When in doubt, use brute force. – Ken Thompson So, how did we get to the point where the Kane County justice apparatus would willingly
Category: The First Ward Report
The Kane County justice system sinks to a new low
Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish. ― Anne Bradstreet The only possible answer to the impending
Guilty!
In an anticlimactic and uncharacteristic case of legal brevity, to absolutely no one’s surprise, Judge John Barsanti read the following passage from his larger ten-page
Quick Hits – The Geneva fire hydrant edition
Since I received some fascinating feedback from my July 28 column, particularly on the frequently defaced Geneva Pride fire hydrant, I thought I’d share those
The Tribune wants you to get off of their lawn!
Just when you think the Chicago Tribune can’t possibly get any more confusing or irrelevant, they do. When they’re not engaging in pandemic panic porn,
It’s simple cause and effect!
I’d preface this piece by mentioning that I’ve been defending our gay and transgender brothers and sisters long before it was fashionable, but apparently, your
Quick Hits – July 26, 2022
You can’t go home again, Richard Now that he’s had his sorry political butt handed to him on a silver platter, in one of the
The Democratic war on women
If what you’re doing sounds like an Onion headline, you’ve gone too far. – Bill Maher on the Democratic Party The Democratic Party has officially
Shadwick King retrial – the closing arguments
I managed to attend most of Monday’s five-hour King retrial summations, and even though both sides would’ve been equally effective in one-third of the time,
The Elgin task force on policing blows up – AGAIN!
The Elgin policing task force blows up – again! This time they crashed and burned in the most magnificent fashion with former U-46 school board