Author Archives: Dave

From the Saturday, Aug. 6, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST If Chicago had been awarded the 2016 Summer Olympics, its Opening Ceremony would have taken place on July 22. The IOC passed on the Windy City, of course, so on Friday […]

From the Saturday, July 30, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST When it comes to the calendar, August is an oddball. It’s the only month of the 12 that’s without an official holiday, which probably gives it a complex. Thankfully, though, Chicago […]

From the Saturday, July 23, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … By Dave Wischnowsky WISCH LIST Daniel Burnham, the urban design visionary who in 1909 drafted “The Plan for Chicago” that would serve as the template for the future of the metropolis, famously said, “Make no little plans; […]

The Cubs. The White Sox. Illini basketball. Illini football. They all have summertime developments, and I of course have summertime opinions. I shared my thoughts on all things Chicago baseball and University of Illinois on Sunday night when I joined host Josh Frydman live in studio for CLTV SportsFeed. If you’d like to watch my […]

From the Saturday, July 16, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. “A Tale of Two Cities” wasn’t written about, well, Champaign-Urbana, but the novel’s opening line does apply quite well […]

From the Saturday, July 2, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) …   By Dave Wischnowsky The WISCH LIST Happy Independence Day Weekend, otherwise known as the 240th anniversary of the day America pulled its own Brexit back in 1776. The United Kingdom’s decision last week to depart the […]

From the Saturday, June 25, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Save perhaps Cleveland, Wrigley Field is the happiest place on the planet these days. So why on Earth are the Chicago Cubs crying foul? Well, you can count the reasons over […]

From the Saturday, June 11, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” — Ferris Bueller Three decades ago today, a trio of truants from […]

From the Saturday, June 4, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky In Chicago, we’ve seen the World Cup (Opening Ceremony, 1994). We’ve seen the Stanley Cup (often, in recent years). And we’ve seen the Crosstown Cup (can’t the Cubs and White Sox […]

From the Saturday, May 28, editions of The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Summer unofficially begins on Monday. So, it’s nice that in advance of Memorial Day the summer-like weather finally officially arrived in Illinois this week, although I’m still looking for our spring-like […]