All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain I really need to come up with
Month: August 2023
On the persistent failures of municipal government
Local government is a gamble that can have disastrous consequences when it fails. – MSNBC host Joy Reid Or I could’ve quoted myself instead, “The
Quick Hits – August 24, 2023
With no single story capturing my attention this week, let’s catch up on a few things. Bomb threats are back in the news Forgive me
How progressives and Trumpers have conspired to destroy our school systems – part 2
Last Thursday, we discussed how the liberal and progressive instigated COVID school mitigations led to a national record level of chronic truancy during the 2021-2022
How progressives and Trumpers have conspired to destroy our school systems
Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear. – Ursula K. Le Guin It may not seem like it’s the case, even though I’m occasionally correct, I
What happens when the state’s attorney’s office has no heart
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. – Abraham Lincoln I’m sure you knew this one was coming, but some
Quick Hits – August 10, 2023 – The Geneva version
What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. – Calvin Coolidge Though we’re about to cover a series of Geneva, Illinois,
Non-citizen police officers? Only in Illinois!
Illinois! Where bad ideas go to flourish. – The new state motto as proposed by Jeff Ward I swear that a group of progressive legislators
What? Jeff Ward’s a sportswriter?
Just when you thought life couldn’t possibly get any better, that’s exactly what it does. Because your favorite columnist has just expanded his already broad
Chicago safe drug use sites? Absolutely NOT!
Enabling is the mortal enemy of consequences. ― D.C. Hyden, author of The Sober Addict We started down this road in May when I expressed a