Drew Peterson determined to get this marriage stuff right once and for all

Imagine being on the receiving end of this phone call from your 23-year-old daughter:
“Hello, Daddy? You won’t believe this. I’m engaged! Yes, I’m getting married! I’m so excited! His name is Drew, and he’s a former police officer. He’s 54 years old, and he has a few children by his previous marriages. Yes, I said [...]

House commission says Roskam didn’t violate pre-election mail rules

A complaint made against U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam prior to last month’s election appears to have been just what the lawmaker’s campaign said it was: political hype to smear his name.
In a letter dated Nov. 28, the Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards dismissed a complaint filed in October by the group Public Citizen against Roskam. [...]

George Ryan should remain in jail for the rest of his sentence

If I had to put odds on it, I’d say that former Gov. George Ryan’s chances now of getting out of jail early are somewhere around nill. He can thank his successor, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, for this.
Blago’s tape-recorded blunders revealed last week turned public opinion against giving crooked politicians a break. Some people were making [...]

Story doesn’t promote socialism, merely reports how budget items allocated

My buddy Dave Diersen of Wheaton has once again created a mountain out of a molehill.
Diersen, editor of the Web site GOPUSA Illinois, took Suburban Life Publications to task today for a story we recently published titled “5 ways those in need are helped: DuPage County budget.” I can’t quite do justice to Diersen’s prose, [...]