At Steve Bannon’s suggestion, I recently rewatched the 1983 film “The Right Stuff,” which was based upon the 1979 book by the late Tom Wolfe, described here: From “America’s nerviest journalist” (Newsweek)–a breath-taking epic,…
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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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