A Big, Beautiful Black Swan
— September 28, 2016If you aren’t seriously contemplating the biggest black swan event in American electoral history, you aren’t paying attention. Fifteen months ago, Donald Trump was a reality-TV…
If you aren’t seriously contemplating the biggest black swan event in American electoral history, you aren’t paying attention. Fifteen months ago, Donald Trump was a reality-TV…
I’ve always had a special kind of contempt for the malefactors who try to turn their evil behavior against those who are resisting. It can get Orwellian. A good example would be the…
Every fall, thousands of children in Winnebago County embark on an educational journey that will most likely include a high school diploma at some future date. Despite a wide…
With the Clintons, mistrust always pays. A couple of weeks ago, Hillary was yukking it up with Jimmy Kimmel over the absurdity of rumors that she was hiding something about her health….
Donald Trump’s speech in Arizona has occasioned wailing and rending of garments among the commentariat and “respectable” people everywhere. At bottom, the cause of the freakout…
The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau has joined with the River District Association to advance beautification efforts for its Forest City Beautiful initiative, a multi-year…
What a terrible weekend Hillary Clinton had! First she stepped into needless controversy, calling half of Donald Trump’s supporters “deplorables.” The next day, she gave a mealy-mouthed…
An overlooked aspect of this presidential campaign is that journalists — particularly TV journalists — are doing a bad job. The campaign just can’t be squeezed into the usual…