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Saturday, August 3, 2019

St. Louis Cardinals are like the Fighting Irish in their local fans amongst us

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The Illinois secretary of state’s office has come up with what is, in some ways, just another money-making scheme – license plates allowing ...
Friday, August 2, 2019

EXTRA: A Cullerton, but not THE Cullerton, gets indicted by the feds

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I have no doubt that some people are wetting their pants with glee at the word that a Cullerton, one of the most prominent of political fami...

Sears Tower no longer has name, nor any height designations of significance

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The one-time Sears Tower, which clings to that name in the mindset of many Chicagoans, is truly a piece of the Second City’s past. One-ti...
Thursday, August 1, 2019

Is anyone shocked by ‘the Gipper’s’ quip? It explains so much trash talk

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The latest bit of historical trivia to make it into the “news” – former President Ronald Reagan said something racially offensive. REAGAN...
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Is college getting too costly to expect anybody to afford the tuition bills?

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It seems there’s a new “scam” involving ways that parents make their children out to be indigent so that they can qualify for extensive fina...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Oh, be quiet, J.B. You're confusing us!

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All the more reason we ought to hear less chatter from officials about presidential impeachment who aren’t directly involved in the process....
Monday, July 29, 2019

So is this now the Denny Hastert law?

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J. Dennis Hastert of Yorkville used to be thought of as one of the few Illinoisans to ever rise all the way to the rank of Speaker of the Ho...
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Gregory Tejeda
Chicago's far South Side, Illinois, United States
I am a Chicago-area freelance writer who has reported on various political and legal beats. I wrote "Hispanic" issues columns for United Press International, observed up close the Statehouse Scene in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County Board in Chicago and municipal government in places like Calumet City, Ill., and Gary, Ind. For a time, I also wrote about agriculture. Trust me when I say the symbolic stench of partisan politics (particularly when directed against people due to their ethnicity) is far nastier than any odor that could come from a farm animal.
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