It bears repeating: the current occupant blathers on incessantly because he deeply needs attention. It doesn’t matter to him that he’s lying almost all the time. He does not have a belief system, just a visceral need to be noticed. He does have very efficient antennae for detecting what his Continue Reading
Facts? Logic? Irrelevant. They Foul Agendas.
One of my peeves is the use in public discourse of absurd logic. It’s made worse by confident, forceful presentation, as if that can cover it up. Last night I watched Christopher Rufo, a “conservative activist,” on the PBS NewsHour. He is, as was described, a key actor in the Continue Reading
Spring Bird Migration 2025 – Cook County
For local birding friends: On the Friday night/Saturday morning preceding our Saturday 4/26 Migration Bird Walk Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s BirdCast service (https://dashboard.birdcast.info) recorded a total of 100 birds flying over Cook County, Illinois, where I live. Despite that low total, we had a very good birding day at a Continue Reading
Chicago And Its Art: Just How Dumb Can A City Be?
I read with morbid interest this article from one of Philadelphia’s TV stations, thumping its city on the back for its public art collection: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/entertainment/the-scene/philadelphia-best-street-art-usa-today/4120492/ It says, “The City of Brotherly Love has reclaimed its title as the nation’s Best City for Street Art in the USA TODAY 10 Best Continue Reading
Chicago’s Public Art: A Paean and a Lament
About 20 years ago I got interested in Chicago’s public art. There seemed to be a lot of it downtown. I wondered both about the art itself and the quantity of it. The sequence of events in my evolving interest in the topic is murky now. I looked for good Continue Reading
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
Cook County Judicial Candidates – November 2024 – Injustice Watch Information
I’ve waited extra time this cycle for authoritative assessments of Cook County judges running for retention, Our usual source, the Alliance of Bar Associations, has been very slow to publish their findings. I’m still waiting. That’s the source that “Vote for Judges” (https://www.voteforjudges.org/) uses, so they, too, have been hamstrung Continue Reading
Wondering About Driving
Adaptive Cruise Control and Lane Keep Assist These days I don’t drive long distances all that much – 20, 30 miles at most. This past week plus I’ve been in New England visiting family and friends. I borrowed my sister’s car, a 2018 Honda, to drive to Lake Winnepesaukee, a 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
Voting for Judges – Illinois Cook County Primary March 19, 2024
It’s that time again in Illinois. We have a primary election on March 19. Some readers might not know much – or anything – about how we vote for judges in Illinois or, particularly, in Cook County. Whenever a primary or general election includes judicial candidates, I normally talk about Continue Reading