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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
At my site, The Hayride, which deals more often than not with issues of politics and culture in Louisiana, I appropriated a term to describe the mass phenomenon of westward outmigration that the state’s dysfunctional public sector has created and…
Washington — I have always thought that there was something very odd about this COVID pandemic. From start to finish, it has been entoiled in claims of politics. The Democrats murmured against what dark doings President Donald Trump was up…
Washington — The enormous outpouring of affection for Queen Elizabeth II has recently demonstrated to the world that monarchy is not dead. Now attention will turn to King Charles III, and we shall see how he will do. As I…
The Dallas Morning News, longtime home of one of The American Spectator’s most beloved columnists, William Murchison, is on target in its editorial approval of Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star,” which has been busing illegals out of Texas to…