When the already legendary folk music program “The Midnight Special” hit the 30 year mark back in 1983, I wrote this feature/column for the Tribune:
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During a recent guest-hosting stint on WCPT-AM 820, I interviewed Mark Guarino, a Chicago-based producer for ABC’s “Good Morning America” and other shows. He also…
Published Jan 3, 2008 I’m turning 50 next week. So I thought I’d take the opportunity here to list 50 things I’ve learned in 50…
full interview I recently again filled in for afternoon host Joan Esposito on WCPT-AM 820 and again invited on as a guest my good friend…
From my blog, November 2003: I raised a question after a recentTribune editorial griped about “the wussy nature” of a filibuster then taking place in…
From “David Copperfield” by Charles Dickens FROM CHAPTER 23 I CORROBORATE MR.DICK AND CHOOSE A PROFESSION About mid-day, we set out for the office of…
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Twitter has been blocking or otherwise impeding links to Substack newsletters, so this page has become my workaround. Picayune Sentinel for 8-24-23 Last week’s winning…
WGN-Ch. 9 news interviewed Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson on Aug. 11, 2020 in the wake of a resurgence of racial unrest. I had the…
Meet Shia Kapos Political news junkies and informed citizens throughout Chicago and Illinois start their day by reading “Illinois Playbook.” It’s a comprehensive political…
Jason Kilborn is the University of Illinois at Chicago Law School professor who was suspended and put into a reeducation program after he used a…