Democrat Patrick J. O’Connor, better known as “City Hall Santa,” has been an Alderman in Chicago’s City Council representing the 40th Ward on the North Side…
Monthly Archives: April, 2013
The cheerleaders of the military industrial complex are revving themselves up for yet another American misadventure overseas. Sketchy, second-hand reports have appeared that seem to confirm…
My original plan was to write about some civil rights abuses currently going on in the Muslim world. Just the other day in Turkey, Fazil Say…
Some Chicagoans appear to be living a charmed life when it comes to federal prosecution. The men I have in mind are all involved in the…
Our message was heard loud and clear (for those of you who are unfamiliar with the message, please take the time to read my February 28,…
A mighty tyrant passed from this world recently. No, I am not writing about Hugo Chavez, though the person I have in mind has much in…
Public School closings in Chicago have divided the community. The Chicago Teacher Union, represented by President Karen Lewis, says the cuts just hurt the African American…
The 2011 Wisconsin protests should still be vivid in your memory – they certainly are in mine. In February of that year, tens of thousands of…