It was, indeed, a bad day for Republicans. Millennials voted, and they voted Democratic. It wasn’t exactly a blue wave, it was more like a
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Quick Hits – The First Ward Midterm Predictions – Mild Revisions
I’m generally standing by last week’s electoral prognostications and I’m certainly looking forward to seeing scurrilous Kane County Auditor Terry Hunt’s gleaming visage adorned in
Quick Hits – November 5, 2018
Judge Dalton can’t even be ethical on a mailer! Between his miserable Illinois State Bar Association ratings and a small, but determined, group intent on
Quick Hits – Sealing the deal!
As we head into the final mid-term stretch, I’m getting a bit tired of those folks who cynically claim that all of our public servants
Quick Hits – The First Ward’s Midterm Predictions!
Normally, election prognostication columns are one of my favorite things, but with this election cycle truly testing my prophetic mettle, I’m not looking forward to
Quick Hits – Just Don’t Do It – Part 2
Survival as a journalist depends upon a capacity to harden your heart or follow in those Zen masters’ non-attachment footsteps. I’d like to think I
Quick Hits – October 26, 2018
This is why Republicans can’t win in Illinois With the friendliest poll numbers putting him 13 points behind J. B. Pritzker, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
Quick Hits – October 24, 2018
Yes! Judge Dalton really said that! As is always the case, whenever we cover John Dalton, a miserable excuse for a judge and a human
Quick Hits – No mention of Delnor?
As we briefly discussed last Friday, the Daily Herald inexplicably endorsed incumbent Kane County Sheriff Don Kramer over the eminently more qualified Sgt. Ron Hain
Quick Hits Supplemental – A sudden newspaper sadness
Having heard that 4 a.m. slap on the driveway, at 6:45 a.m., I dutifully went out to secure today’s Chicago Tribune. As I grabbed the