Today I learned that Chip Gerdes, my friend and friend of this blog, passed away. There are many characters fighting this war to restore freedom and an appreciation for American exceptionalism to our country; but there is no one like Chip. Chip, who was one of the behind-the-scenes guys who do so much heavy...
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Last year at liberal conference Netroots, Darcy Burner, the woman who introduced Elizabeth Warren, reminded the audience of the cultural power the left has at its fingertips. She said to the audience (start at 16:50): That is cultural change. Because television has given us — now everyone has a gay best friend whether they...
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I understand but don’t share the exuberance some residents of Boston and the country felt celebrating the capture of the second terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev last night. I wasn’t cooped up all day, fearing for my life, having witnessed the battlefield brought to my own city. But the battlefield was brought to my country, within my...
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Chicago will no longer send police to your house for certain incidents, such as burglaries, vehicle theft, criminal damage to property, and others, if the suspect is no longer at your house. These cuts, according to the Chicago Police Department, will save 44 officers a day, allowing them to respond to the crisis-level murder...
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NPR (formerly National Public Radio) is embracing the capitalist system with fervor this weekend, as they open their staff-only merchandise sale to the public for the first time. This may not have been news had it been *any* other radio station. But it’s NPR, conceived of by government and with a decidedly left-wing audience, it has...
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I spent some time as an editor at Regnery Publishing, during which time we published “The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.” I always enjoy rereading this account from Benjamin Franklin, which captures the history and the spirit of the American holiday. Instead of a Fast They Proclaimed a Thanksgiving Benjamin Franklin (1785) There is...
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The astoundingly unsurprising news that Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned today reveals far more about the sorry state of our local Chicago democratic leadership than the trite and pathetic story of Jackson Jr.’s downfall. Jackson Jr., son of the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has been AWOL from Congress since June 10, has been the subject of...
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NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski ignored and lashed out a reporter who covered the Northwestern University Midwest Marxism conference over the weekend, in particular referring to reporting of Teachers Union VP Jesse Sharkey’s presence there as “full of sh*t.” The conference was notable not only for its radical content and secretive nature (I was booted...
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The letter below is from a group of grassroots conservatives who got together to pen their frustrations with the GOP. While these individuals do not wish to share their names, their sentiments are ones many of us share, including myself. Dear Republican Establishment: We hear you. We hear you blaming us for Mitt Romney’s...
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While filming the election night celebrations on the streets of Chicago, I interviewed several women who were among the large group gathered on State Street. The first group of people I came across were cheering for abortion. When I questioned the woman in the group, she said that abortion was one of the things...
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