Satire
'Just another day,' say residents of city startlingly numb to shocking violence
People living in the city where this kind of violence routinely occurs reportedly concluded that there was no way to prevent this violence from taking place.
Opinion & Comment
Opinion & Comment from the Chicago Journal.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: ICYMI eleven kids 16 and under have been shot since Sunday afternoon
Since 4:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, eleven kids 16 and under have been shot. Two of those eleven are dead. A total of 58 people have been shot in the same timeframe. Nine of those 58 people have been killed. Enjoy the weekend.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: Police pursuit of Garfield Park murder suspects abruptly terminated
A 56-year-old man was shot and killed Saturday afternoon near the intersection of California and Flournoy in the Garfield Park neighborhood and the police pursuit of the suspected murderers was abruptly terminated as officers closed in. Craig has some brief thoughts.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: Neil Steinberg said what?
Neil Steinberg published a column in the Chicago Sun-Times last week that had everyone talking and Craig just couldn't help himself.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: The Chicago Journal is not the Chicago Journal
Public Service Announcement. The Chicago Journal is not the Chicago Journal and the Chicago Journal is not The Chicago Journal.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: My Old Fashioned Guy
Everyone in Chicago has a guy for something and, after a brief break, in Craig's first column back he wanted to write about his Old Fashioned guy.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: Understanding the thick context around the Mayor's diction
He's been hard on the mayor but she's never been soft and he knows she can take it as good as she gives it. Craig offers a surprising defense of Lori Lightfoot and does his best to help non-Chicagoans better understand the thick context around the mayor's diction.
Podcast
Chicago Journal Podcast: Madigan's Magical Mystery Machine
On this episode of the podcast, Craig's talking about what everyone's talking about and revisits something he wrote about Mike Madigan back in the summer of 2020. He also talks a little...or a lot...about Lori Lightfoot's latest quotes.
Opinion & Comment
Comment: The Who did the Huh with the What now?
In every big city in the world, and the little ones, too, every so often there comes a simple story that, at first, seems relatively inconsequential until one thing leads to another and you're wide eyed and thinking to yourself, "the Who did the Huh with the What now?"
Opinion & Comment
Opinion: The Irvin campaign for Governor begins with a whimper
Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin launched his campaign for Illinois Governor this week on a Republican ticket to non-existent fanfare, and Craig has some thoughts for Ken Griffin.
Opinion & Comment
Opinion: Will anyone have to answer for Illinois' population loss?
Craig wonders if Governor Pritzker or any Illinois politician will be made to answer any questions at all about Illinois' population loss.
Opinion & Comment
For Auld Lang Syne, 2021
Quickly becoming an annual tradition, Craig revisits his New Year's Eve column.