Mike Klonsky's Blog

Gov. Rick DeSantis orders Florida schools to open despite his state shattering the U.S. record for increased COVID cases. If Florida were ...

In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them ...

I thoroughly enjoyed today's show for two reasons. The first was watching my brother Fred's first day at the controls as produc...

The Washington Post reports that neo-fascist, white supremacist Steve Bannon, Pres. Trump’s former chief strategist (replacing the recen...

IL legislature violates the Constitution. I doubt that Rahm Emanuel, Cardinal Cupich, nor any of those legislators in Springfield who ...

Rahm Emanuel on Thursday after the school funding bill, supposedly giving CPS $450M more than last year, was signed into law by Gov. Raune...

Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan, left,visits with House Republican Leader Jim Durkin after the education funding bill passed.  ...

CTU cartoon. As expected, IL speaker Mike Madigan didn't have enough votes yesterday, to override Gov. Rauner's veto of school ...

Archbishop Blase Cupich and Mayor Emanuel have been talking vouchers. What I'm hearing is that there's not enough votes in House...

Once again, Mayor Emanuel has topped Governor Rauner’s ruthlessness towards Chicago’s public school students with his own savage, short-s...

(BGA grafic) Gov. Rauner   has vetoed the school funding bill, thereby continuing to deprive the state's neediest districts of milli...

They really cast the deciding vote on healthcare bill.  Tim Hogan, spokesman for Our Lives on the Line “The resistance showed up – we ...

Tens of thousands of marchers for science packed the National Mall Saturday Charles Cappell, sociologist and retired NIU prof  “It seem...

Two members of the Standing Rock Sioux Indian tribe ride through the camp. The man on the left said, “We’re building our shelters for wint...

Metaphors ... This is the second time in two days, I've heard the mayor's spokespeople refer to proper funding of Chicago Public S...

Charleston County Magistrate James Gosnell Jr. "There are four kinds of people in this world: black people, white people, redneck...

Urban Prep students support their teachers at a rally earlier this year. (Arielle Zionts) Noel Perez-White, Urban Prep English teacher ...

Old Napa Valley Winery pals greet each other at Council meeting.  I listened to Gov. Rauner' s speech before the City Council yeste...

Progressives Scott Waguespack (left) and John Arena, targeted by Rahm's $2 million super Pack I braved the cold yesterday and w...

As if making schools dependent on property taxes wasn't bad enough, now Philadelphia Public Schools will have to rely on cigarette sa...