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Quick Hits – We failed A. J.

Quick Hits – We failed A. J.

April 29, 20194 min read

Like most of you, reading the horrific details of A. J. Freund’s too-short life makes me want to punch some suspect folks squarely in the

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Quick Hits – On orchestra teachers, school boards, and IWIIMBY

April 26, 20194 min read

Now, we all know what NIMBY stands for, but you’d think, much like Newton’s Third Law predicts, there’d be some sort of equal and opposite

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Quick Hits – “Chalk” it up to an irate citizen!

Quick Hits – “Chalk” it up to an irate citizen!

April 24, 20195 min read

My favorite all-time sitcom – by a longshot – is ‘The Andy Griffith Show.’ And one of my favorite episodes is 1964’s ‘Barney Sidecar’ in

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Quick Hits – Racism is the last refuge to which the scoundrel clings

Quick Hits – Racism is the last refuge to which the scoundrel clings

April 22, 20194 min read

Just when you thought the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Jussie Smollett absolution fallout couldn’t possibly dive any further into the Twilight Zone, it does just

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Quick Hits – Why do Democrats insist upon dooming themselves?

Quick Hits – Why do Democrats insist upon dooming themselves?

April 17, 20194 min read

I’m using the word “doom” as in Mr. Santayana’s particularly prescient proposition that those who fail to pay attention will soon start feeling like they’re

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Quick Hits – April 15, 2019

Quick Hits – April 15, 2019

April 15, 20195 min read

Doomed to repeat it! Oh lord! You’d a thunk the City of Elgin would’ve learned something from that whole ‘American Nocturne’ public art debacle, but

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Quick Hits – A plus-sized double standard!

Quick Hits – A plus-sized double standard!

April 12, 20194 min read

It would suddenly seem that consumer businesses are in a race to break down social barriers by tackling some interesting social issues in their advertising.

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Quick Hits – Critical thinking really is critical!

Quick Hits – Critical thinking really is critical!

April 10, 20195 min read

Oh lord, did I take a boatload of crap for Friday’s column castigating the press for falling for the Pitzen hoax. Then, weighing in on

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Quicks Hits – CNN tries to cover Chicago? Right!

Quicks Hits – CNN tries to cover Chicago? Right!

April 8, 20194 min read

Today’s topic was gonna be how conservatives can’t govern their way out of a plastic shopping bag, but that one will have to wait for

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Quick Hits – When the media falls for a hoax, we’re all bleeped!

Quick Hits – When the media falls for a hoax, we’re all bleeped!

April 5, 20194 min read

If, after their botched “coverage” of the Timmothy Pitzen “story,” the media still wonders why they’re generally loathed, utterly untrusted, and the term “fake news”

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