Category Archives: General

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Jest a lot of problems with Blago’s retrial The WISCH LIST Sept. 25, 2010 Mayor Daley is stepping down. Jesse Jackson Jr. has been stepping out. And the rest of Illinois’ politicians are stepping up their game – or, at least, their […]

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Arrested developments: Chicago Police vs. City Hall The WISCH LIST Sept. 18, 2010 I live in Chicago, where the taxes are outrageous, the politics crooked and the parking tickets plentiful. And I live in Chicago, where the streets are clean, the public […]

Due to Caller ID, the Age of Cranks Calls is over. But the Age of Crank Texts is now upon us, thanks to this guy who has a lot of time on his hands so he sends texts to random numbers. Some respond.

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Chicago Baseball: Win, Lose … and Draw? The WISCH LIST Sept. 11, 2010 The Bears open tomorrow. The Fighting Illini home opener is tonight. And next weekend, the Blackhawks already have a sell-out at the United Center … for a practice. But […]

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … A Game of Numbers For the Cubs and White Sox, attendance figures tell a tale. But what’s their story? The WISCH LIST Sept. 4, 2010 Like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and Area 51, some things in life are just meant to […]

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Squeeze the summer out of September The WISCH LIST Aug. 28, 2010 Summer is almost over. Except that it’s not. Sure, next weekend might signify the unofficial end of summer with the arrival of Labor Day, but the calendar tells us that […]

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … In Chicago, there’s trial … and error The WISCH LIST Aug. 22, 2010 If I hadn’t studied journalism in college, I probably would have studied law. I’ve long been fascinated by the art of framing an argument (sometimes as a newspaper columnist, […]

Today’s column from the Kankakee Daily Journal and The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times … Big Ten pride crawls through Chicago The WISCH LIST Aug. 14, 2010 When I was a freshman in college way back in the spring of 1995, I celebrated the end of the semester – four A’s and one B, if I remember […]

Yes, it is Friday the 13th. And, as WALB Ch. 10 News in Albany, Ga., insightfully informs us, “Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday.” Thanks. In any case, we all know that this date is considered to be “unlucky.” But exactly why is that the case? […]

Today’s Wisch List column from the Kankakee Daily Journal … Homing in on Bears Camp as a Bourbonnais Boy The WISCH LIST Aug. 9, 2010 Flip open a Rand McNally, and you’ll find it just off Interstate 57 at Exit 315. Drive 60 miles south from Chicago or 80 miles north out of Champaign, and […]