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I just hung up the phone with India.
I received a phone call regarding a bill I received for emergency room services in February at St. James Hospital in Chicago Heights. When I returned the call, I was greeted by a kind person with a slight accent. I couldn’t quite place the accent, but didn’t think [...]
Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley is an impressive and formidable politician. The man has incredible support in the city and elsewhere throughout the Chicagoland area.
The secret to his success? Govern-by-Whining. And it’s never his fault.
The latest incidents that have left Daley bewildered are the gang-related shootings last week at the Taste of Chicago. [...]
In the midst of his remarks at a Naturalization Ceremony at Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia, today, President Bush said the following:
Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. (Interruption continues.) These immigrants have helped transform 13 small colonies into a [...]
This story from The Washington Post (in block text) is presented with appropriate passages from The Declaration of Independence (italics). Enjoy.
Government workers repeatedly snooped without authorization inside the electronic passport records of entertainers, athletes and other high-profile Americans, a State Department audit has found. One celebrity’s records were breached 356 times by more than six [...]
It’s only Newsweek, so it must be another liberal smear.
Except this time it’s true.
John McCain is a tax dodger:
When you’re poor, it can be hard to pay the bills. When you’re rich, it’s hard to keep track of all the bills that need paying. It’s a lesson Cindy McCain learned the hard way when NEWSWEEK [...]
Thursday’s decision by the United States Supreme Court protecting an individual right to own a gun for personal use is good news for some, but downright frightening for those who worry about the ever escalating gun violence in the Chicaogland area and the rest of the country.
First, the New York Times:
The Supreme Court on Thursday [...]
A group of students at Ohio’s Oberlin College are demonstrating leadership in efforts to reduce carbon emissions. With so many efforts to educate the public about global warming being dismissed as political stunts by liberals, it’s nice to see common sense thinking from our young people.
The New York Times highlights one effort at a [...]
Our “Land of the Free and Home of the Brave” can be awful odd sometimes.
A report out of Iowa from the Associated Press tells the story of a college student who was arrested when he allegedly struck an officer with some M&Ms:
Sean McGuire was arrested early Sunday at a convenience store after Drake University security [...]
The numbers are all over the place. As we reach the end of April, we owe it to the deceased to remember those who gave their lives.
The Iraq Coalition Casualty Count shows 51 Americans killed in Iraq in April. The most recent press release from the Department of Defense reports the following:
The [...]
The Supreme Court today upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection for executions. The 7-2 vote backed the procedures in place in Kentucky, three drugs which some asserted constitute cruel and unusual punishment because they can cause great pain.
From the NYTimes:
”We … agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk [...]
