Category: The First Ward Report

Markets that don’t exist don’t care how smart you are. ― Entrepreneur Marc Andreessen In an abundantly predictable move, after CVS, Whole Foods, SuperValu, Target, and

No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me—has ever lost

It would seem as if some of my major electoral predictions didn’t pan out, particularly in regard to those local referenda, so let’s take a

A committee of the hole I’d really like to blame this latest development on our infamous Elgin city council Gang of Four (Dixon, Steffen, Powell,

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. – Benjamin Franklin If you haven’t already done so, I would encourage you to read Tuesday’s

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails, be wise by good advice. — Sophocles One of the more fascinating

Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders. ― Author Criss Jami Though it

It’s discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ― Noël Coward And deceit and hypocrisy are the hallmarks

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Call me crazy, but wouldn’t you

Misplaced priorities So, the Rockford Archdiocese is providing the “faithful” with dispensation to eat corned beef on this Lenten Friday, while the Chicago variety won’t