My good friend Ken Trainor is the retired managing editor of our local weekly newspaper, the Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest (IL). Ken continues on as the Viewpoints Editor and writes a must-see weekly column in the paper. Recently we had a car conversation about why people Continue Reading
Elections
Assessing Cook County Judicial Candidates – A Brief History
Cook County Courthouse, Daley Center We lived in DuPage County in Illinois for twenty years. I was relatively active in politics during that time, I served as an election reconciliation judge in the county for years. In our time there, I don’t recall having especially noticed or much cared about Continue Reading
Bypassed Again
I’m not offended that the Democrats overlooked me as a candidate to replace Joe Biden. I mean, aside from I’m 2 ½ years older than Joe, I’m still mostly sharp and my cornbread is pretty much cooked in the middle. I don’t hesitate all that much at the top of Continue Reading