Tariq Ramadan returned to the United States, six years after his visa was revoked by the Bush administration, in order to either a) continue to his vitally important work as a leading voice of Muslim moderation, or b) continue his
The public relations campaign to expand the presence of the nation’s largest discount department store into two of Chicago’s most depressed neighborhoods took a decidedly nasty turn Saturday, when a prominent Democratic operative compared employment at Wal-Mart to slavery in
As we watch Obama’s Chicago-style politics in action, it’s time to answer the question the old media, both in and outside Chicago, ignores to this day. Who were the key people in the Chicago Machine who helped advance Obama to
It was a small bar and restaurant in the West Village of Manhattan … and, while you read this, do me a favor and pump up this performance of The Nearness of You by the infinitely soulful and dangerously loving
As we watch Obama practice Chicago-style politics, it’s time to answer the question the old media ignores. Who were the key people in the Chicago Machine who helped advance Obama to power? We’ll start at the top. In Chicago, Mayor
Call me a hater. Accuse me of racism and playing party politics, but this is inexcusable and might even have risen to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors” warranting immediate impeachment. For this President Obama must go – for
Just asking, Dr. Freud. Opening Day was not the first time Obama has referred to Comiskey Park, the old home of the Chicago White Sox, as “Cominsky” Field, er, Park. Here he is with Bob Costas, reminiscing about the good
As everyone from Jean-Paul Sartre to Tiger Woods has taught us, authenticity is a big thing in modern life. We want people, especially the ones we idolize or elect, to be who they say they are. We scorn the poseur
Here’s the Punahou Kid — an unequaled combination of Pericles of Athens and Oscar Robertson — tossing out the first pitch yesterday at the Washington Nationals’ home opener. The former South Sider also tells the world who his favorite Chicago
Over the weekend, Tribune Corp’s Oscar Avila played stupid in his coverage of the Chicago Tea Party: One year ago at a downtown Chicago tea party rally, a confrontation between a television reporter and activists crystallized the emotions surrounding the
[Note: This is Part II in an ongoing series about the Clinton Redux, the Obama Administration and their political wars against Americans. Click here for Part I and Part II] The attacks on the tea party movement are continuing. In
Here’s the latest bleat from the not-quite dead-yet MSM, complaining that anonymous commentary is somehow… what? Unfair? Hurtful? Makes you want to run home to mama and cry? Meet Chicago Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg: Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote a column
As the Central Illinois 912 Project has addressed previously on BigGovernment.com, Shorebank is a community bank based out of Chicago that is engaged in microfinancing — a hybrid of capitalism and social justice. They have been supported and promoted by
The University of Washington held a “debate” over the constitutionality of the health care bill in which none of the participants argued it was at all unconstitutional. Explaining this farce, the university claimed they couldn’t find any law professors to
Global warming skeptics like me are often asked how the mainstream media could have been so wrong about the “climate change” issue for so long. The answer is that the MSM’s fascination with global warming alarmism is nothing out the
The Chicago Tribune company, which also owns the Los Angeles Times, is on the verge of bankruptcy. In hock to a Lebanese-Mexican billionaire, the New York Times is trying desperately to stay afloat, laying off staff even as it pays
In my column this week for the Irish Examiner USA, I wrote, “When it comes to Hate Speech and Violence, Liberals Rule.” For some strange reason liberals are identifying all contrary opinions as hateful regardless of the words actually used.
Historians will someday document the pressure that Democrat Party leaders put on their members in Congress to vote for the “health care” bill. Until then, we mainly rely on leaked stories and accounts offered by House members willing to talk.
Over the past two days, BigGovernment.com has been exposing the identities of members of IBEW Local 357 who taunted, harassed, intimidated and threw eggs at peaceful Tea Party protestors in Harry Reid’s hometown of Searchlight, Nevada last weekend. This could
Just a few steps outside my room at Hillsdale’s Dow Hotel & Leadership Center hangs this wonderful portrait of George Washington. Hillsdale Feels a Lot Like Yeshiva Growing up in Brooklyn, I attended the Yeshiva of Flatbush, an Orthodox elementary
As a child, I watched a lot of westerns and cowboy movies. I saw the same scenario in countless films. The sheriff had a prisoner locked up in his jail waiting to stand trial when the judge arrived in the
The irony would be amusing, were the stakes not so serious. The very day that the United States Congress passed sweeping legislation that will undermine the economy, increase debt and send tax rates soaring, a leading liberal media outlet criticized
Last week, while trying to rally support for last minute maneuvers designed to push his health care “reform” scheme through the House of Representatives, President Obama made a revealing statement. “We are going to make history!” he exhorted a crowd
In his March 12, 2010, interview with FOX News’ Greta van Susteren, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich described a conversation he said he had with Rahm Emanuel concerning a replacement for Obama’s Senate seat. His comments on that subject are
President Obama has been barnstorming the country saying that CBO scores his health care takeover plan as reducing the deficit by over $100 billion in the first 10 years, and by almost a trillion dollars over the second 10 years.
