Category: The First Ward Report

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” – Ronald

It was so unusual I can still clearly picture my Evanston St. Nick’s compatriots and I enjoying a pickup baseball game at Ridge and Monroe

As you might imagine, after 1.5 years of campaigning, I’m physically and mentally exhausted. That means they’ll be no column today! And even though I’m

With the end of his term looming so large, wouldn’t you think Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon would want to make every effort to

“A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep” – Saul Bellow Since, according to that great

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.” – Albert Einstein I’d really like to write about something

“If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” – Thomas Jefferson It’s been

With yesterday’s column surging well over 1,200 words and my daily journalism time running short, I left the last COVID “surge” factor explanation for today.

Since there seems to be time for one last endorsement before our fascinating November electoral fling commences, let’s get on with it! The genesis of