Gaius Octavius was born in 63 B.C. in Rome. When his maternal great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated for subverting the Roman Republic, the young Octavian, only 18 at the time, became his heir. And though Julius is remembered as a great general and the man who set in motion Rome’s transition from Republic to […]
Read MoreGoing into 2024, Evan Gershkovich’s future looked anything but certain. All the Wall Street Journal reporter and his allies saw was indefinite detention at the mercy of a repressive regime using him as a high-stakes bargaining chip. But a year later, Gershkovich is home with his family and even reporting again. The nightmarish ordeal, which […]
Read MoreThe self-described “Christmas Lawyer,” who staged elaborate holiday displays in defiance of his former homeowners association, is asking the nation’s highest court to weigh in on the neighborhood feud. “Who would have thought that nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court are about to sit down over Christmas and read a legal case involving […]
Read MoreChristmas in Chicago is a beautiful thing to see. You can feel the Christmas spirit when you pass through the Loop down Michigan Ave at night. All the department stores are lit up. You can feel the spirit when you drive through the many townships that make up Chicagoland. Some of those lit up trees […]
Read More“He’s an addled, demented old man,” Senator Tom Cotton declared about President Joe Biden on my program Monday, Christmas Eve eve. The senator is right. It is not harsh or cruel to make such a statement, especially because its predicate was the announcement Monday morning that President Biden commuted the death sentences of 37 of […]
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