Opinion
JB may respond to dark-money attack ad
By Rich Miller July 3, 2020 Illinois Rising Action, a dark-money super PAC, is running a TV ad against Gov. JB Pritzker. The group is reportedly putting $1 million behind…
Read MorePlaying roulette with people’s lives
By Ray Hanania July 3, 2020 Less than a week after the Village of Orland Park filed a taxpayer funded lawsuit against Gov. JB Pritzker–demanding that COVID-19 restrictions be eased–two…
Read MoreAmerica’s Problem: Much Bigger Than Racist Policing
By James E. Gierach What would cause a white police officer in Minneapolis to think he could pin a black, handcuffed, submissive arrestee suspected of passing a $20 counterfeit bill to…
Read MoreCan’t mask pols’ need to raise funds
By Rich Miller June 26, 2020 As Illinois slowly begins the reopening process, some state legislators have decided to start hosting in-person fundraisers. For the past few months, most legislative…
Read MoreRemembering a life well lived
By Ray Hanania June 26, 2020 In commemorating my late father this week for Father’s Day, I posted this on my Facebook page to share my feelings of what a…
Read MorePols’ hypocrisy worse than COVID-19
By Ray Hanania June 19, 2020 Black Lives Matter can’t claim they are fighting for justice, but then remain silent when looters, arsonists and criminals destroy small stores and vandalize…
Read MoreCongress must forgive loans to hospitals
June 19, 2020 Editor: Hospitals and our frontline workers are the backbone of our community. Now, more than ever, we need to support them. As a result of the COVID-19…
Read MoreA common cause in search of a plan
By Rich Miller June 12, 2020 Organizers of a Black Lives Matter protest in Anna, Ill. figured 10 people might show up for their event on June 4. The organizers…
Read MoreLightfoot’s waffling failed Chicago
By Ray Hanania June 12, 2020 As mayor, Lori Lightfoot has a powerful soapbox to influence not only Chicago but the entire region. Being African American, a woman and gay,…
Read MoreJB moving goalposts on contact tracing
By Rich Miller June 5, 2020 According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, in the period just prior to and just after Gov. JB Pritzker issued his first stay-at-home…
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