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by | Apr 5, 2023

In a city where crime and public safety were viewed in a union poll as the leading issues, how could Democrat Brandon Johnson, who was perceived as wanting to defund the police, a stance he denies, defeat Democrat Paul Vallas,…

by | Apr 4, 2023

Voters today should elect Paul Vallas mayor of Chicago. He is running an anti-crime, pro-school-reform campaign to keep the Windy City from blowing into Lake Michigan. “Residents in ALL neighborhoods will feel safe,” his website promises. “Suburbanites and tourists will…

by | Mar 1, 2023

So Lori Lightfoot counterintuitively has been kicked out with a heavy boot, and we soon blessedly will have heard and seen the last of that apparition unless she appears in a future police bulletin as a crime victim during a…

by | Feb 28, 2023

Chicago voters, both living and dead, are picking the next mayor of the Windy City today. While deceased voters need not worry about such things, those who still breathe are concerned foremost about crime. Widespread, senseless lawlessness has crept from…

by | Feb 17, 2023

A competitive Chicago mayoral election will take place on Feb. 28. Incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot is seeking reelection amidst poor approval ratings likely related to her handling of rising violent crime, failures in the Chicago Transit Authority system, and her…

by | Feb 11, 2023

When you once thought of Chicago, Al Capone and Michael Jordan immediately came to mind — along with the Lakefront, vibrant neighborhoods, world class universities, multinational and entrepreneurial business, inspiring architecture, fine boutiques and great restaurants. But times have changed:…

by | Feb 9, 2023

Despite some welcome pushback from Elon Musk at Twitter, cancel culture continues to be all the rage. There are many ways of canceling someone apart from banning them on Twitter and all of them and some have been tried on…

by | Jan 30, 2023

Earlier this year, the Chicago Board of Education’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released its annual report, which notes, “In Fiscal Year 2022, the OIG received 1,825 complaints alleging misconduct, waste, fraud and financial mismanagement at Chicago Public Schools…

by | Dec 15, 2022

A 70-year-old woman was walking her dog in one of Chicago’s most affluent neighborhoods Wednesday when she was confronted by a masked stranger who pointed a pistol in her face and shouted, “Give me your f***ing purse or I’ll kill you…

by | Oct 13, 2022

Last month at the Sixth Annual Kentucky Chapters Conference of the Federalist Society, Judge James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (disclosure: my former boss) issued a call to arms. Ho, who earlier this…

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