When Josh Hawley debated Sen. Claire McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Senate contest, he unleashed the usual invective against the incumbent Democrat. He told a Missouri Press Association audience that she was a “radical leftist,” a hopeless “elitist” and a “Hollywood liberal.” Such a pity that he hadn’t yet coined his most recent pejorative, “Epicurean liberal.” Surely it would … [Read more...] about Skeptics Lampoon Hawley: Missouri senator’s manly virtues book delights jesters & satirists
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Journalist’s book on former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan fills in gaps of two storied careers
Ray Long is either the luckiest man in Illinois journalism or he has an inside source. His just-released book about former Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan came out only a few weeks after a headline making 22-count federal indictment was filed by the U.S. Justice Department against the 79-year-old career politician. “I turned it in January 2021,” said … [Read more...] about Journalist’s book on former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan fills in gaps of two storied careers