A controversy has erupted over the alleged danger posed by formaldehyde being released during Brazilian Blowouts, the immensely popular hair treatment offered by GIB, LLC, the company behind the product. My exclusive investigation into the truth behind these allegations has
We’ve always assumed that public schools exist, first and foremost, to benefit the students of a community. But that’s clearly not the case in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been pushing the idea of adding 90 minutes to the
Bialek currently lives in Mundelein with fiance Mark Harwood. “She’s of the same political persuasion as Herman Cain,” Harwood said. “There was no money on the table to go and have an interview. This is truly about an American girl
The state of movie criticism is far different than when the avuncular Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert first flashed their thumbs on national TV. Film bloggers rule, while veteran movie scribes are losing their gigs left and right from mainstream
Video streaming by Ustream NEW YORK (AP) – Speaking in a halting voice, a Chicago-area woman accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday of making an unwanted sexual advance against her more than a decade ago, saying she wanted
On the 26th of October, DOL rescinded the 2007 Form LM-30 (conflicts-of-interests reports) and ignored statutory language to eliminate thousands of union officials from disclosing potential conflicts-of-interests when it created the 2011 Form LM-30. DOL’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
Actress Judy Greer calls it pure luck that she keeps landing smack dab in the middle of pop culture events. First, Greer scored a recurring role on the beloved Fox comedy “Arrested Development.” More recently, she snared a gig on
This one ought to make the “down staters” happy. That’s right, everyone’s favorite “budget-friendly” pals, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn, have a “great deal” for you! It’s a new $1 billion CTA Red Line renovation, and Chicago taxpayers
Governor Walker was speaking to the Union League Club of Chicago about how certain reforms can allow for job growth when “Occupy Chicago” interrupted the speech. “Obviously we’ve got some Vikings fans here,” the Governor replied.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the former Mayor of Mexico City, has been on a global tour of sorts over the past month. He started in Chicago (the speech is available on video here), went to Washington, D.C. and then headed
– Sharpton: Republicans Can’t ‘Use Christianity’ Then Vote Against Welfare. Shameful that a self-styled “reverend” doesn’t get that shirking off charity to government removes the voluntary care for our neighbors needed for edification. Of course, Sharpton has never been a
I read the Washington Post’s article, “Violence and the occupy movement,” expecting to see a discussion of the sexual assaults and rapes being reported during the Wall Street protests. Instead, the author, Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, writes about “the violence of
The collapse of MF Global, the brokerage dealer headed by former New Jersey Governor and Goldman exec Jon Corzine, may seem like just another case of Wall Street fat cats paying the price for their speculation (actually, though Corzine may
***Updated 12/9/2011– Today we hit incident 417. New commentary has been added. Original commentary can be found below the Rap Sheet. Don’t let the MSM get away with lying to you. Obama and the Democrats are all on record endorsing,
***Updated 12/9/2011– Today we hit incident 417. New commentary has been added. Original commentary can be found below the Rap Sheet. Don’t let the MSM get away with lying to you. Obama and the Democrats are all on record endorsing,
Big Journalism: One of the notable exceptions to the pattern of willful blindness about Occupy in the mainstream media is investigative reporter Chuck Goudie of local ABC affiliate WLS-TV (channel 7). In a report filed on October 19, Goudie described
The Chicago media–much like the mainstream media in the rest of the country–has largely ignored the true origins of the Occupy demonstrations, and has failed to hold organizers accountable for the violence and bigotry of some of their members. It
The following video features the demands made by Occupy Chicago activists Andy Thayer and Joe Iosbaker during the invasion they led into City Hall yesterday. The march of the moochers stormed the building and marched clockwise in the lobby, rather
Push youngest/oldest to the front lines….This is a battle over images, not just over the park. – Charles Lenchner, Occupy Wall Street activist, Oct. 13, 2011 If the police overreact (as they are likely to) and we take the blows,
On Tuesday, militant, Marxist, anti-war, and gay-rights activists–including some suspected of providing material support to foreign terrorist organizations–led the Occupy Chicago protesters into City Hall to stage an “in your face” protest directed at Mayor Rahm Emanuel. We caught up
Shocked? We are…. Is this the sort of thing you would expect to hear from John Tillman, the chairman of the Illinois Policy Institute, a “conservative” think tank, after walking through #OccupyChicago? “It was delightful.” Delightful? When I think of
Today Occupy Chicago protesters stormed City Hall to let Mayor Rahm Emanuel know their displeasure in the recent arrests of the Occupy campers at Grant Park on Michigan Avenue. They were lead by radical anti-war activists Joe Iosbaker and Andy
Shocked? We are…. Is this the sort of thing you would expect to hear from John Tillman, the chairman of the Illinois Policy Institute, a “conservative” think tank, after walking through #OccupyChicago? “It was delightful.” Delightful? When I think of
UPDATE: Rahm offers talks, Occupy leaves… President Barack Obama’s friends in Occupy are clashing with Obama’s former White House chief of staff, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in an ongoing protest at Chicago’s City Hall. Activists are staging a sit-in outside
Far-left social justice teachers never miss an opportunity to push their agenda in the classroom. As you’ll see in my upcoming book, “Indoctrination: How ‘Useful Idiots’ Are Using Our Schools to Subvert American Exceptionalism,” leftist teachers use moments like the
