The First Ward 2023 retrospective – Part 2
Last year’s resolution was to lose 20 pounds by Christmas. Only 30 pounds to go. — Anonymous Alright! Let’s proceed with the major local stories.
The First Ward 2023 retrospective – Part 1
May all your troubles last as long as your New Year’s resolutions. – Actress and Director Joey Adams To quote the great Aerosmith, “I’m back
I wanna wish you a Merry Christmas
It’s that wonderful time of year when your favorite columnist takes his singular Christmas to New Year writing break to recharge for the inevitable journalistic
Quick Hits – December 20, 2023
Three years and hospitals still refuse to adjust If you’ve mustered the nerve to take a gander at the press these days, particularly the nearly
Northwestern Medicine and Delnor really do suck!
Modern medicine is a negation of health. It isn’t organized to serve human health, but only itself, as an institution. It makes more people sick
That Geneva Police double standard strikes again!
My adoring throng knows that I rarely apply my limited journalistic skillset to my own defense, but that self-imposed caveat never applies to the Geneva
How the mighty have fallen!
I’m not sure if I’ve told this story before. During my official Sun-Times suburban newspaper days, I struck up a friendship with former WBEZ host
A rare moment of progressive political clarity!
“Political honesty” is a decidedly oxymoronic notion right up there along with “military intelligence,” “conservative ideals,” “deficit spending,” “white supremacy,” “bureaucratic efficiency,” “civil debate,” and
Why municipal prosecutors are a really bad idea
The thing about plummeting downhill at fifty miles an hour on a snack platter – if you realize it’s a bad idea when you’re halfway
No mo’ no mow May!
You can’t change people, but most importantly, unless you’re their momma, you don’t even know what’s best for them. – Singer Brandi Carlile Let’s briefly