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Apple store the default church

During this season of heightened giving and concern for mankind, I’ve considered my own Chicago neighborhood of Streeterville and how it fosters a sense of community. I notice many people walking dogs and stopping to chat with each other, and people being nice to their doormen and retail clerks. But we have no real epicenter of community in Streeterville. And related to that point, there are no permanent houses of worship in Streeterville, except for hospital chapels and the occasional satellite church service. Our sense of community revolves around high-rise living and commercial ...

Sexual predator Weinstein lives the good life

By Carl Hiaasen Tribune Content Agency Harvey Weinstein, once one of the most brash and powerful men in Hollywood, has lately been having issues with his ankle bracelet. The shunned former movie producer is wearing a court-ordered monitor while he awaits trial for allegedly raping one woman and forcing another to let him perform a sex act on her. A Manhattan prosecutor told a judge that the tracking device on Weinstein’s ankle had stopped transmitting at least 57 times during a two-month period. “These were not technical glitches in any shape or form. Mr. Weinstein did not want ...

Boris’ victory has lessons for Dems

By Trudy Rubin The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Focused on impeachment, Democrats may ignore the crucial lessons they need to learn from the smashing victory by Britain’s Trump clone, Boris Johnson, in elections last week. The opposition Labour Party got its worst drubbing since 1935, and many longtime Labour strongholds in rust belt areas that were known as the Red Line turned Conservative blue. But because this election revolved around Brexit, some analysts doubt the relevance the British vote can have here. Here are five lessons that the Democratic Party could learn from Labour’s ...

Partisanship not all behind impeachment

The new normal is to worry about impeachment becoming the “new normal.” On Wednesday, during the interminable “debate” on articles of impeachment, one Republican House member after another warned, threatened, lamented or just plain promised that the Democrats’ decision to impeach President Trump would make partisan impeachments more likely in the future. I largely agree. Impeachment is becoming a partisan weapon because just about everything that can be turned into a partisan weapon is “being weaponized.” As my friend and former National Review colleague Andrew ...

Voters unmoved by impeachment

By Michael Graham InsideSources.com (TNS) The New York Times headline reads, “A President Impeached, and a Nation Convulsed.” But if you’re looking for evidence of a political convulsion — on either side of the aisle — you’ll need a microscope. The most newsworthy aspect of the “historic” impeachment of President Donald Trump may be how little effect the “historic” event has had on American politics. Supporters of Trump have repeatedly pointed to the fact that Democrats have been urging Trump’s impeachment since he took office — and they’re right. As ...

A different kind of celebrity on Twitter

RUSSELLTON, Pa. – Despite his natural shyness, Trevor Donovan has shined in an occupation that demands extroversion both on the job and off. The Hollywood actor, who is currently best known for his roles in the highly popular Hallmark Channel Christmas movies, overcame his social awkwardness by deciding to utilize his high profile for a greater purpose. This resolution ultimately brought the former “90210” star here to Deer Lakes Middle School, located in a suburban Pittsburgh school district, where he discussed his own experiences with being bullied and reminded children that ...