ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ARE REACHING THEIR BREAKING POINT
As a small business owner employing 20 hardworking Illinoisans, I’ve reached the point where I wonder how much longer businesses like mine can survive under the policies coming out of Springfield. Every year, it…
Newsletter 82 – Happy 250th Birthday America!
Welcome to the special July 4th edition of Webber’s Whipping Post. Two hundred and fifty years ago, our Founding Fathers gathered in Philadelphia, drafted and signed a document that changed the course of human…
TWO VIRGINIANS. TWO ARMIES. TWO DIFFERENT LEGACIES History remembers Robert E. Lee as the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia. Over the past twenty-five years, several Lee statues have been removed…
ENOCH ASHLEY’S LAST SONG
Greg Baldry was sixteen when the band Frigid Pink released the classic song, House of the Rising Sun. He heard it on a jukebox in a local malt shop in the small Midwestern town…
Newsletter 81 – AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…” July…
HAPPY 250th BIRTHDAY, AMERICA
250 Years. It’s been one hell of a run, hasn’t it? A quarter century ago, fifty-six men signed what was, in effect, their own death warrant. Had the Revolution failed, many would have…
DO WE WANT AMERICA TO LOOK LIKE CALIFORNIA?
At this early stage, it appears the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2028 is California Governor Gavin Newsom. Kamala Harris remains a possibility, but after her decisive defeat in 2024, I…
Newsletter 80 – We The People… Will Survive
“Our music has always been our voice and we choose not to publicly affiliate with any single political party. We support the betterment of all Americans.” That was the statement released by the…
THE LEGACY OF GREATNESS – CHICAGO CUBS 2ND BASEMAN THROUGH THE YEARS.
When baseball fans think about the Chicago Cubs, certain positions seem forever linked to legendary players. Ernie Banks at shortstop. Ron Santo at third base. Billy Williams in left field. But perhaps no position…
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