political cynicism for turbulent times
Last update January 20, 2016Leave a Comment
At the end of another abysmal 12 months Illinois can finally declare without a doubt what its greatest accomplishment was in 2015: talk. Lots and lots of talk.
This time there was a Republican at the helm.
Bruce Rauner has been sitting in the governor’s seat for a year.
Last update December 14, 2015Leave a Comment
Chicago wanted a liberal political machine. It got one. The last time the city had a Republican mayor was 1931 and the city council is run by Democrats. It’s not as if the left hasn’t had a chance to turn its words into deeds and run the city the way liberals think it should be run.
Last update November 9, 2015Leave a Comment
Few things speak to the meaning we find in life like the symbolism behind Veterans Day. Sacrifice to preserve life for others stands in shocking contrast to the calculated murder of a nine-year old boy1 and the killing of an aspiring model in Chicago.
Last update June 19, 2017Leave a Comment
“Pipeline to prison” is a slogan you are going to hear many times over the next year. What it means is that no matter how much money taxpayers give to schools, kids are going from kindergarten to the big house because we aren’t paying enough.
Last update February 18, 2018Leave a Comment
Liberal politics in Illinois did not prevent Obama’s hometown from becoming a slaughterhouse. Spending for neighborhood projects and community initiatives has not stopped Chicago shootings. After the city celebrated Independence Day weekend with over 80 shootings, the summer has settled into a comfortable pattern of daily news of more shootings to the accompaniment of tiresome calls to end gun violence and take back the city’s worst neighborhoods.