By President Obama’s own standards, he just might be the nation’sbiggest child abuse facilitator since Franklin Delano Roosevelt. What does that mean? Let’s hop in the wayback machine – all the wayback to April 8, 1997, when young State Senator
A new e-book titled Obama’s Last Stand by Politico’s Glenn Thrush offers a behind-the-scenes take on President Obama as he prepares for his final election. The thrust of the book, at least as far as Obama himself is concerned, is
During a presentation at the Wall Street Journal’s “CEO Council” in November 2011, Democrat Erskine Bowles placed blame for the failure of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform on a “cabal” of Chicago politicians surrounding President Obama. Bowles
Occupy Chicago’s nickname for Chicago’s infamous Mayor Rahm Emanuel, “Mayor 1%,” is looking more accurate than ever–but for reasons that do not fit the self-proclaimed “99 percent’s” typical narrative. More likely, Emanuel’s plan to spend millions on the 1% percent
Many people were taken in by Barack Obama’s hopey-changey 2008 campaign. They thought that this was the real Barack Obama — a man of optimism and vision. But the 2012 campaign has shown a side of Obama that the American
Well, at least President Barack Obama should know where to send the Thank You card. This week, a new memorial was unveiled in Chicago recalling the first kiss by Barack Obama and his future bride Michelle. The 3,000-pound granite marker
Some moments deserve a monument. Some do not. This point is apparently lost on the owners of a Hyde Park shopping mall, which just installed a ton-and-a-half stone marker to commemorate the spot where Barack Obama first kissed his future
Why was a video message from President Obama, emailed in the middle of the night to organizers of the historic Bud Billiken Parade just hours before the festivities kicked off, barely seen and now vanished–almost without a trace? This past
Tens of thousands of illegal aliens lined up today in Chicago to sign up for Obama’s new immigration program. It’s estimated 1.8 million illegals are eligible.
Kelsey Grammer’s work on the Starz series “Boss” earned him some of the best critical notice of his career. The actor won the Golden Globe for playing the embattled Chicago mayor on the cable show. Emmy voters, however, didn’t even
Vice President Joe Biden outrageously told an audience in Danville, Virginia that Republicans are “gonna put ya’ll back in chains.” Danville is a city in which half of the residents are black and has been known for racial tensions in
Romney slammed the Obama campaign on Tuesday after Vice President Biden’s “back in chains” comments Romney in Ohio.: “Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago,”
Romney slammed the Obama campaign on Tuesday after Vice President Biden’s “back in chains” comments Romney in Ohio.: “Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago,”
Today in Ohio, Mitt Romney showed that he is an entirely renewed, re-energized candidate in the aftermath of his selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate. For the first time this week, Romney has shown fire in the belly.
In a stunning example of truth stranger than fiction, Democrats in the California Assembly killed a bill that would have made it easier to fire teachers accused of serious sexual offenses against children. The bill SB 1530, had bipartisan support
By SOPHIA TAREENAssociated PressCHICAGOU.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., a Chicago Democrat who took a hushed medical leave two months ago, is being treated for bipolar disorder, the Mayo Clinic announced Monday. The Rochester, Minn.-based clinic specified his condition as Bipolar
The Obama campaign cannot win reelection if his base is not excited. At a fundraiser for young professionals in his hometown of Chicago on Sunday, reports indicated that the attendance was less than impressive. New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor
Saturday in Chicago, Broke Party protesters showed up to speak out against President Obama at the Bud Billiken Parade, the nations oldest and largest African-American parade. The president, who over the weekend held the annual White House Iftar dinner to celebrate
(AP) Obama team: Romney, Ryan would hurt middle classBy KEN THOMASAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama’s campaign says Mitt Romney’s selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate shows a commitment to “budget-busting tax cuts” for the wealthy and “greater
CHICAGO – An education expert from Stanford University told the presidents of the nation’s two largest teachers unions Thursday that they could help increase compensation for educators throughout the nation if they would agree to reward the best teachers and
It was only minutes after news broke that Paul Ryan was Romney’s likely pick for Vice President that leftwingers on Twitter began to needle Ryan as a follower of that mean ol’ Ayn Rand, the famed objectivist philosopher of the
Currently, and with no small amount of help from the media, the Obama campaign is running circles around the Romney campaign – smothering them in nonsense, distractions, lies, and audacious claims intentionally designed to be so outrageous they keep Team Romney
Is Romney dramatically taking a four-point lead in the Rasmussen poll just statistical noise or a signal that something happened in the race that created a notable shift away from Obama and towards Romney? As someone who considers Rasmussen to
A new book due out in September alleges that Tony Rezko, the convicted felon serving a 10 1/2 year jail term for corruption and who was involved in shady land deals with then-state senator Obama, funneled $25,000 in cash to
This week, hundreds of state lawmakers are enjoying the sights and sounds of Chicago at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ annual gathering. Over four days, the state legislators from around the country will hear big-name speakers, attend gala, catered
