Category: The First Ward Report

A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot

If liberals didn’t have double standards, they wouldn’t have any standards at all. – Screenwriter Burt Prelutsky Apparently, I’m one of those rare liberals who

I truly enjoyed a glorious four-day weekend with a much-needed writing break, but now I’m a day behind and my plan is to actually do

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. – Mark Twain I really need to come up with

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

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

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

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

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,

Illinois! Where bad ideas go to flourish. – The new state motto as proposed by Jeff Ward I swear that a group of progressive legislators