If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit. – Johnnie Cochrane OJ Simpson was always the prize in our ubiquitous 70’s Start-O-Matic football leagues. On
Year: 2024
Here’s to mutually assured thermonuclear destruction
Armed with her East Aurora school district Second Chance March Madness Bracket winnings, something I may have had a hand in, my lovely wife took
It won’t deter a damn thing!
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. – Philosopher Hannah Arendt Doing her damnedest to send a
And the state of the State Republican Party ain’t much better!
In politics stupidity is not a handicap. – Napoleon Bonaparte I’m sure the French emperor had ultra-conservative Illinois radio talk show host and self-proclaimed “political
Quick Hits – April 4, 2024
Et tu, Brute? Though the Ides of March passed without much note, the Ides of April seem to be a little more pernicious. Because just
On how to behave after a tough election loss
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other. ― Mark Twain So, sixteen days after the fact we
I got fan mail!
It was snail mail fan mail, too, something that’s only happened two or three times over the last 18 years at the keyboard. I suppose
Quick Hits – March 28, 2024
Turning it blue! So, the Kane County Maga minions, led by no-threat-to-Mensa Republican chairman Andro Lerario, are hooting and hollering over Eric Stare and Fred
Councilman Dixon, you should be ashamed of yourself!
What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is. — Dan
The First Ward’s March Madness bracket
Reader Anton reached out to me in an effort to get my to divulge my super secret March Madness bracket picks. Since I am a