Wednesday, August 22, 2018

What is the partisan political norm?

›
I stumbled across some commentaries recently; one of which predicted that the electoral gains to be made come November by Democrats with reg...
Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Sleeping on the job? Now that’s a major offense to our city's political mindset

›
The Summer of ’86 was the year I was close to finishing college, and also had a job on the Cook County government payroll. A low-level cleri...
Monday, August 20, 2018

Does the secret to Chicago sporting success lie in the form of the “sisters?”

›
Remember back just a few months ago to “Sister Jean?” In the form of Jean Dolores Schmidt, the nun at Loyola University who made a specta...
Saturday, August 18, 2018

Short-term ‘retirement’ post turns out to be a long-term one for Jesse White

›
It was a couple of decades ago when Jesse White ran for election as Illinois secretary of state. WHITE: At age 84, is he up to sixth te...
Friday, August 17, 2018

Partisan politics run amok at all levels

›
Trump has one thing in common with Rauner, …  It may well be my generation’s contribution to the electoral process – we not only tolerat...
Thursday, August 16, 2018

EXTRA: Aretha at rest; or Give the Lady some R-E-S-P-E-C-T

›
It was not long ago I felt compelled to write a little ditty concerning the death of Matt "Guitar" Murphy, the blues musician who ...

A Hoosier to speak to Illinois Dems at partisan rally of Illinois State Fair?

›
My initial reaction to learning of the replacement speaker at the Democratic Party’s annual brunch held in conjunction with Democrat Day was...