Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 3-27-25: Not goodbye, but see you later
No talkie talkie by me this morning about Chicago or Springfield or Washington government and politics. And no crabbing by me about some ele...
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20 of 91 episodesWalter Jacobson’s Perspective 3-20-25: Good luck, Beatriz, in the Scripps Spelling Bee
In my opinion, the easiest and most comfortable news to report is good news. And I’ve just come across some very good news that was in...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 3-13-25: I just can’t stop thinking about spring fever and baseball
There are big and important stories in the news today about that endlessly awful war being waged by Russia and Ukraine. And about disease an...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 3-6-25: Elon Musk is behaving like he thinks he’s President of the United States
He is quite a character, that Elon Musk, believing it’s true what the media says, that he is the richest person in the world. And now Elon M...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-27-25: The news about Walgreens closing stores in Chicago is bad news
The news about Walgreens closing stores in Chicago is bad news, and day by day it’s getting worse. The latest being that in the next f...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-13-25: The Senators and the President are playing the same old money games
If you’re not watching the Senate hearings about President Trump’s choices for his Cabinet, you’re not missing much that i...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-6-25: What we need right now is the politicians, newspapers and TV to shut up
The public and often obscene arguments over President Trump’s decisions to fire FBI agents and prosecutors in the Department of Justic...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-30-25: President Trump is changing the ways we are living our lives
We can like or dislike our second time President Donald J. Trump. But we better, we all better, listen and pay attention to everything he sa...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-23-25: I’ve had enough of Mark Zuckerberg
I am sure that I am not the only person having had enough, enough, enough already of that Zuckerberg guy. Mark Zuckerberg, the multibilliona...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-16-25: Mr. President, you are ruining your legacy with all those pardons
Good morning, Mr. President Biden. I’m thinking you are ruining your reputation and your legacy with all those presidential pardons an...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-9-25: Politics have no place in schools
Well, finally, finally, we now have only a few days to wait for the first meeting of Chicago’s first-ever publicly elected Board of Ed...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 12-19-24: Start over, my dear Bears, and think smart
Considering my very sad but nonetheless much-loved Chicago Bears, I’m wondering right now what I’ll do this coming Sunday, knowi...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 12-12-24: Here Rahm goes again
Here we go again. Or here Rahm goes again. That’s Rahm Emanuel declaring that he may run again for Mayor of Chicago. Or, if Governor P...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-21-24: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez has been doing a very good job
It is hard sometimes to keep up with the ups and downs in the government and politics of Chicago’s rookie mayor Brandon Johnson who is...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-14-24: The media helped Donald Trump get reelected
My computer this morning, along with everything else I’m reading, is loaded with news about Donald Trump creating a new White House ad...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-7-24: So many things are so bad with the Bears
Maybe it’s good news, that vote for President. Maybe it’s bad. Depending on whom you voted for, you’re happy or sad. But f...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-31-24: Here I go again, booing Halloween
I walked around my neighborhood early this morning before catching the bus that brings me here and I’m still thinking about the Hallow...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-24-24: Too much bias in newspaper coverage of Mike Madigan trial
It’s three days now into the Mike Madigan trial and the headlines are in big print on the front pages of Chicago’s biggest newsp...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-17-24: It is long past the time for City Hall to return the Columbus Monument
With happy smiles, beautiful balloons, and tooting trumpets, more than 1,000 people gathered on State Street three days ago to celebrate the...
Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-10-24: If jurors find Mike Madigan guilty, will some of the reasons be the headlines and pictures?
It’s been 2 1/2 years since Mike Madigan was indicted by a federal grand jury on 23 counts of criminal behavior during 36 years as Spe...