Erik Nava, a 17-year-old student at St. Charles North High School, remains in critical condition today following an underground scavenger hunt gone terribly bad Friday. According to the Sun-Times, Nava “leapt from an SUV in order to garner ‘points’ for his team.”
Police believe he jumped from a Dodge Durango moving at 25 mph as part [...]
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I guess I’m just in need of more humor these days. I haven’t done a ton of writing lately, but I have done a lot of [...]
President-Elect Barack Obama’s weekly radio address on YouTube. Obama promises 2.5 million new jobs by January of 2011.
No doubt you’ve seen this elsewhere, but I have to record it here for the record.
Do Republicans have anyone on deck who is not an idiot?
Via email from our friend Helen:
One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, ‘I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.’
The Marine looked at the man [...]
The news is not good in general for the economy, and even worse for the south Chicagoland area when Walgreens drops plans from building in an economic powerhouse like Tinley Park.
The proposed construction site at 171st Street and 84th Avenue is certainly busy enough to sustain a pharmacy and convenience store. According to the Sun-Times, [...]
Very cool, kid. And very cool of Obama to write.
From WTAE TV Channel 4 in Pittsburgh:
[Pennsylvania] Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll has died.
The 78-year-old was being treated in Baltimore for neuroendocrine cancer.She was diagnosed in July.Baker Knoll was released from the hospital on Nov. 6.She said then she had entered a physical therapy program to deal with an infection that slowed down her recovery.She [...]
Writing for the Sun-Times, Carol Marin is calling for true change in Springfield. She’s calling for ‘Shrooms to rise up, come out of the dark, and, well, legislate.
That would be refreshing.
What is a ‘Shroom?
“‘Shrooms” — short for “mushrooms” — is code in Springfield for rank-and-file lawmakers who, thanks to the iron grip of their leadership, [...]
Obviously perplexed and upset at their demonstrable lack of influence during the presidential election, the one-issue United States Catholic Bishops are determined to confront President-elect Barack Obama on the issue of abortion.
Several bishops issued statements before the election expressing their belief that “Catholics could not in good conscience vote for a candidate who favored abortion [...]
