Roscoe Cunningham’s Lament

My former legislative colleague Roscoe Cunningham (who used to buy a pan of sweet rolls to induce his Appropriations Committee members to attend his pre-meetings) bought the Sumner Press and opines each week in “Roscoe’s Journal.” The end of March … Continue reading

"Bring on the Gitmo Terrorists"

That’s what former Illinois State Representative Roscoe Cunningham says in a front page letter to United States Senator Roland Burris in his Sumner Press. Cunningham, with whom I served in the 1970’s before he, like I, caught congressional fever, continually … Continue reading