I got a call from a lovely sounding woman who attended the long closed Mercy High School. I tried to reassure her by explaining that the wide and varied support for Leo continues, but rumors are tough to address. This wonderful woman was not alone, nor was she the first to call the Leo Development Office with this vigorous chestnut – Leo is closing in June. The lady did not want to see another great Catholic high school close as did Mercy, Mendel, St. Willibrord, Weber, Longwood and …

“Enough is not a feast,” quoth some wag, after piling it on at the Olde Endless Buffet.
The long lines of plastic snot guarded vats of hot and cold casserole chow, pink boulders of ham and crags of green-grey beef awaited his chubby arms balancing the platters, plates and bowls that he would array before him. More is always better than not.
Tuck away, Champ!
So it continues with Folks who will put anything through their maws and down their miles of tripes! Rather than engage in the grace of feasting – …

Driving into Leo High School this Friday morning, having delivered three young ladies to Mother McAuley High School, I listened to Cindy Canary, Director of Illinois Campaign for Political Reform offer her very measured and thoughtful concerns about yesterday’s Supreme Court Ruling on Corporate Campaign Contributions. Ms. Canary took a bat at political organization and the size of their financial support for Illinois candidates and is determined to further restrict such support.

I believe that any candidate should be able to accept any amount of money from any source. …

For the better part of an hour this past week, I met with Jim Tyree, CEO of Mesirow Financial and new owner of the Sun Times Media Group. We met in the historic John R. Thompson Building at 350 North Clark, the 1912 Bakery Building that has been home to Mesirow Financial for some time. But not for long.
Wednesday was packing day for a pending move to a nearby building. The elevators were padded. Big plastic hoppers and storage boxes were being marked and tagged for moving day. At the …

On education, Christie said he planned to maintain funding to public schools and to increase aid to higher education over the next four years. He also said students in cities are entitled to a quality education.
“Those kids deserve the same sort of education you’re getting here in Hamilton,” Christie said. “If we don’t change that, it’s hurting us socially, it’s hurting us economically, and it’s just not fair.”
In his four public appearances since the Nov. 3 election, Christie has gone to schools twice, stressing the importance of education to his …

read the accounts of the GOP gubernatorial candidates in the Chicago Tribune, early this morning.
Dan Proft is the only one making any sense and showing Illinois that he owns a pair of big brassy boys! Proft is unique on School Choice, Abortion, Tax-Reduction, Cost Cutting and Genuine Reform.
That means that Dan Proft might have a snowballs chance in Hell of winning the Republican Primary.  I may vote for this interesting man.
However, he will face the Democratic Challenger, Dan Hynes, in the General Election and the Democratic Machine will crank out …

Illinois Speaker of the House Mike Madigan is Absolutely Right and Correct to Reject Candidate Caps.
There is great outcry voiced by the news media that Speaker Madigan should put caps on party contributions to candidates. Oh, Hell No!  That is the only way good candidates get into office and really effective people get to stay in office.
The Chicago Tribune made this beef on Friday October 9th, “Democrats are OK with curbs on individuals, corporations, labor unions and political action committees. But putting limits on those groups without restricting party contributions …

Illinois Senator Heather Steans, who got her policy chops in public education and from her family’s foundation, and Rep. Greg Harris, who is the openly gay legislator of Springfield, are the Will and Grace of the current LGTB Policy Legislation and the sure fire hit of this rather dull Illinois political season.
Blago jumped the Illinois political shark, the porpoise, the manatee, the killer whale, the Great White and Charlie the Tuna’s Eco Friendly Trawler last December 9th when Fitzy’s Untouchables cuffed him in the Sauganash alley. Since then, Pat Quinn …

Mark Kirk’s Cap and Trade vote sang the whole opera for this Illinois voter.  I vote largely Democratic but draw the line at the ‘boiled beets Progressives’  the real ACLU/Planned Parenthood variety of doctrinaire goldfish – like Jan Schakowsky, Toni Preckwinkle and etc.  Likewise, I will not cast a cross-over vote for a bum steer like Mark Kirk – GOP Steer.
A Steer is a bos primogentitur that has been deprived of his gents, in order to make the bovine quadruped more moveable, docile and willing to follow the herd.  In …

I never met Christopher Kelly, or anyone close to the Blagojevich Administration.  I read the fine and sober account of this young man’s death by Mark Konkol, Natasha Korecki and Art Golab in the Chicago Sun Times only Sunday morning before 8:30 Mass. This was a very respectful and considerate report of the sad death of this once powerful man by three professionals. I offered that morning’s Mass to the Kelly Family.   The theme of Sunday’s gospel from Mark and the reading – especially the Epistle of James was Faith …