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Quick Hit’s – It isn’t us; it’s you!

Quick Hit’s – It isn’t us; it’s you!

August 30, 20196 min read

You’re in for a real treat Dear Reader! In an effort to enjoy a final summer four-day weekend, instead of running the usual political fare,

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Quick Hits – It’s Time for an Elgin Review

Quick Hits – It’s Time for an Elgin Review

August 28, 20196 min read

Lord! I truly wonder how some of you manage to dress yourselves every morning. I understand that an absurd 1.5 years of debate over Elgin

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Quick Hits – A Listening Session?

Quick Hits – A Listening Session?

August 26, 20195 min read

When I said the City of Elgin, Illinois, was approaching the inevitable reinstatement of police Lieutenant Chris Jensen like it was a bad SNL Stuart

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Quick Hits – A Farewell to Logic and Critical Thinking – Part 2

Quick Hits – A Farewell to Logic and Critical Thinking – Part 2

August 23, 20195 min read

In part one, we applied a detailed analytical process to determine that the 75-year-old Lake County homeowner who confronted, shot at, and killed one of

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Quick Hits – A Farewell to Logic and Critical Thinking

Quick Hits – A Farewell to Logic and Critical Thinking

August 21, 20195 min read

Where’s Mr. Spock when you really need him? Logic and critical thinking suddenly seem to be our most endangered species. What makes this round of

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Quick Hits – August 19, 2019

Quick Hits – August 19, 2019

August 19, 20196 min read

I apologize for my tardiness, but in the pantheon of slouching towards my 61st birthday, I spent 1.5 hours at the Doc’s today only to

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Quick Hits – August 16, 2019

Quick Hits – August 16, 2019

August 16, 20195 min read

It appears as if Friday is becoming our tie-up-loose-ends day, so let’s continue with that reasonable motif!   Pro se plaintiffs get no love! It

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Quick Hits – Women Ruin Everything!

Quick Hits – Women Ruin Everything!

August 14, 20195 min read

It’s true! Women are generally mean and spiteful creatures who, like vampires, love to suck the fun out of absolutely everything. I’m convinced it’s an

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Quick Hits – August 12, 2019

Quick Hits – August 12, 2019

August 12, 20195 min read

Our local political system is prone to a couple of quirks that really annoy me in that they fail to bring balance to the electoral

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The Last Day of Summer Vacation!

The Last Day of Summer Vacation!

August 12, 20192 min read

With my wife heading back to East Aurora this morning and most of the rest of y’all starting school next week, I thought it would

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