Thursday, September 18, 2014

Who knew Flying Wallendas were still around? They’ll be in Chicago soon

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Perhaps it’s because I’m not 9 years old any more,   But the word this week that a member of the Flying Wallenda family (of genera...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Recalling Hale’s violin

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It has been quite a while since I have given Matt Hale any thought.   But the native of East Peoria, Ill., is back in the news bec...
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Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Polling the polls for November 4; who’s to say if any of them are correct

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The Chicago Tribune, that one-time voice of Midwestern Republicanism, is giving Democrats reason to be downright giddy.   The newspa...
Monday, September 15, 2014

September 16 just doesn’t have the same ring as Cinco de Mayo

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For those of you who still haven’t figured it out yet, Monday night into Tuesday are the real dates of the holiday you thought you celeb...
Saturday, September 13, 2014

Our friends, the Mexico drug cartels? Or will ISIS soon be at O’Hare?

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I got my laugh Friday from The Inquisitr, a website that I suspect likes to think it’s giving us serious news but seems to have a sense ...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Endorsements a matter of support? Or demand for future government perks?

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It's endorsement time; that point in the campaign cycle when organizations and special interests will come out with grand pronouncements...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Internet scam appeals to those who want to be greedy, instead of stupid

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It seems that somebody has spent way too much time watching Three Kings, that 1999 film about soldiers in the aftermath of the early 1990s ...