We covered the basics of the Northwestern University sports hazing scandal in last Thursday’s column and we started to discuss the evolutional bases that, left
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On hazing in sports
I remember my rookie hazing. It wasn’t fun. — Retired MLB pitcher Gio Gonzalez Though this rapidly expanding national story is still essentially a local
Quick Hits – July 25, 2023
A Campton Hills correction Though last week’s story on Campton Hills Police Chief Steve Millar inevitably coming out on top of the Illinois State Police
Batavia enacts a senior citizen tax!
I’m sure it’s already happened to any Genevan that briefly crossed the border to pick up a few items at the Batavia Trader Joe’s. You
There’s something in the water in Campton Hills
Investigations by special prosecutors can take on a life of their own. – Peter Bergen Don’t get me wrong! Despite their election denying and other
The Tylenol murders will never be solved
The question I repeatedly asked the FBI during the latter course of the 18-year Unabom investigation was, “Considering how you’ve already convinced a former roommate
The national GOP embraces obsolescence – part 2
The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for. – Author Tucker Max On
The national GOP is embracing obsolescence
If you ignore the generation after yours, you will become obsolete very quickly. – Brad Paisley Last week we discussed the complete collapse of the
Progressives have set the LBGTQ movement back 50 years
The Cancel Culture has met the enemy and it is them! – Jeff Ward appropriating Walk Kelly In The First Ward’s June 15 column, we
A requiem for the Kane County Republican Party
Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky We’ve been discussing how those fleeing Cook Countians have been