There are not a lot of mysteries in the political arena, especially in Illinois. This series of articles is aimed at helping everyone see that we are in the mess we are in because…
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The theme of these articles is pretty basic: why are we still losing in Illinois? Why is this state still so screwed up? After all, Illinois has so many smart, talented and previously successful…
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A few days ago, we touched on one Illinois political mystery. Here’s another: When there are so many successful business people who have entered politics, why is our state so screwed up? This mystery…
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I have written several series of articles over the past many years on topics that could not be addressed in just one column. This new series, began last month, is basically a deep dive…
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Richard Uihlein is the founder of Uline Products, and one of the largest donors to Illinois politically conservative causes. There is a good reason to thank God that men like Richard Uihlein are willing…
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In the early 1990s a movie was made based upon the book “Searching for Bobbie Fischer” by Fred Waitzkin. For older Americans (like me) that remember the 1972 chess championship between the USA’s Bobbie…
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While closing my last post an old song popped into my head: “Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places.” Not being a big country music fan I had to Google it to learn who…
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After a two year hiatus, it is time to get back in the saddle (as they say). The sad state of affairs here in my home state has not changed much since my last…
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Let me say up front that long-term I’m still optimistic. But for the short term (the next several election cycles), I see few signs of intelligent life on our side here in Illinois. Tens…
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In his highly watched War Room podcast, Steve Bannon made two exceptions to his “donors are morons” comment that I wrote about last fall. It was good to hear about these exceptions. During the…
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I didn’t say it, Steve Bannon said it. For a number of years I have been pointing out the obvious fact that leftist donors are much smarter when it comes to their political donations…
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As stated last time, we have a political ground war scale problem in Illinois. Not nearly enough people are being recruited and trained to man the precincts and help oversee early voting, election day…
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In this and the next article I am going to address one of the most costly mistakes Illinois Republicans and conservatives continue to make election cycle after election cycle. Unfortunately, 2022 is shaping up…
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Last time we compared the fundamentals of NFL football, blocking and tackling, with having engaged citizens fighting the political information war and accomplishing the political groundwork that must get done. The reason the left…
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Republican and conservative and MAGA voters should be able to expect that highly paid members of the Republican Conservative Industrial Complex (RCIC) are providing the proper leadership in the political arena when it comes…
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