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Banning Reporters
Banning Media? A Reporter’s Perspective
There’s an unexpected downside to this.
Right out of the gate I want you to know whose side I am on in this matter. I am on the side of reporters, always and everywhere.
I don’t take this lightly....
Communism? Really?
Communism! Really?
Karl Marx, the granddaddy of Communism
This is the latest Republican thing, the arguments that the Democratic Party is all about bringing Communism to the United States.
Godless, soul crushing Communism!
Imagine that!...
Madigan’s Guitar Works
Conor, with “tepid” pizza from Dave’s Little Kitchen to feed his crew, “building out.”
There is a lot of work to create your own business. Conor Madigan’s
Guitar Works is taking shape on Davis Street in the former shoe repair shop. All...
Grab Summer before it is gone.
Summer’s End?
Just a bit of what you find at Evanston’s Farmers Market on Saturday morning.
Of course, the pessimists among us can see it coming. There will be a hard frost. Flowers will disappear. Squirrels will put on heavier coats. Mig...
Who is the next Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V. Debs
Where is Eugene V. Debs when we need him?
I don’t know that there is anyone who can step into this role. And I don’t know of anyone who could do what he did.
Debs, from Indiana, was the grandaddy of the Democratic Socialis...
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Reporter, foreign correspondent, editor at all kinds of levels at the Chicago Tribune, college professor, author, musician, songwriter, dad and husband. Author of "MINE" at Charlesmadigan.com and writing Bingo War.
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