Nicky Cheese

First thing I like to do when visiting my folks in the ‘burbs is pick up the local paper, the Northwest Herald, and see what’s going on around the old stomping grounds.
Ah yes, McHenry County. It’s a swell place. Easy going. Often cited as the last bastion of conservatism in Chicagoland. Don’t interpret that as [...]

I can’t say I’ve ever been a part of a really meaningful protest. You know, one that actually makes a difference.
That all changed a couple weeks ago at the “Save Lincoln Square” rally. Its value was confirmed when, last week, affected business owners received word that Alderman Schulter was backing down considerably — three-fourths of [...]

Coming from the CTA Tattler: “Funding woes got you down? Ride the Santa Train!”.
Really?
Riding the Santa Train will help alleviate my CTA-related worries? Supporting a completely unnecessary expenditure — cited in 2004 to cost about $200,000 by then-president Frank Kruesi — will extinguish my concerns of the endless doomsday-bailout-doomsday-bailout cycle?
Or, maybe just inflate them…
Call me [...]

Repeal Day? A day celebrating the freedom to drink? Well, alright then!
Yesterday marked the 74th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. Yes, 74 years ago, the 21st Amendment was signed into law (effectively repealing the 18th) bringing joy and merry into the bloodstreams of early 20th-century boozers everywhere. Ah, the freedom to drink alcohol openly [...]