March madness – without basketballs…?

2022 Lincoln Day dinner is now completed.  Large crowd attended to hear many gubernatorial candidates speak, as well as others throughout the night.  Recent events have demonstrated how far we can deviate from a healthy course when left with inadequate leadership.......

Another year begins… under the cold hand of oppression….

Well, if you are reading this you have survived January and COVID .... and an entire year of the Biden administration.  Congratulations?  Some observations in the first five weeks of the 2022 year.... In mid-January, despite inclement (i.e. normal Northern Illinois)...

Thankful…. but challenges remain!

We are now in the midst of our end-of-the-year holidays - Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's, and of course Thanksgiving that just passed.  Despite the problems we continue to face with COVID - the variations, the limitations on our daily living, the mandates imposed by...

October Observations….

Have you noticed that "JB" is Just Bad for citizens, no matter what level of government you consider?  Joe Biden ("DC JB") has reduced our status with foreign powers, our employment numbers and our overall standard of living.  JB Prtizker has increased our dependence...

THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS HIDING ITS HEAD IN THE SAND by JIM SACIA

President Biden has declared that the world has witnessed the greatest airlift in American history as 120,000 people were flown out of Afghanistan in the last days of August 2021.  The mainstream media are all in on heaping praise on this president on what many others...

Shortcomings of Software for Predicting Climate Change by F. Duane Ingram

In the study of climate change, we should monitor relative changes in the amount of precipitation each year (rain and snow). Whether glaciers advance or retreat depends more on how much snow remains after summer has passed than by how much the temperature may have...

Labor Day ends August woes…. not really

As we pause and reflect on the last month (Afghanistan withdrawal, Labor Day, 9/11 anniversary), focus on facts are crucial to avoid future failures.... (lots of Fs there, huh!) Nationally, the debacle that was reminiscent of the airlifts of Vietnam (remember, Biden...

Views from summer – 2021

As summer begins to fade to fall, it’s a good time to return from “vacation” and highlight a few topics timely over the past few months…. Paul Hofmann, Harlem Township Trustee, addressed a local school board earlier this summer on the apparent contradiction between...

First 100 days of 2021 – Part IV (FINAL)

We are now past both the first 100 days of 2021 and of the Biden administration - so we close on a topic that we find embedded in most stories today..... Racism is raised when it applies... and when it is just convenient:  Justice John Roberts once noted "the way to...

Fighting racism with …. institutional discrimination? By Dave Willis

The Biden administration (and Democrats in general) are fixated on racial issues -  equality, inclusiveness, etc. - but as they consistently condemn racism on the surface they perpetuate such discrimination in practice.  Recently the Biden administration USDA (United...