Last autumn, the “Occupy” movement burst onto the scene, beginning on Wall Street and spreading to cities across the United States. It did not take long for familiar left-wing organizations, including Moveon.org, Code Pink, the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers, as well as individuals like Noam Chomsky, Michael Moore, and Cornel West, to join [...]
Past the sea of colorful yard signs and half-empty polling places, the contentious candidate forums, robo calls, and gray haired election judges, stands a question about the fundamental legitimacy of our form of government. Without a significant shift in public interest, can our republic survive? Will it be possible to have a healthy election for [...]
Seeing the Elephant: My Foray into Local Politics | read this item
Four months ago, I decided to do something I had not thought of doing before, with little money and little experience, and with a lot of personal reservations: I decided to run for public office.
Further Erosion of the 2nd Amendment in Illinois | read this item
Since the Supreme Court overturned Chicago’s handgun ban in 2010, Illinois legislators have been looking for new ways to circumvent the U.S. Constitution and deprive citizens in this state of their right to bear arms.
Governor Quinn Has a Lot to Answer For | read this item
2011 was a good year for Governor Pat Quinn, but it was a terrible one for the State of Illinois. As the new year dawns, it is abundantly clear that the more the governor gets what he wants, the worse our prospects for digging out of the hole his policies and the policies of his [...]
Illinois: Las Vegas of the Midwest? | read this item
Back in May, a measure to expand gambling in Illinois was approved by a committee in the Illinois House of Representatives, provoking Governor Pat Quinn to remark, “We have no interest in becoming the Las Vegas of the Midwest.” Apparently content to continue his knee-jerk and misdirected gambling policy, I believe Governor Quinn is passing [...]
Leadership that Southern Illinois Can Believe In | read this item
What is wrong with Southern Illinois? Open a newspaper on any given day, and you are likely to ask yourself this question. As Disclosure has documented for the past several years, there is no shortage of political corruption, crime, substance abuse, and economic despair. Of the 34 counties south of I-70, 14 had unemployment rates [...]
We live in an age of protest. In this age, activists have been seized by the conviction that whoever shows up with the most people has the better idea. Rather than vote in elections, organize political action committees, support candidates, write letters to the editor, start businesses, or donate to charities, activists have instead chosen [...]
Ten years ago, at around 8 am in the Chicago suburbs, I awoke to a phone call. It was my father, calling from work to tell me to turn on the television
An American Spring | 
Titanic. Old pic. | 
Can Our Republic Survive? | 
Seeing the Elephant: My Foray into Local Politics | 
Further Erosion of the 2nd Amendment in Illinois | 
Governor Quinn Has a Lot to Answer For | 
Illinois: Las Vegas of the Midwest? | 
Leadership that Southern Illinois Can Believe In | 
Why Occupy Wall Street? | 
Remembering 9-11 | 
