Chicago

Defunding police results are totally predictable. So why do it? [Video]

The screed of “Defund the Police” has yielded scenes like this: That this sort of activity has actually been implemented anywhere at all is stunning. The results of it have been uniformly bad everywhere it is implemented. According to this piece from The Wall Street Journal: In the last three months of 2020, homicides rose 32.2% […]

Bashing Congress and Red Light Cameras on Chicago Radio MP3

I was on Chicago’s Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson today to thrash red light cameras and the push for an “independent” commission to investigate the January 6 ruckus at the Capitol.  Red light cameras have become ATM machines for politicians, enabling them to automatically plunder the citizenry.  Once cameras were installed, Chicago […]

Teachers Unions Have Always Been Terrible

American Conservative, February 15, 2021 Teachers Unions Have Always Been Terrible Forty years of getting in the way of childrens’ education by James Bovard NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 3, 2020: BLM, UFT and other groups participate in a National Day of Resistance to protest for demands including no reopening of schools, police-free schools, and […]
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Thumping Covid Crackdowns and Inauguration Inanities on Chicago Radio

I joined Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s AM 560 The Answer this morning to smack around Covid nonsense, Inauguration excesses, and other malarkey in the news. Hopefully my raspy early morning voice wasn’t too much of a distraction. Dan  tweeted out a line from the show: The COVID Enthusiast: someone who hates you […]

MP3 Video Chicago Talk Radio on Covid Shutdown Insanity

Radio hosts Dan Proft and Amy Jacobson and I had fun smacking Covid-crackdown nonsense this morning on Chicago’s AM 560. Amazing how much wreckage that mayors and governors have inflicted in the name of public safety. Watch the interview below or at YouTube –  my interview starts about 7 minutes in (thanks, JdL)  
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago demonstrates unapologetic elitism [Video]

Chicago Mayor, Lori Lightfoot, has made a lot of news in recent months. Cursing out her councilman (who is also a very liberal Democrat) who wanted to protect his constituents in his own neighborhood, reviling President Trump and driving business out of her own city’s center, with Macys and Bloomingdales both closing their stores on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, the mayor has demonstrated the same absolutely insane reasoning process being duplicated in Seatlle, Portland, New York City and all other Democrat-controlled states and cities in the country.

Chicago Looted By Black Lives Matter… AGAIN! But Why?

Chicago, Illinois was looted yet again by rioters under the guise of a Black Lives Matter “protest” after a police-involved shooting of a 20-year-old gangbanger.  A local reporter incorrectly claimed that the person shot by police was a 15-year-old innocent boy.  Maybe she confused the active gang member with an innocent black youth killed on the streets by an active gang banger.  Either way, the shooting was used as an excuse to loot over 200 stores in Downtown Chicago.