Following is an address given by Richard Porter, the National Committeeman of the Republican Party of Illinois and retired partner at Kirkland & Ellis, during his acceptance of the Chicago Sunday Evening Club's "Clifford Barnes Award" on March 12, 2024 at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.
Boston, Mass. Mayor Michelle Wu, a native of Chicago and graduate of Barrington, Ill. High School, is facing criticism over her office sending out invitations to members of the Boston City Council to attend a “Elected of Color Holiday Party.”
Chicago native Minyon Moore, chair of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, is on the board of a group receiving part of a $50 million contribution the Open Society Foundations.
Family physician, psychologist, and renowned author Dr. Leonard Sax said parents who are not exercising their authority and choosing instead to “let kids decide" are making "a big mistake.”
Chicago radio and podcast host Dan Proft, in discussing polling that shows opposition to boys playing girls sports, aid that “sex is not assigned bye a doctor, it’s determined by God.”
2018 Mt. Carmel High School graduate Alek Thomas, whose dad was a 28-year strength and conditioning coach for the Chicago White Sox, was a big part of the Arizona Diamondbacks run to the 2023 World Series.
Of 1,291 Chicago precincts, 29 saw voter turnout in the Feb. 28 Mayoral General Election that was even or higher than for last November’s statewide election.
In Chicago’s fourth precinct in its First Ward, in Logan Square, some 795 voters picked Democrat J.B. Pritzker over Republican Darren Bailey in the race for Illinois governor last November – 94 percent of ballots cast.