I watched tonight’s WGN evening news broadcast. (I believe WGN stands for World’s Greatest Network.) The broadcast included the story that Snooki was not arrested in Italy. The broadcast did not address the following: Why does promoting democracy have to include the killing of children and vulnerable people? Why are weapons our number one export? …
West Coast residents never understand the brutal sarcasm making up the everyday humor vocabulary in Chicago. Only in Chicago could perky morning news hosts make bitter wisecracks about osteoporosis and then make fun of themselves when they miss the bridge implosion. Here in the eternally optimistic West, it’s the osteoporosis joke and the hosts’ general …