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Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass reported Friday that Chicago’s airport operations boss Dave “Pool Boy” Ochal threw his political weight around last week when his neighborhood faced a power outage:
Ochal’s Far Northwest Side neighborhood was without power for two days in the summer heat. Neighbors dug into their own pockets to pay for emergency generators [...]
I haven’t written much about drugs in our society, but I’m using a story in the Sun-Times to start putting down some thoughts. I’d appreciate any reader feedback on this one especially.
Remember, this happened in Texas. No, I do not in any way condone what this 18-year-old man did. However, it shows we’re not far [...]
Despite news that some suburbs are crumbling before the Supreme Court’s recent liberal interpretation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is standing firm.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Richard Daley was adamant Friday about Chicago’s intention to defend its handgun ban in court, despite news that a second area suburb was [...]
I really don’t get this guy at all.
Park Forest resident John Ray still has his box of human bones.
Recall Ray’s tale of how he came by the remains:
Ray said he bought the grisly collection, albeit accidentally, at an estate auction in Shipshewana, Ind. There he bought a tattered, 150-year-old book titled “The History of the [...]
This one is just too strange to pass up.
According to a report in the Southtown Star, a man in Park Forest, IL, has kept “a disorganized heap of crusty human bones” in a box for 26 years.
According to the report, John Ray claims he bought the box of human remains in 1982:
It was the year [...]
The Chicago Tribune has an extraordinary piece on the disparity in treatment between African Americans who suffer from kidney failure vs. just about everyone else in America:
With transplant lists growing, it can be daunting for a person of any race to get a life-sustaining kidney. But many African-Americans face additional hurdles—whether it’s piecing together insurance [...]
I guess I don’t understand the charm of handguns.
From the Chicago Tribune:
Two people were shot, one in the head in the Loop late Thursday as thousands of people streamed out of downtown after the city’s Fourth of July fireworks display and the Taste of the Chicago.
Both shootings occurred about 10:40 p.m. roughly a block apart, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Republicans are salivating with news of Rezko’s conviction. According to the Chicago Tribune, Illinois Republicans opened their state convention vowing to link Governor Blagojevich to all Democrats across the state, including the presumptive Democratic nominee, U.S. Senator Barack Obama. They’re pulling out all the stops, but saying nothing new.
For example, they’re going to [...]
