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Badge of Irony

Badge of Irony

April 23, 2025

If you’d asked me what the last dream I’d ever expect to have might be, it would be the one about being the main suspect

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Bob James and Dave Koz – a concert review!

Bob James and Dave Koz – a concert review!

March 23, 2025March 23, 2025

So, my lovely wife treated me to the Bob James and Dave Koz concert at the Studebaker Theatre in cold and windy downtown Chicago last

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Where’s Brenda Schory and the Chronicle?

February 28, 2025March 3, 2025

If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you’re misinformed. – Mark Twain Dear Reader! In my haste to

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A Blazier Family Thanksgiving Story

A Blazier Family Thanksgiving Story

November 29, 2024

We are in luck! M favorite female curmudgeon, Sharry Lynn Blazier, was in a writing mood yesterday such that she chronicled the tale of her

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A Thanksgiving to remember!

A Thanksgiving to remember!

November 28, 2024November 28, 2024

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. – Marcus Tullius Cicero The plan was to resort to whatever

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What kind of a country do we want to be?

What kind of a country do we want to be?

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024

Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud. His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University. – Mitt Romney A long-time friend, who

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The taxman cometh!

The taxman cometh!

October 25, 2024October 25, 2024

Upon reading Thursday’s First Ward column on KC County Board candidate Eric Stare’s lengthy rap sheet, one of my favorite Republican insiders remarked thusly; “Jeff!

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NO! I will NOT “investigate” your family law case!

NO! I will NOT “investigate” your family law case!

October 3, 2024October 4, 2024

It’s more than ironic that I wrote this column exactly a year ago today, because sure enough, another family court female just insisted I drop

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Have a happy Labor Day!

Have a happy Labor Day!

August 30, 2024August 30, 2024

Yikes! I was so peeved yesterday that I completely forgot to add this postlude to the column. But with Sunday being the last official day 

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Another one!

Another one!

July 5, 2024

So, there I was, sitting in my home office at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, diligently writing up my Rolling Stones concert review, when, you guessed

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