If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years about Hollywood, it’s that actors love being part of disaster movies. Whether it’s “The Towering Inferno” or “The Poseidon Adventure,” or any one of the insane “Airport” movies from the ’70s,
Question: When is hate not hateful? Answer: When it is committed by a leftwing investigator for the Illinois Department of Human Rights. Last week, the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission tried to sneak in a pre-holiday disclosure: Alvin Forbes, Sr., an
Polls show that the majority of Americans, right and left, are not in alignment with President Obama. Polls are often skewed and can only be taken with a grain of salt. But, what happens when more evidence depicts reality towards
Leave it to Illinois to make sure violent criminals have state sponsored work. Would you believe the state could pay a convicted rapist to baby sit children? The Chicago Tribune reports: Cornelius Osborne may not seem like baby-sitting material. He
In June we reported on newly elected Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel using his clout to bring the 28-member NATO meeting and G-8 Summit to town in 2012. Also, in bringing the meetings to Chicago, the city will likely be confronted
Ed Schultz, MSNBC talk show host and serial race baiter, has reached a new low: on his last Thursday night broadcast, he attacked Congressman Allen West (R-FL) for not doing enough to help his own brother, Arlan, find work. Arlan,
As the United States continues on its downward trajectory, thanks to the policies of Barack Obama, the debate rages about whether he’s doing it all on purpose or is just incompetent. When talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh discusses this, he
There’s been the usual ration of trashy films this summer–Green Lantern and Cowboys & Aliens limp instantly to mind–and now, at the gasping end of August, we have Colombiana, which is pure trash, boldly undiluted. The movie is genre action
Karen Lewis of the Chicago Teachers Union is angry. Photo: Labor Beat There’s a gross injustice being perpetuated in Illinois’ public schools, and the CTU isn’t going to take it anymore. In fact, the powerful teachers union is considering a
I’ve always wondered what makes Jews so successful. Always a minority in each country they’ve inhabited (with the recent exception of Israel), Jews are disproportionately represented among the most wealthy, powerful and accomplished citizens in the world today. They’ve done
Erin R. Brown at NewsBusters: Fall means back to school, end of summer vacations, and exciting new television for those bored with “The Bachelor” and “Survivor.” But among this year’s crop of brand new television series, a rather “sex”y pattern
In reaction to the criticism over the Obama family heading to Martha’s Vineyard amidst gargantuan economic woes and unemployment rates so high even the dead are disturbed, liberals have taken to defending Obama’s vacation time (transportation compliments of two tax-payer
The culture of corruption is a well-known fixture in Chicago and Illinois politics where it doesn’t matter what you know, it matters who you know. We have one governor on his way to jail and the one before him currently
Ed. Note: Please welcome Mary Chastain to BH and thank her for writing with such insight about one of my all-time favorite undiscovered gems. — J.N. Ted Demme’s “Beautiful Girls” (1996) is everything we’ve come to expect from a 1990s
First Media Matters, now this. Two Chicago professors at a Catholic University have been caught using school resources to attempt to shut down a “Tea Party” jobs fair that was being held one block away from President Obama’s birthday fundraiser.
Brother, can you spare a job?
Illinois taxpayers are given the option to donate money to charity each year when they file their state tax returns. Now, America’s most indebted state is raiding those funds to pay for wasteful spending that the Democratic governor and legislature
Barack Obama must believe the American people are a bunch of dolts. On one night, the President accepts tens of thousands of dollars from people who have listened to him demonizing them for having the kind of money one needs
America’s Second City is now first in traffic congestion. Recently, the Texas Transportation Institute named Chicago the nation’s most congested city, booting perennial congestion king Los Angeles from the dreaded top slot. And if you think gridlock is bad now,
Tony Katz has an excellent write-up on last week’s Rawesome raid, a government action I find absolutely asinine. Look, I don’t care if you want to make the choice to purchased labeled raw dairy or local, organic food. I love
On Wednesday, President Obama attended a gala celebration in Chicago to celebrate his fiftieth birthday one day early. Attendees paid $35,800 a ticket to bask in the light of their Messiah, and to mingle with musical stars Herbie Hancock and
It is a time-honored tactic of radicals to accuse their enemies of what they do in order to convert a negative into a positive, as the master of political agitation Saul Alinsky taught. This explains the Left’s newfound interest in
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets080311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Pejman Yousefzadeh and Kevin Holtsberry are joined by Charles Lipson to discuss why democracies don’t fight one another and how trust and transparency allows
Unions have rules. Union members who break those rules can be placed on trial by their union and, if found guilty, can be expelled or suspended from the union. They can also be fined, as Nathaniel Musser has learned the
It was recently reported that President Barack Obama’s campaign arm, Organizing for America, was assisting Democrats in the Wisconsin recall campaigns. On July 22, Organizing for America State Field Director Michelle Kleppe sent an email to supporters informing them that
