Month: April 2021

Could the Metra Board appointment get any worse! And the simple answer to that simple question is, “Yes! It could!,” because it just did. When

We aren’t gonna bother with the numbers this time because nuthin’s changed. The Illinois prevalence still sits squarely at 1 in 30 and the mortality

Because if we were, I’d be playing center for the Chicago Bulls. And since I’m nothing if not the perfect example of the perpetually perturbed

Considering the troubling trend of routine police stops rapidly escalating to the application of lethal force – particularly against minorities, Bill Maher frequently questions whether

Considering the vast stupidity we’re about to explore, I’ve decided to apply the only language that can truly tackle these terrible topics. All that said,

Given the eminently depressing voter turnout and some of the even more depressing results, writing this column is the last thing I want to do

Shot through the arm and my wife’s to blame, she gives plagues a bad name! – Bon Jovi (kind of) For those of you who

Since we haven’t done one of these things in quite some time, let’s get right to it! But rather than traditionally starting off with the

Since The First Ward ran former Elgin Township employee Nichole Mackall’s letter verbatim, though the FCC Fairness Doctrine doesn’t apply here, I though it only