Earlier this week, the mainstream press reported that Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis and several law enforcement agencies sat down with West Side gang leaders and members and told them to control violent members of their gangs or face police action. Even though some aldermen were up in arms over “negotiating with terrorists,” most […]

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I have been to Mexico a few times, and I have been to the bull fights a couple of times. I think it is barbaric and I never liked it (I went the second time with The Indignant Wife who had never been). I always rooted for the poor bull, which is drugged […]

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Former major league pitcher Roger Clemens was indicted for obstruction of Congress and other charges related to statements he made to a congressional committee in 2008. Once again, it appears that Roger Clemens does not think that the normal laws apply to him and that he can bowl over Congress and the law like […]

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I tried to avoid the N-word filled rant of Dr. Laura Schlessinger, but I can’t. I know she was making a point about the N-word on her August 10 radio show, but she’s nuts. In the broadcast, she used the N-word 11 times while giving “advice” to a black woman who called about […]

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I’m bored with the big stories of the day. All I can come up with are shorts:
• Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of 1 count under the indictment; judge declares a mistrial on other 23 counts. This means we have to go through this all over again. Oh boy!
• By the way, who were […]

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Gracing the cover of GQ magazine this month, LeBron James gave an interview with the magazine in which he blasted Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, and growing up in Akron, Ohio hating Clevelanders. James said he doesn’t think Gilbert, who bashed James in a letter immediately after he announced his decision to sign with […]

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A former co-worker argued many years ago that anti-discrimination legislation was no longer needed because in typical “the free market will handle everything” someone will see the true color of importance (green money) and will ignore racial considerations. I disagreed with him then (back in the late 1990s) and I still do, because racial […]

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