Richard Burton celebrates his centenary today. Born a few miles from my birthplace, this son of a miner became one of theatre and cinema's most recognisable and glorious voices. He said his voice was "the deep, dark answer from the valleys to everybody. It was given to me."

Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting. Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/bor…

Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say duties totaling 107% on their pasta will make doing business in the U.S. too costly and they are pulling out of American stores. wsj.com/world/europe/i…

Why did the Uber app say a car was 4 minutes away until I clicked on it, only to then say it would connect me to a ride in 8 minutes and then connect me to a car that will take 9 minutes to get here? It went from 4 minutes to 17 minutes - in downtown Chicago!

Federal agents pepper-sprayed a baby girl in Little Village this weekend. There's no limit to what these thugs will do. To make Chicago safe again, we need ICE and CBP to get the hell out of our city. #ice #chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/09/fed…

Ah - the Booker prize! Congratulations to David Szalay. nytimes.com/2025/11/10/boo…

"Ecce Homo" de Caravaggio se expone de nuevo en el Museo del Prado museodelprado.es/actualidad/not…

The Miracle Mile shopping center is in Las Vegas.

tl;dr: White House officials say the boss is really stupid and you have to watch what you say to him

It took 10 minutes for a dope like Pulte to sell the 50 year mortgage to Trump and get him to post it online. Just about any felon or crook gets a pardon… Imagine what happens when he’s alone for 10 minutes with Putin…. No adults in this White House. No guardrails.

My office is in the West Loop and I can't even get a sandwich and a cookie for less than $20.

Trump’s former Chief of Staff John Kelly confirms that Trump called American service members “suckers” and “losers.”

Heck of a summary, Jason Meisner ! Well done.

He complains in every speech and most posts.

This is remarkable not only because it’s the UK, but because that is intelligence that would be useful. The UK doesn’t trust us because of what we are doing with it, mainly extrajudicial killings.

What an incredible substorm at Montrose Harbor in Chicago

Another view of Northern Lights tonight in Chicago #weather #news #ilwx

ROLLING STONE: “Trump’s administration is marshaling vast public resources and more than $1 billion worth of taxpayer money to flatter the president” rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

The more we learn about how close the Trump-Epstein relationship was, the more we realize how very grief-stricken Trump must have been when Epstein died in Trump's custoday during Trump's presidency.

Robert Falls directing Amadeus at the Steppenwolf Theatre - our most anticipated event this season! chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025/1…