As promised! The DOA Podcast more thoroughly covers the Shadwick King retrial closing arguments. Though they were far too long, they were still quite the
Year: 2022
Quick Hits – July 21, 2022
Let’s catch up on a few of our previous stories! Never accuse Kearns and West of competency In my June 13 column, I surmised the
The Democratic war on women
If what you’re doing sounds like an Onion headline, you’ve gone too far. – Bill Maher on the Democratic Party The Democratic Party has officially
The DOA Podcast takes on Illinois’ absurd new drunken sex law with attorney Jeff Meyer
The column on this topic wasn’t nearly as popular as I thought it would be because I was convinced that my readers were as terrified
Shadwick King retrial – the closing arguments
I managed to attend most of Monday’s five-hour King retrial summations, and even though both sides would’ve been equally effective in one-third of the time,
The Elgin task force on policing blows up – AGAIN!
The Elgin policing task force blows up – again! This time they crashed and burned in the most magnificent fashion with former U-46 school board
A case of really bad judgement
Every now and then a trusted reader asks me why I was “so hard” on a particular public official and that feedback generally makes me
Joe Doorley was one of the good guys
And you don’t meet many real good guys in this too-brief existence, particularly when they’re investigating you for suspicion of being a serial bomber. But
Another DOA Podcast Shadwick King retrial update!
I figured I’d head over to Kane County courtroom 319 for a mere 45 minutes yesterday (6/30) afternoon just to see a little bit of
The First Ward 2022 primary election recap
Since I’d face the equivalent of a journalistic firing squad if I failed to swiftly offer my post-election analysis, let’s get on with it! 1.