By John F. Di Leo December 17, 2018 A.D. The bankrupt city of Chicago’s outgoing Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and the bankrupt state of Illinois’ incoming governor, J.B. Pritzker, are calling for a huge increase in Illinois’ gas tax, ostensibly to […]
By John F. Di Leo December 12, 2018 A.D. Have you ever hired a militant vegetarian chef to cook you a steak? Would you hire a pacifist as Commander-in-Chief during wartime? Or a 600 lb personal trainer to supervise your […]
by John F. Di Leo December 7, 2018 A.D. Reflections on the anniversary of the first ratification convention’s conclusion… On December 7, 1787, at Elizabeth Battel’s Golden Fleece Tavern in Dover, Delaware, the state of Delaware became the first state to ratify the new […]
By John F. Di Leo November 30, 2018 A.D. Reflections on the latest summit in the southern hemisphere… The heads of state of the USA, Mexico and Canada signed the new NAFTA 2.0 – the USMCA – early Friday morning […]
By John F. Di Leo November 21, 2018 A.D. Reflections on Immigration at a time of Thanksgiving Immigration looms large on the public consciousness these days, with daily news stories about the cultural, economic, and historical effects of mass immigration […]
By John F. Di Leo November 19, 2018 A.D. For the past few cycles, the Democratic Party has added what they call “criminal justice reform” to their campaign platforms, and President Donald Trump has recently joined the call, in part. There […]
By John F. Di Leo November 14, 2018 A.D. As tempers flare in Washington this November, with the dust settling on late-night midterm results and vote fraud occurs in broad daylight… we see an unusual dispute in the news. This […]