edited by: Douglas Welch,
Illinois Editor
The “Climategate” scandal, or hoax, has seriously damaged the standing of academic scientists and peer-reviewed science in general, as we have seen how a large group of prominent “scientists” actively engaged in a conspiracy, de facto if not de jure, to deceive the world via faked [...]
Two recent statements by liberals have astounded me for the boldness of their dishonesty, or, as Obama would say, of their “bearing false witness.” It happens all too frequently, unfortunately. For example, how about the immeasurable dishonesty from Democrats lately about Obamacare being budget neutral, not [...]
Obama, Daley, and their gang of Chicago pols and celebrities could not win a vote that wasn’t pre-arranged through back-room deals and strong arm tactics. In the Olympics vote in Denmark, the Democrats of Chicago weren’t up against honest but milquetoast local Republicans, they were up [...]
Senate Democrats do NOT want anyone to see the actual wording of the health care “reform” bill on which they are planning to vote, if indeed there ever is actual wording given the recent track records of Democrat legislators in the age of Obama to vote [...]
Bob Newhart, the wickedly funny, innovative, thinking man’s comedian, is 80 years old today. From Chicago, he attended St Ignatius High School, Loyola University of Chicago’s college, and, briefly, Loyola’s law school, Jesuit schools all, which might explain something. After a stint in the Army he [...]
September 11, 2010 (American News Service) --
Errol Flynn, one of the great movie stars of all time, was born 100 years ago today. He defined the classic movie action hero -- daring and dashing, a leader of men; honorable and purposeful, but devil-may-care and quick to laugh. His roles may not have [...]
Americans need health care reform, but what we do not need is a monolithic health care system owned and operated by the federal government and its ant hill of bureaucrats. Our medical advances and treatments lead the world. We need reforms to our current system that [...]
Tomorrow, June 1, it is expected that we will witness the tragic end to a remarkable story – the 100+ year run of iconic General Motors as a private company. The story of storied entrepreneurs William C. Durant, Pierre S. du Pont, Walter P. Chrysler, Louis [...]
"Spirit Of American Youth"
Depression-era bank robbers and killers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were themselves killed 75 years ago today in a controversial police shoot out in rural Louisiana. The couple were romanticized at the time by some in a seemingly ambivalent public, perhaps reflecting widespread anger with the [...]
Today is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective stories. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland to parents of Irish descent and became a physician as well as an accomplished athlete and author. He eventually [...]
Today the Wall Street Journal reported (link) that “groups representing hospitals, health-insurance companies, doctors, drug makers, medical-device makers and labor” planned to pledge today in a letter to President Obama “that they will work to reduce cost increases in the nation's health-care system by $2' [...]
The radicalism of Obama and his administration continues to astound. Today Obama said (link) that the Bush Administration’s use of certain interrogation techniques, harsh but effective to some, torture to others, resulted from “losing our moral bearings.” He suggested today that his Administration might look [...]
Texas Governor Rick Perry was on the Kudlow show on CNBC last night. He said that "somewhere between 70% to 80% of all jobs created last year in America were created in Texas." Reasons: Texas has no personal income tax, has no corporate income tax, and, [...]
Fox News this past week posted an interesting report from Brussels, on the front line of the cultural battle between the beleaguered and retreating remnants of Western civilization and the insurgent “Unholy Alliance” of pacifistic socialists and muslims. Interesting not in its portrayal of non-assimilating muslims [...]
The shocking threats from Obama’s radicalism become more apparent every day. Just yesterday, Obama’s Treasury man Geithner announced (link) he (really meaning his boss Obama) wants the authority to seize and control any company posing a threat to the national economy. Geithner says this power [...]
This evening I watched some of John Ford’s The Quiet Man, an old favorite. A labor of love for Ford, a film he long angled to make, it is arguably his best film, and certainly his funniest, which is saying quite a bit given the many [...]
An image of one of my favorite Chicago buildings -- The London Guarantee and Accident Building. This picture is actually of a model of the building found in a remarkable diorama of downtown Chicago that is part of the model railroad exhibit at the Museum of [...]
This is rich. Obama’s Tax Cheat-in-Chief, Internal Revenue Service Head Tim Geithner, has announced that he and the Obama administration will be cracking down on …. people and companies that avoid US taxes. The Associated Press reports (link):
The Lamassu, From the Palace of the Assyrian king Sargon IIAt the Museum of the Oriental Institute of Chicago The Kudlow show on CNBC tonight discussed that now infamous decision by the SEC in 2004 that allowed investment banks to increase their leverage to previously unheard of levels, a move that soon proved fatal to them. Letting investment banks do this was one of the factors that precipitated the [...]
Democrat Obama's controversial new Historic First Black Attorney General Eric Holder has opened his mouth.
Channel flipping of late, I've caught parts of a number of depression-era comedies -- something to do with "Oscar" season. But at the rate we're going with this Great Recession and the suffocating debt we've now been signed up for, we may be in for another' [...]
Two movie lines men should not recite on St. Valentine's Day:
Today the long-awaited moment finally arrived -- the unveiling of Obama’s plan to stabilize and repair our financial system. Expectations were high. Obama pulled together a team of the brightest minds from all the best places, so the media told us, and this team has had [...]
For the liberal elite, their economics is a means to an end rather than empiricism buttressed with logic and common sense. They value, above all else, forced economic equality for the masses (but not of course for themselves – they want their dachas); they embrace the [...]
Only Illinois Democrats could turn fellow Democrat Governor Rod Blagojevich into a (somewhat) sympathetic figure. The Illinois Senate impeachment trial, run by the majority Democrats, appears somewhat unfair in that Blagojevich cannot challenge certain key evidence against him that is put forth by US Attorney Fitzgerald, [...]
A belated acknowledgement of the great and well-deserved honor bestowed upon actor Gary Sinese by President Bush at the White House last month. Chicagoan Sinese was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for his activities in support of our service men and women and their families.
I am completely baffled by the dismissive attitude of some Republicans to the Geithner tax evasion scandal. Baffled. A major principle is involved, of the importance of character and honesty in public servants, and Republicans are deciding if they stand for this or not. For many, [...]
The Arizona nee Chicago Cardinals advance to the Super Bowl after today's win against the Philadelphia Eagles, a team itself with a Chicago connection through its quarterback Chicagoan Donovan McNabb, the pride and joy of football powerhouse Mt. Carmel High School, long run by the Carmelites [...]
The Chicago Sun-Times is struggling, just like most other newspapers. And, like the Minneapolis Star Tribune which just announced bankruptcy, the Sun-Times has become ultra-liberal in recent years, not just in its editorial views but in its slanting of straight news stories and in its roster [...]
Media treatment of the income tax dodges of Treasury Secretary-nominee Tim Geithner give us an early indication of the severity of the double standard that will exist for Democrats and Republicans in the age of Obama. Indeed a double standard has long existed, but the [...]
Investor’s Business Daily [link] has reported that on January 5, 2009, “after a flurry of ballots that materialized after election night, the Minnesota Canvassing Board determined that [Democrat] Al Franken is the duly elected junior senator from the land of 10,000 lakes and almost as [...]
J Greco / R Balsamo, Critical Thoughts
