Work and spring break have taken their toll on the old Evilopinion, so let’s catch up, shall we? • Chris Collins is the new Head Men’s Basketball Coach of Northwestern. I know that some people felt that Bill Carmody got a raw deal due to all of the injuries and one suspension that happened for […]

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The Indignant Wife and I like to go to SPACE, a music venue close to our home. We have seen great concerts there including our neighbor Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, my friend Graham Parker, Glenn Tillbrook, and this weekend, we are going to see The English Beat. It is a great small venue to see […]

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I looked up the word ignorant in an online dictionary and I got two very good definitions: lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact; and due to or showing lack of knowledge or training. To me, the definition was lacking one thing to adequately explain the term: a picture of ESPN’s […]

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There were a series of radio commercials run several years ago with a tagline that I have made into my personal philosophy: “Life is too short to drink bad beer.” I believe in that saying, and now that I have the financial wherewithal to not have to drink cheap beer, I no longer do so. […]

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I couldn’t help but think of Robert DeNiro playing fighter Jake LaMotta preparing for his show at the beginning of Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece “Raging Bull” just before the lights dimmed for a one man show by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this past Saturday night at the Cadillac Theater here in Chicago. The pre-show music […]

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In the greatest comic story of all time – “Watchmen,” one of the key phrases is “Who Watches The Watchmen.” In the more famous words of Lord Acton – “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is what I thought about when I heard the story of the NCAA’s seemingly botched investigation […]

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In life, there are just some things that you want to see for yourself: The Great Wall of China; The Pyramids; The Eiffel Tower; Mount Everest. For me, my “bucket list” includes the Australian Open tennis tournament (the only Grand Slam I haven’t attended); and I’d like to see Great White Sharks breaching the Australian […]

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