Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, one of the masterminds behind Obamacare, has now explained that he wishes to die at age 75. In an article in The Atlantic, Emanuel writes, “Seventy-five. That’s how long I want to live: 75 years.” He explains
While Democrats attack the rich across the country to gin up votes as part of their 2014 election strategy, one self-described “progressive” Democrat donor is so secretive with his wealth that Forbes magazine isn’t sure if he is even a
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles won their first AL East crown since 1997, using home runs by Steve Pearce and Jimmy Paredes to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-2 Tuesday night before a boisterous crowd of 35,297 at Camden
President Obama is ordering 3,000 U.S. “boots on the ground” in West Africa to fight Ebola, while continuing to pledge zero on the ground to fight ISIS in Iraq. According to AFP, Obama will announce the deployment of 3,000 troops
Many media outlets focus on the increased rate of shootings that hit Chicago every summer weekend, but the weekdays before Friday starts are never much different. Last week, for instance, half as many were shot and killed on Thursday alone
On September 12, TIME magazine ran a column by gun control proponent Gabby Giffords, in which she argued that gun control must be expanded for women’s sake. Giffords’ starts the column by revisiting the passage of the Violence Against Women
The times – they are a-changin’. A few years ago it was commonplace to see photos of Obama with his head framed with angelic halos. The phenomenon began in 2008, continued for at least a couple of years into his
Shocking video of members of a Chicago street gang, one armed with a machete, attacking two men was released to the public by the Chicago Transit Authority on Tuesday. Chicago police report that seven gang members were arrested for the
With the 2014 midterm elections less than two months away, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) says President Obama “stumbled” on the Islamic State, and his mishandling of the terror group is “bound to have some impact” on the coming
UCLA has been ranked ahead of rival school USC according to the U.S. News & World Report’s annual list of university rankings and UC Berkeley has again been placed as the top public university overall. The list, which was released
It looks like we’ve got a full-blown outbreak on our hands, spreading out from the Midwest, particularly Kansas City and Chicago. Ten states have now requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control for dealing with a surge in rare
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s 2015 season is scheduled to start with a Sunday night game on April 5 and the other 28 teams will be slated to open the following day. The regular season is to end
Over the September 5 weekend, seven Chicagoans were killed and twenty-two wounded in what has become all too typical violence in the Windy City. Most fell victim to shooting incidents, but several people were stabbed, three on Sunday morning. Friday
On Sunday, a day after President Barack Obama decided to delay his executive amnesty until after the midterms, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said he expects to meet with Obama this week and “go back to the drawing board” on the
The U.S. Navy is using Chicago’s Stoger Hospital to train and prepare doctors, medics, and nurses for battlefield conditions. As with so many of the experiences awaiting military medical personnel once overseas, “Stoger Hospital… stands in the middle of a
Comcast has been touting the wide support it has for a proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable Inc. However, one of those politicians the cable giant says is lined up on its side, Obama operative and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,
Thursday on “The Bill Press Show,” Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) said last month she participated in a “fast food workers” Chicago meeting where it was decided the “next step” would be to take
CHICAGO (AP) — They’re often pegged as the civic-minded, do-gooding generation. But while they’re still optimistic about their own personal prospects, a new study finds that today’s youth are often more skeptical of the country’s institutions than the young generations
Between Friday and Sunday night as the long Labor Day weekend began, three people were killed and 33 wounded — and the weekend still has one more day to go, since Labor Day falls on Monday this year. The long weekend
I recently watched an interview on Fox News that Megan Kelly did with Bill Ayers. I must say I was impressed on several levels. First, the striking and articulate figure that Ayers presented. So, I googled him and read what
Jim Warren, former Managing Editor of The Chicago Tribune and current Washington Bureau Chief for the New York Daily News said that action on immigration is “off the table” for President Obama through the 2014 elections on Monday’s broadcast of
A Chicago business offered to pay a year’s worth of rent for the family of Little League World Series star Jaheim Benton, the 12-year-old who scored five runs in helping the Jackie Robinson West Little Leaguers to the United States
The tragic fire-related death of an elderly woman and her son, with whom she lived in an Encino apartment complex, could have been prevented had the fire alarms been working, firefighters say. At lease 100 firefighters reportedly responded to a
(Reuters) – A Chicago police commander who had been praised for his crime fighting in some of the city’s roughest neighborhoods appeared in court on Thursday to face charges he put a gun in a suspect’s mouth, officials said. Commander
Before President Barack Obama potentially enacts executive amnesty “by the end of summer,” amnesty advocates are urging illegal immigrants to start preparing now, including saving money to get potential work permits. In addition to continuing to stay informed, the pro-amnesty
