Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Leo High Schoool Heroes: Raymond E. Jehli -Navy Cross Recipient

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On April 7th, 1945 Leo Man Ray Jehli '39 flew from the deck of USS Enterprise, attacked and sank a Japanese Cruiser in the South...
Monday, April 13, 2015

What We Can Expect - 2016 Will Arrive and Depart and Hillary Clinton Will Be President

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If America thinks Obama craps strawberries, I guess I am out of step. But step I do. Obama's handlers ( he never had an original ...
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"it's Something I Can't Fathom Right Now."

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Another kid got him a green Masters jacket. A twenty -two year old kid matched the 1997 Masters miracle of young Tiger Woods. J...
Saturday, April 11, 2015

"Chiraq" is Demeaning to Chicago - Call it "Worrisome"

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No less an expert on the use of language than Senator Dick " I Heard Obama Say " Durbin has chimed in on Spike Lee 's mo...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

Throw Away America - Margaret Sanger to Faiz Ikramull

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“Initially, our investigation has shown that the father left the child in a garbage can and drove away,”  Imagine, a three year old g...

Obama, Holder, Sharpton and The News Media Own This War on Cops

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“There must be national policy and national law on policing,” Mr. Sharpton said . “We can’t go from state to state, we’ve got to have ...
Thursday, April 09, 2015

Ain't No Devil Like the One I Got, But Nothing Akin to Cromwell or Dick Durbin

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Dick Durbin at Illinois Planned Parenthood Award 2013 Cromwell at Drogheda 1681 "I am persuaded that this is a righteous jud...

Mythology and Meaning - Lady Gregory

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Lady Gregory (nee  Isabella Augusta Persse) was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who fell in love with Irish legends and Celtic mythology throu...
Wednesday, April 08, 2015

Prate About An Elephant Nobody Has Seen: An Indian Tale About Politics?

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How was your Election Night?  Mine was brief. Once there was a village high in the mountains in which everyone was born blind. One day ...

Congratulations to the Pipe Trades! Rahm Owes Skilled Labor Big Time.

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The first sign that Rahm Emanuel might hold Chicago for another four years went up on the Dan Ryan Expressway on east side near 79th Stre...
Monday, April 06, 2015

Ogden and Fry, Chicago Newspapers and Rahm Aside: Your Vote Counts

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CHICAGO — New poll data from Ogden and Fry indicates the gap between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia is ...
Sunday, April 05, 2015

Rahm Made Me Easter Breakfast

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I wake early. Generally, I wake between 3:30 and 4:10 AM.  Easter Sunday is no exception.  I hit the floor and pray on my knees ( Memor...
Saturday, April 04, 2015

"Money Means Something" My April Column for Irish American News

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                                     Kareem on the right inthe Virgin Mary Blue Polo is the hardest working guy I know Naceda and Bi...
Friday, April 03, 2015

Could Today, April 3rd, Be The Exact Parallel Date of the Crucifixion? Scholars, Sources and Loyola in the 1970's

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  On the whole I consider that the date A.D. 33 April 3 offers fewer difficulties than any of the others, but my ambition has been rathe...
Thursday, April 02, 2015

My Return to the Classroom to Make Constant War on Test Scores and Low Expectation

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The world suffers its well-meaning fools, who often jump in before sensibility rules. Afraid to confront what they know not, they car...
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Real Words from a Real Heart: A Response to an Unreal Media Hack Job by the Sun Times

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  This letter appeared in a post on 19th Ward Blog , a wonderful site.  It is the letter from my friend Mike Joyce responding to...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Chicago Tribune Editorial April 15th, 1912. " Only Captain Edward 'Rahm That Iceberg' Smith Can Save This Ship!"

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                                    What shall we do with a drunken sailor ? 'The boat struck a iceberg at 11 o'clock on Sund...

Tenebrae -Of Shadows in Altgeld Gardens: Good Intentions, Sin Guilt and Poor Old Judas.

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Today is Spy Wednesday; the day Judas Iscariot took coin from Caiaphas and the gents of Sanhedrin in order to betray Jesus. Money exch...