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Quick Hits – A whole lot of free speech going on!

Quick Hits – A whole lot of free speech going on!

May 30, 20184 min read

How many times do I have to say it! Freedom of speech, in no way, means freedom from the consequences of that speech. Is anyone

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Quick Hits – What a Load of Garbage

Quick Hits – What a Load of Garbage

May 25, 20184 min read

Make no mistake, waste removal is big business and it’s a political business. As an Evanston, Illinois, youth, I still recall those Chicago Tribune stories

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Quick Hits – May 23, 2018

Quick Hits – May 23, 2018

May 23, 20185 min read

It’s not another conspiracy, man! So, reader “Anonymous for Now” posted the following blog comment: “Not sure if you are interested, but the Glenwood School/Maxxam

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Quick Hits – May 21, 2018

Quick Hits – May 21, 2018

May 21, 20186 min read

It ain’t a conspiracy, man! Since the Elgin Courier-News can’t break any real news stories, just like the Daily Herald does, they’re making it up

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Quick Hits – May 18, 2018

Quick Hits – May 18, 2018

May 18, 20184 min read

Memes just aren’t gonna cut it! Considering how conservatives consistently savaged Barack Obama for ridiculous things like wearing “mom jeans,” I have to admit I

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Quick Hits – May 16, 2018

Quick Hits – May 16, 2018

May 16, 20185 min read

So, now we’re paying prosecutors to defend the bad guys? When those Greek philosophers said, “There is nothing new under the sun,” they were tragically

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Quick Hits – The Union Strikes Back

Quick Hits – The Union Strikes Back

May 14, 20184 min read

When we last left off on Saturday’s supplemental Quick Hits, Kane County Chief Judge Susan Clancy Boles had just issued an ultimatum insisting the striking

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Quick Hits Supplemental – Mother’s Day ain’t for sissies!

Quick Hits Supplemental – Mother’s Day ain’t for sissies!

May 13, 20183 min read

It’s  actually Kinda fun watching all the odes to mothers on Facebook, but the truth is, I can’t even begin to muster that same sentiment.

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Quick Hits Supplemental – The Chief Judge has no soul

Quick Hits Supplemental – The Chief Judge has no soul

May 12, 20182 min read

At Thursday’s Kane County Judicial and Public Safety Committee meeting, Chief Judge Susan Clancy-Boles, Court Services Director Lisa Aust, and Juvenile Justice Center Superintendent Mike

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Quick Hits – May 11, 2018

Quick Hits – May 11, 2018

May 11, 20185 min read

How to win friends and influence people part 2! First, I want to thank the astute reader who caught me incorrectly attributing the aforementioned book

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