© Misty Pfeil | Dreamstime.com Words fail me. But the electorate didn’t. It’s it for now. Thanks, –MUDGE Technorati Tags: Barack Obama,presidential election,44th President of the United States Posted in Obama, Presidential election Tagged: 44th...

© Associated Press photo by Byron Rollins We’ve written before about our hometown newspaper, the Chicago Tribune. Taken most seriously in its home town. But proud of its Republican tradition. Its first editor of any distinction, Joseph Medill,...

© Kevin Renes | Dreamstime.com The last debate. Three weeks to go. Got me to reminisce about my early exposure to politics. The first presidential debate I ever watched was the first modern presidential debate: Nixon v. Kennedy, 1960. I was a...

© Pemotret | Dreamstime.com Sometimes good things happen to good people. Paul Krugman of Princeton University and the NYTimes, frequently quoted in this space, was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics today. This is worthy recognition to an...

© Bruno1998 | Dreamstime.com Away (from blogging — the writing, not the reading) and the economy, and especially the stock markets, continues in free fall. Everyone is on edge, if not downright frantic, because if you’re too young to be that...