Honoring (and Welcoming) Juan Gonzalez

BY HANK REICHMAN Last week two-time Polk award-winner Juan Gonzalez wrote his final column for the New York Daily News, where he worked for 29 years. A former national President and one of the founders of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Juan will continue as co-host of the popular independent global news show Democracy…

Trump Bonds with “the Hispanics”

BY MARTIN KICH Preliminary notes for an explication: Trump apparently thinks that he can begin to mitigate, if not erase, the political damage caused by his characterizing Mexicans and rapists and murderers by simply posing for a photo while eating a taco bowl. Although food is a major element of all cultures, equivocating one’s enjoyment…

End of Season Sale?

  I wonder, where does all of this stuff go at the end of a campaign? Into a landfill? Is there anyone in the country who has collected the campaign chotchkies of all of the candidates who have run in 2016? Did candidates such as George Pataki and Jim Gilmore even bother to produce them?…

A Brief Reprieve for Higher Ed in Illinois Budget Battle

On Monday, April 25, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation providing $600 million for the state’s public universities and community colleges, funding that may help to keep the campuses open through the summer while the budget battle between the Republican governor and Democratic legislature continues. Rauner released a statement suggesting that the bill “doesn’t solve…

Responses to Larry Wilmore’s Remarks

BY MARTIN KICH Here are the results of a Google search. You can, of course, click on any of the links, but just surveying the headings will give you a fairly good sense that Larry Wilmore did push the envelope on creating discomfort: Larry Wilmore Savages Media, Ignites Reporter Controversy During White House Correspondents Dinner…

Pres. Obama’s Remarks at WH Correspondents Dinner

  [“Cups” playing as Obama walks up. Audience can hear “You’re going to miss me when I’m gone…”] You can’t say it, but you know it is true. Good evening everybody. It is an honor to be here at my last, and perhaps the last White House correspondents’ dinner. You all look great. The end of the…

Even from Nasty People, This Stuff Is Very Nasty

  Here is an excerpt from a recent piece by Ann Coulter for Breitbart: “Voters quickly moved on from Cruz and tried Kasich. But he turned out to be the spitting image of a homeless man. He’s got the slouch, the facial tics, and a strange way of bouncing his head and looking around that…

If Donald Trump Were a Woman

BY JOHN K. WILSON Donald Trump’s sexism parade is on full march now that a woman is his clear opponent. He announced, “Frankly, if Hillary Clinton were a man, I don’t think she’d get 5 percent of the vote.” Like most of what comes out of Trump’s mouth, it was incredibly stupid. Not only is…