Moderates claim progressives are alienating voters; Progressives claim moderates are holding back progress. Who’s right? When history takes the measure of this year, this decade, and the years to come, who will emerge on the lauded “Right Side of History”? Famous, and in some circles, infamous, moderates like Sen. Joe…

From newsrooms to boardrooms, companies are being advised and advising employees to keep abortion views private. By the time the very first virtue-signaling advertising campaign reared it head, it might have already been too late. The morass of conspicuous consumerism was the perfect petri dish. Clever advertisers for Gap and…

After the death of a teenager in Millennium Park and a shooting which injured 7 and killed two, the Mayor is begging Chicago parents for help. “An outrageous act of violence was committed last night in the area of Chicago and State,” began the statement from Mayor Lori Lightfoot this…

A gunman wounded 7 and killed 2 people last night in a Chicago district where shootings are up 225%. “At the 800 Block of North State Street, at approximately 10:40 PM, two groups of individuals were involved in a disturbance in this area,” began Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown during…

From Silicon Valley to Wall Street to Washington, panicking. First, the good news: Covid19 death counts continue to fall.

A local story of crime and corruption turns ugly as St. Louis suffers. What in the world is going on in St. Louis? Quietly, and without much fanfare from the national media, the city has become enmeshed in a tale of corruption and malfeasance at the highest levels. Since 2018…

“This will probably be the largest increase in educational inequity in a generation,” concluded a recent Harvard study of 2.1 million students. “Using testing data from 2.1 million students in 10,000 schools in 49 states (plus D.C.), we investigate the role of remote and hybrid instruction in widening gaps in…

“Defund the Police” has never been done. “End Asset Forfeiture” is an undoing. Ok, so “Defund the Police” was a massive face-plant, an unqualified disaster, an unserious, ill-conceived offshoot that went exactly nowhere and likely set good-faith criminal justice reform efforts back decades. “Defund the Police,” is also, fair or…

A $375 million contract to call NFL games after he retires, a new season starting and not even a MAGA hat can sink Tom Brady. In the mother of all monster media contracts, Tom Brady, once and future star quarterback of the NFL, has agreed to a 10 year $375…