My first car was a hand-me-down from my father. It was a Mercedes diesel, bought in 1964. When he showed up at my Oberlin College in it in my senior year, I wondered how he had been able to afford … Continue reading
Category Archives: Scandal
Maybe my headline should be Franks Labels County Board IMRF Pension Participation a “Scandal” Certainly, Jack Franks will be filling mailboxes with that message and how he cleaned it up. But, since the title of the op-ed piece in Wednesday … Continue reading
The Daily Herald doesn’t call it a scandal, but it is. Lenore Adkins has written a story about how gone, but not done gone, ex-McHenry County College President Walt Packard is still being paid what he was when he was … Continue reading
Tuesday Sun-Times cartoonist stuck Governor Rod Blagojevich’s tongue on the frozen pole, “A Christmas Story”-style. Just as Ralphie did in 1983, Rod has his tongue stuck to a pole, but Rod’s is not in his school yard. It’s to a … Continue reading
Tuesday Sun-Times cartoonist stuck Governor Rod Blagojevich’s tongue on the frozen pole, “A Christmas Story”-style. Just as Ralphie did in 1983, Rod has his tongue stuck to a pole, but Rod’s is not in his school yard. It’s to a … Continue reading