Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Mike Royko: Controversy…and the Cubs
When Mike Royko died in 1997, Chicago mourned. Granted, a few of the many people he confronted in his no-nonsense manner may have secretly celebrated, but his death was seen by many as the end of an era, when newspaper … Continue reading
Reflections on a Political Loss
It has taken me a while for me to write anything at all, but on the afternoon of April 10th I wrote this to a few colleagues who had been supporting Rick Guzman’s run for Aurora mayor: “By now you … Continue reading
Beware the “Push Poll”
The November 2016 elections didn’t exactly build our confidence in polling and pollsters, and most vowed a period of “soul searching” after a series of fairly spectacular inaccuracies. So we’re already wary of polls. Hopefully the soul searching will yield … Continue reading