Category: national
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Play Ball
Baseball begins again today. The All-Star break for many fans is the unofficial halfway point in the season. The actual midway point at least for the Chicago Cubs came fifteen games earlier. The Cubs entered the break in the NL Central first place. This team also has the second-best NL record, and the third-best of…
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No Kings
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Criticizing the Critics
I had concerns about the Chicago Sun-Times even before its most recent AI-related fiasco. The newspaper seems to have diminished in quality and quantity since I started subscribing. More recently, it seems to be moving away from the opinion business. This shift seems more than refraining from candidate endorsements as is reportedly required of nonprofits.…