when they set up our local mayor and city council elections. Anyone willing to pound the
The First Ward’s summer reading list!
I’m sure you’ve already heard about the Chicago Sun-Times disaster du jour. Though perhaps you haven’t, because, upon relaying the tale to my good friend
Badge of Irony
If you’d asked me what the last dream I’d ever expect to have might be, it would be the one about being the main suspect