On April 5 a South Austin, Chicago resident pulled his concealed carry handgun and fired at an armed man and his accomplice after coming under attack. According to the Chicago Tribune, “the man was walking from his garage to the
Chicago is going through a heroin epidemic fueled by Mexican drug cartels and pushed by local gangbangers that is leaving a wave of death and crime in its wake. The Windy City already leads the country in heroin-related overdoses with
Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald urged his team on Saturday to vote against forming a union later this month. “I believe it’s in their best interests to vote no,” Fitzgerald said on Saturday, according to ESPN. “With the research that
NEW YORK (AP) — The 1970s rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” is being resurrected for a North American arena rock tour this summer, led by a former boy band member, an R&B siren and a punk icon. The musical written
In 2010, your correspondent challenged incumbent Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) in the 9th district of Illinois. It was an exciting campaign, a real contest between Alinskyite socialism and Tea Party conservatism. I lost by 30 points in the deep-blue district,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Chicago has coldest winter on record Israel cancels the fourth prisoner release, jeopardizing ‘peace talks’ Pakistan government flip-flops and frees 19 Taliban militants from jail Chicago has coldest winter on record The average temperature
Tuesday’s mayoral primary in Washington D.C. left the natives so apathetic that the turnout was the worst in more than 30 years. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, running for reelection despite three resignations from the D.C. Council because of corruption or
Despite the shooting situation that was still ongoing at Fort Hood, Texas, on the afternoon of April 2, Obama continued on to his second and third scheduled fundraisers in Chicago. Late Wednesday afternoon, another shooting occurred at Fort Hood, Texas.
There have now been 4 people confirmed dead after the second shooting at Fort Hood in five years. Pentagon sources tell CBS News that the Fort Hood shooter is a soldier — identified as 34-year-old Ivan Lopez — and that
On the first day of April, Chicago suffered through bitingly cold winds and unseasonably cold temperatures, seemingly another cold spate that threatened to set temperature records. But April first aside, the Windy City has set a greater Winter record. December
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, which was formed to lobby Congress to pass amnesty legislation, sent a letter signed by more than 100 Chicago high-tech executives to the Illinois GOP congressional delegation calling for immigration reform legislation that would result
The Mets opened the season at Citi Field today against the Washington Nationals. Snow opened the day in New York City. Is freezing anyway to play America’s pastime? Thankfully, the only white sticking on the Queens field was the tarp
Despite that its already over a week into Spring we are still seeing Lake Superior at just over 90 percent iced over, a freeze so bad that shipping season on the Great Lakes is being pushed back to March 31
The “ratings battle” between conservative talk show hosts Michael Savage and Sean Hannity heated up this week as the latest Nielsen Audio data came out. In January, Savage took over Sean Hannity’s daily time slot from 3 to 6 p.m. on Cumulus Radio,
Joining a long line of Democrats distancing themselves from Obamacare, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hinted that he didn’t support the President’s original plans for the healthcare take over and advised the President to take a different approach, though he shied
Veteran political editor Adam Bellow loves seeing how many conservative authors are going the self-publishing route, relying on talent and moxie to make an end run around progressive publishers. Below, son of famed author Saul Bellow, worries those pugnacious writers
An Obamacare navigator tells the Chicago Tribune that the much-feared Obamacare penalty is not something most people should worry about. The Tribune says Community Counseling Centers of Chicago navigator Tim van Alstyne said, “he tells people that between the state’s
Conrad Dobler was Richie Incognito before Richie Incognito. Dubbed “Pro Football’s Dirtiest Player” on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1977, the St. Louis Cardinals guard intimidated massive defensive linemen and, if you can believe his enraged opponents, clawed, eye-gouged,
Jared Allen, twelfth on the NFL’s all-time sack list, departs Minnesota after six seasons. He’s not, to the dismay of Vikings fans, departing the NFC North. The prolific pass rusher signed with the Chicago Bears early today. Allen, 32, agreed
Chicago-based Phusion beverage company has agreed to stop making its Four Loko alcoholic energy drinks under pressure from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Madigan, the daughter of Illinois Democrat strongman and House Speaker Michael Madigan, threatened the company, claiming it
An unknown amount of crude oil has been accidentally discharged into Lake Michigan just south east of Chicago, oil giant BP reports. The company confirms that its Whiting, Indiana facility, situated just at the border of Illinois and Indiana and
A Chicago law firm has filed the first lawsuit in the case of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 – the beginning of ‘multi-million dollar litigation’ against both Malaysia Airlines and Boeing for manufacturing the 777, believed to have crashed in the southwestern
At nearly 3 a.m. Monday morning, a Chicago CTA train ran off the tracks and slammed into a pedestrian elevator, causing massive damage and injuries to passengers. Now the operators’ union is saying the train’s operator fell asleep at the
WMAQ-TV: NBC Chicago- Thirty-two people were injured — none seriously — when an eight-car Chicago Transit Authority train continued through the end of the platform and struck the escalators leading to the terminals at O’Hare International Airport early Monday morning.
The perpetual amnesia of the mainstream media regarding much of what President Barack Obama never ceases to amaze. In Sunday’s New York Times, Jason Horowith previews Obama’s meeting later this week with Pope Francis by exploring the president’s early work
