Entries from October 2009

October 23, 2009

Will gay activists actually buy tickets to Americans for Truth fundraiser?

Here’s a headline that’s sure to get attention: “Gay Activists Despise AFTAH Because We Expose their Radical Agenda.”
The AFTAH in question is the Carol Stream-based Americans for Truth about Homosexuality. Peter LaBarbera, the group’s president, posted an item a few days ago on his Web site pertaining to the “attack” to which he and like-minded [...]

October 21, 2009

How has the outbreak of the flu altered your daily routine?

OK, this whole germ thing is starting to get a little freaky.
When 972 students failed to show up yesterday, St. Charles East High School canceled its classes and extracurricular activities for the rest of the week. That’s almost one-half of the student population! Officials said many students exhibited flu-like symptoms.
Being a creature of the Cold [...]

October 14, 2009

IOC didn’t play by Chicago political machine’s rules in awarding Games

After listening to a week and a half of public debate, I’ve concluded that most people are wrong about why the International Olympic Committee awarded the 2016 Summer Games to Rio de Janeiro rather than to Chicago.
The conventional wisdom about Chicago losing the Olympics is that those pitching the campaign failed to do what a [...]