Last night saw the first State of the Union speech of President Barack Obama. Expectations ran a wide range. There were several indications that he would…
Monthly Archives: January, 2010
Making the decision to go to court today and witness Rudy Fratto’s sentencing hearing was difficult. A good part of me wanted to witness justice. However,…
Texting while driving (TWD) in Illinois will cause an offender to receive a stupid traffic ticket and pay a measly $75 fine. Big deal. Texting while…
One of my recent articles about Pat Robertson’s impressively vicious attack on the native beliefs of Haiti has resulted in people asking me questions about Haitian…
It seems like some strange dream. In an era dominated by Democrats in both the executive and legislative branches, how exactly did a Republican get elected…
The term Silent War has often been applied to submarine combat. One can easily imagine the endless cat and mouse games under the sea that took…
With the news of former Illinois First Lady Laura Lynn Ryan’s health failing, not to mention the ex-governor not being in the greatest health himself, coupled…
The world is reeling from the terrible scope of the earthquake that ravaged the island nation of Haiti. Easily half of Port-au-Prince is rubble. The medical…
A political scrape of epic proportions was shaping up this week. Not since the Jeremiah Wright fiasco have we seen such a volatile issue boil out…
I believe the late Mayor Donald Stephens knew some gangsters back in the 1950s and ‘60s. The question is what does it mean when you know…