Ronald Reagan and a Nation at Work By John F. Di Leo – Reflections on the days when a labor leader led our nation, on the great man’s birthday… As the author writes this column, dozens of ships, each one […]
BREAKING: Brian Williams to take himself off the air, temporarily… News report filed by intrepid reporter John F. Di Leo, 2-7-15, 5pm CST: We have obtained the full transcript of his report, here. Please read it in full, with great […]
Who We Are… and Who Barack Obama Is Not by John F. Di Leo The current Resident of the White House is fond of stating something of which he disapproves – say, interrogating terrorists or growing the economy – and […]
by John F. Di Leo I often talk about what jobs are most winnable for the White House. Vice Presidents look like they have a great shot at it, but statistically, most VPs who have become president have done […]
Of Speeches and Monuments – The Quest for the Obama Presidential Library Reflections on the intersection of the State of the Union Address and the Chicago effort to solve its problems by building another government building… by John F. Di […]
Free Community College – Economics and Education in Freefall Together by John F. Di Leo, in Illinois Review, January 19, 2015 A.D. Democrats have long called for grammar school to be “free” (that is, taxpayer-funded)… and they’ve long called for […]
At great expense and risk to life and limb, I have obtained for my personal website an abridged advance copy of this year’s State of the Union address, including both the Resident’s speech and the American people’s ongoing response, as […]
Under Sky or Minaret, Everything Old is New Again by John F. Di Leo, January 15, 2015 A.D. Reflections on the War on Terror, a century into it… There are as many truisms in war as there are in peace. […]
JFD’s Top 28 Founding Superlatives, January 11, 2015 A.D. by John F. Di Leo If the Founding Fathers Were 21st Century High Schoolers, they would have voted each other into a “most likely to…” list. Something like this, I expect: […]
Common Sense and the Glorious Cause Reflections on the anniversary of the publication of Thomas Paine’s classic work… by John F. Di Leo Historians, political scientists, and philosophers alike often look at revolutions and ask the question “Was it a […]
