Category: Commentary

Remembering Pat Michalski who dedicated her life to diversity and fairness

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Remembering Pat Michalski who dedicated her life to diversity and fairness Very few people have done more to strengthen diversity in Illinois than Patricia Michalski, who passed away on December 17, 2022. Pat was an activist dedicated to bringing people of all races, ethnicities and nationalities in the Chicagoland area together. And she did it…

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United offers endless airline travel problems for travelers

December 25, 2022December 25, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

United offers endless airline travel problems for travelers The worst challenge travelers face is the ineptitude of the Airline companies. They hide behind weather delays and overbooking to distract you from their core problems. Their check in system is horrible and their cell phone App, which is supposed to make it easy, doesn’t always work….

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Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill

December 16, 2022February 4, 2024 William Lipinski No Comments

Right from the Middle: Nicaragua and the leadership of Reagan and Tip O’Neill Former Congressman Bill Lipinski looks back at President Ronald Reagan’s efforts to undermine the communist rise in Nicaragua and how Communism continues ot upward growth threatening the West and America today By William O. Lipinski Back in the nineteen eighties when I…

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to readers, and the tragedy of O’Hare Airport

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to readers, and the tragedy of O’Hare Airport Ray Hanania writes to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and describes the horror of having to travel through O’Hare Airport’s filthy, disgusting condition while Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot promotes her candidacy for re-election in nauseating ads that repetitively broadcast over O’Hare…

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State probes dark money in re-election of controversy-plagued County Commissioner Sean Morrison

December 7, 2022March 30, 2026 Ray Hanania No Comments

State probes dark money in re-election of controversy-plagued County Commissioner Sean Morrison Some $300,000 in money from a dark PAC set up to fight Illinois tax hikes made its way into the campaign coffers of beleaguered Cook County Commissioner and failed Cook County Republican Party boss Sean Morrison. The Illinois Election Board is investigating complaints…

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Now that elections are over, voters get hit by a costly truth

November 30, 2022November 30, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

Now that elections are over, voters get hit by a costly truth By Ray Hanania If you listened to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s campaign rhetoric, you would think that Illinois was well on its way to economic recovery. Pritzker threw a few hundred dollars at us in state tax money, spent hundreds of millions on himself…

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American traditions like Thanksgiving should not be broken because of latter day spin

November 24, 2022November 24, 2022 Ray Hanania 1 Comment

American traditions like Thanksgiving should not be broken because of latter day spin No one is innocent in the ongoing debate about who killed who, who discovered what and who stole what here in America. The traditions of Thanksgiving should not be dragged into the narrow-focused historical spin as were the civil war and Christopher…

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Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together

November 13, 2022November 13, 2022 Ray Hanania No Comments

Right from the Middle: Now that the election is over, we need to bring America together With Midterm elections nearly completed, it time that Americans start looking for more moderate voices to represent them in politics and avoid the far Right and the far Left. The polarization in American is destruction to the country By…