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Year: 2020
The Coronavirus Report – You CAN handle the truth – Continued!
“Somewhere out there a tree is tirelessly producing oxygen so you can breathe. I think you owe it an apology.” – House Considering some of
Election recap 2020
Since one of my favorite judges informed me my readers can’t live without those traditional First Ward post-election pieces, I’m gonna abrogate my two-columns-a-week promise
The Coronavirus Report – You CAN handle the truth!
“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” – Ronald
This weather isn’t fun, it’s terrifying!
It was so unusual I can still clearly picture my Evanston St. Nick’s compatriots and I enjoying a pickup baseball game at Ridge and Monroe
We’ll resume the conversation on Tuesday
As you might imagine, after 1.5 years of campaigning, I’m physically and mentally exhausted. That means they’ll be no column today! And even though I’m
The State’s Attorney’s Office screws Kane County again!
With the end of his term looming so large, wouldn’t you think Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon would want to make every effort to
Campaign Lesson #8 – Campaigns MUST evolve!
I really wanted to title this piece “There’s no excuse for incompetence,” but considering the general demeanor of this always fascinating existence, it wouldn’t have
Do we really need another dishonest state’s attorney?
The answer to that eminently simple question is a resounding “No!” of course! But we’ve got one Kane County SA candidate to whom mendaciousness comes
The Coronavirus Report – The price of a perfectly failed strategy – Part 2!
“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep” – Saul Bellow Since, according to that great