One man has been running the state of Illinois for most of the 25 years he has been the Speaker of the House in the state. Michael Madigan, not the governor, calls all the shots. It is very possible the state will file bankruptcy in the next year or two. Madigan has decided the state Read the full article…
The very next day after President Obama’s stirring message at the Tucson Memorial Service, the Arizona Republic published this Steve Benson political cartoon. This is just another indication of the media’s effort to make a tragedy into an opportunity to create the next tragedy. The president could not have been plainer in his plea to Read the full article…
In 1989 I was involved in a terrible tragedy. An airplane crash that killed over 100 of my fellow passengers and left another 100 hospitalized. I flew home that night and woke to find media trucks all over my street. I declined to give but one interview. It was with Elizabeth Vargas. The phone rang Read the full article…
