Opinion
GOP candidates bracing for Rauner loss
“I’ll be a check on the Pritzker-Madigan agenda,” Republican attorney general candidate Erika Harold says in her latest TV ad about Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner JB Pritzker and Illinois House Speaker…
Read MoreFinding sports as a haven from hatred
As violence rages across the country and politicians and activists figure out ways to exploit the suffering of the victims for their own interests, I finally realize why sports is…
Read MoreJB should learn from ‘fishy’ discrimination lawsuit
The more I read it, the more skeptical I became of the racial discrimination lawsuit filed against the JB Pritzker campaign by 10 current and former field-level workers last week.…
Read MoreTaxes are top issue for me
In two weeks, voters will go to the polls and elect candidates for local, county and statewide public offices. The choices are the top candidates who won the primaries last…
Read MoreDodging, ducking not good enough, JB
By Rich Miller Dear JB Pritzker, I totally understand the campaign politics of not wanting to say what you think the income tax rates should be under a graduated tax…
Read MoreMedia knows no limits on Trump bashing
I don’t watch Saturday Night Live any more. I remember when it first premiered, weeks before I was discharged from military service. Back then, SNL was about humor. I watched…
Read MoreJB way ahead, even with tax hike idea
By Rich Miller JB Pritzker was recently endorsed by Crain’s Chicago Business. Yes, you read that right. The state’s premiere business magazine endorsed a candidate whose biggest promise is to…
Read MoreMixed feelings about Van Dyke verdict
I have mixed feelings about the conviction of Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer who killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. It’s offensive to me that the entire focus has…
Read MorePanel suggests anti-harassment regs for pols
By Rich Miller The Anti-Harassment, Equality, and Access panel set up by the Democratic Party earlier this year released its final recommendations last week. The AHEA panel wants the state’s…
Read MoreThat sound you hear is an axe grinding
Only three out of the past eight governors of Illinois since 1969 have been Democrats. The rest have been Republicans. Republicans controlled 35 of those years, while Democrats only controlled…
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