Thanks to a statistical analysis by the Chicago Sun-Times, we know today that McHenry County has more people, on a proportional basis, applying for concealed carry permits than any other Chicago-area county. (Graphic here. Map here.) With 822 people applying … Continue reading
Category Archives: Chicago Sun-Times
Yesterday I had the audacity to suggest that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel may have been trying to divert resources in the U.S. Attorney’s Office away from political corruption. Why else would he emphasize that newly-sworn in U.S. Attorney Zach Fardon … Continue reading
It took Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown to point it out, but there are some high regional stakes in the fight over who controls mass transportation in the metropolitan area. The same fight occurred in 1974 and in the early … Continue reading
I didn’t stop the newspapers when we went on vacation last month and am working my way though back issues. On June 16th, Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown shared information virtually forbidden in Chicago-based media. What’s that? The fact that … Continue reading
There have been many articles and one editorial about the worthiness of McHenry County Circuit Judge Maureen McIntyre to preside at the trial of Richard Daley nephew R.J. Vanecko in his involuntary manslaughter case involving David Koschman. Today, Chicago Sun-Times … Continue reading
Again the Chicago Sun-Times put McHenry County Circuit Court Judge Maureen McIntyre on its front page today. The article does a good job of tying McIntyre’s ex-husband, with whom she still resides, with the Democratic Machine at the time of … Continue reading
After revealing on its first three pages a Boone County divorce decree in which most family assets ended up in McHenry County Judge Maureen McIntyre’s name despite her lawyer husband’s owing big money, today the Chicago Sun-Times lit into her … Continue reading
A statement from former Congressman Joe Walsh: I Will Sue the Chicago Sun-Times “Late this afternoon, the Chicago Sun-Times posted a story on-line that claimed that I wanted to stop making child support payments. That claim is an absolute lie, … Continue reading
It’s a good thing I subscribe to both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Tribune. Take a look at the front page of the Sun-Times: Now, if I had only subscribed to the Tribune, here’s all I would have seen on … Continue reading
There may be something symbolic here, but I doubt it was intentional. On Wednesday, December 6, 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times announced that the next day, the 70th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, it would start charging for its … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune does not like to be one-upped. With its front page child support story on July 28m, 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times certainly one-upped the Tribune. Walsh replied to the Sun-Times article with a statement that he was under … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh on Sun-Times story: Congressman Walsh Statement on Chicago Sun-Times Hit Piece WASHINGTON –It is not lost on me that a court case filed almost 8 months ago regarding a marriage that ended more … Continue reading
They all endorsed Melissa Bean for the 8th Congressional District seat. But, voters ignored the newspaper endorsements. They picked someone who represents their interests and not the liberal special interests of San Francisco. They elected Joe Walsh. That’s in spite … Continue reading
It’s probably because I met Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s GOP opponent Isaac Hayes at the Family PAC cruise last month that I am following with more than casual interest the deteriorating political fortunes of the incumbent. Today, the Chicago Sun-Times … Continue reading
Naturally the black hole that wishes to eat a couple thousand dollars of my income originates in Chicago. Consider he Chicago Sun-Times today. Look at the cover. Abraham Lincoln is crying because taxes aren’t higher. He isn’t crying because people … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has been warned for about two weeks that its paper was going to get smaller. Saturday it did. One Tribune employees surmised the paper finally ran out of wider paper. Look at what happened when I laid … Continue reading
The unions decided to keep their benefits. That was more important than letting the commuters ride the CTA. And the personal grief of Democratic Party Lieutenant Governor Scott Lee Cohen’s son was more important that the doomsday for CTA strap … Continue reading
Just in case you’re interested, the Chicago Sun-Times endorsed appointed-Governor Pat Quinn in the Democratic Party primary and Kirk Dillard in the GOP election. Sunday, the Chicago Tribune is endorsing Andy McKenna. Click to enlarge any image. … Continue reading
Even though the Senate passed a 67% income tax hike and greatly broaden sales by placing them on all sorts of services, the Chicago Tribune ran not one inch of information on its front page Sunday, the day the House … Continue reading
In Sunday’s Jack Higgins’ editorial cartoon, he looks at a scene on a CTA bus. A man is reading a Chicago Sun-Times (what else, he works for the Sun-Times). Here’s the headline, THE CLOWNIS PRISON BOUND A lady looking at … Continue reading