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High Anxiety, Clinton Clings to Lead

Sunday, November 6, 2016

E Minus 2: National anxiety is increasing as voters for both presidential candidates talk over dinner about what country they would move to if the opposition wins the election. The 2nd Amendment crowd is worried that Hillary Clinton will try …

Constitutional Crisis, Rolling Stone Liable

Saturday, November 5, 2016

E Minus 3: The latest pitch of the Trump campaign and Republicans is that if they lose the presidential election, they’re going to tie Hillary Clinton in legal knots, causing a potential Constitutional crisis. “She’s likely to be under investigation …

The Candidates Are the Issue

Friday, November 4, 2016

E Minus 4: Forget about education, income inequality, national defense, healthcare, the wall, tax cuts, and tax hikes. Forget about all of it. There are only two issues in the final days of the presidential election: Donald Trump and Hillary …

Cubs in the 108th and the 10th

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Next Year Arrives: The city of Chicago went nuts last night after the Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years, beating the Indians 8-7 in Cleveland. Cubs fans have lived in eternal hope and suffered the mythical Curse …

Narrow and Nasty, Series Goes to 7

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

E Minus 6: The poll numbers are narrowing in the final days of the election. The RealClear Politics average of polls has Hillary Clinton leading by 2.2 points. The polls range from Clinton, up five, to Trump, up four. As …

FBI Scans Emails, Stretching the Tax Law

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

E Minus 7: The FBI has begun to examine a newly-discovered trove of Hillary Clinton emails to determine whether they contain classified information.  The emails came from a computer belonging to disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who’s under investigated for …

Warrant for Hillary Email, Cubs Survive

Monday, October 31, 2016

E Minus 8: Federal agents have obtained a search warrant to look at the emails found on a personal computer belonging to disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner. The emails may — or may not — be related to Hillary Clinton’s use …

“Unprecedented & Troubling,” Cubs on the Ropes

Sunday, October 30, 2016

E Minus 9: Campaigning in Florida, Hillary Clinton lambasted FBI director James Comey for revealing the existence of a new trove of Clinton’s State Department emails backed up on a computer used by her aide Huma Abedin and her estranged …

Another October Surprise, No Joy at Wrigley

Saturday, October 29, 2016

E Minus 10: Emails found on devices used by disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner have thrown a wrench into the closing days of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. FBI Director James Comey told Congressional Republican leaders that emails related to …

Campaign on the Skids, “Bill Clinton, Inc.”

Friday, October 28, 2016

Wild West: Ammon Bundy, brother Ryan Bundy, and five of their followers were acquitted last night of federal conspiracy and weapons charges in last winter’s takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife refuge in Oregon. It’s a major blow to the …