Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-30-25: President Trump Is Changing The Ways We Are Living Our Lives Walter Jacobson's Perspective podcast

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He is quite a character, that Elon Musk, believing it’s true what the media says, that he is the richest person in the world. And now Elon Musk is behaving like he thinks he’s President of the United States. And I believe it’s fair for me to say that because I’ve been listening to Mr. Musk on the radio and watching him on television ordering, yes ordering, as only the president or someone empowered by the president can order hundreds of thousands of government employees to make and keep a record day by day, every day, a record of what a government employee is doing so that Musk and Trump can know when work time is being wasted and they can play politics with it. While those popular Tesla cars that Mr. Musk is producing and selling are being described by people who buy and drive them as dangerous. Windshield wipers and seat belts not working. Engine noises too loud and distracting. Escalating speeds too sudden and scary. Musk is collecting those records and firing thousands of government employees to the tune of Musk speeches about saving taxpayer dollars, while so many thousands more who are not being fired are now quitting their Tesla jobs. And I, as a reporter, Mr. Musk, am waiting to hear on the radio and to watch on TV whatever it is that you and your pal in the Oval Office of the White House are planning to do next. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7311300/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_3-6-25_2025-03-06-221900.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-27-25: The news about Walgreens closing stores in Chicago is bad news

πριν 10 μέρες

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The news about Walgreens closing stores in Chicago is bad news, and day by day it’s getting worse. The latest being that in the next few weeks, five Walgreens in Chicago neighborhoods will be closing their doors, locking them closed, and covering up their windows, while having no plans to unlock the doors or uncover the windows ever again, because, Walgreens says, business is bad and the stores are losing too much money. The worst of the news is that all five stores being closed are on the West and South Sides of Chicago, serving Black and brown minority residents, including senior residents, who soon will have to walk a mile or more to pick up their medical prescriptions. Seniors living in South Shore, Bronzeville, and Little Village who are sad and frightened about losing their Walgreens. What Walgreens is not saying is that it’s millions of dollars in yearly profits are enough, maybe even more than enough, to pay for deliveries, or at least keep their stores open a few hours a day to fill and deliver urgent prescriptions. What I say is: Hey, dear Walgreens, how about doing something really good? Those stores in minority neighborhoods, keep them open indefinitely. Or to be really, really good, keep them open permanently. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7299873/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_2-27-25_2025-02-27-041713.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-13-25: The Senators and the President are playing the same old money games

πριν 24 μέρες

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If you’re not watching the Senate hearings about President Trump’s choices for his Cabinet, you’re not missing much that in my opinion is worth watching. Unless what you want to see are a few distinguished and undistinguished members of the Senate making long-winded speeches as if they’re still campaigning for or against Donald Trump moving into the White House. Hardly a word is being said in the hearings about who or what specific skills are necessary for a Cabinet member to be able to instruct, then advise the President on how to handle a sudden wildfire in California or a persistent problem in public education anywhere in the country. The Senate inquisitors are on showtime live TV, sounding off on important things they say they’re doing and how well they say they know who should or who should not be in President Trump’s Cabinet. What the Senators know best is politics, who President Trump’s political friends are and what’s motivating their speeches and votes during the same old, same old kind of hearings. Who among the Senators will the President bless with millions of his millions to help them campaign for reelection. All in all on Capitol Hill, the Senators and the President are playing the same old, same old money games. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7280400/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_2-13-25_2025-02-13-002300.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 2-6-25: What we need right now is the politicians, newspapers and TV to shut up

πριν 4 weeks

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The public and often obscene arguments over President Trump’s decisions to fire FBI agents and prosecutors in the Department of Justice are being heard all around, everywhere, along with the expensive and damaging tariffs he says he’s planning against Mexico and Canada. And also his threatening speeches about our most committed allies around the world. While at the same time, blasting away about many other things, like, for example, his determination to have in his Presidential Cabinet Robert Kennedy Jr., a son of the once US Attorney General Robert Kennedy and a nephew of the once president John Kennedy. Much of what President Trump’s been saying is causing concern about what he may say or do next. What I’m hearing in City Hall and in Chicago neighborhoods all around, everywhere is talk, talk, talk that what’s possible next is another attempted assassination of Donald Trump by a political dissident or by who knows who and for what reason. For whatever reason, an attempted assassination is possible because it’s always possible. Which is why what we need right now is the noisy politicians in Congress and the White House, and the screaming headlines in the newspapers, and the talking heads on TV, to shut up. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7262668/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_2-6-25_2025-02-05-233708.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-30-25: President Trump is changing the ways we are living our lives

πριν 5 weeks

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We can like or dislike our second time President Donald J. Trump. But we better, we all better, listen and pay attention to everything he says, because he’s changing the ways we are living our lives, most dramatically changing the way he’s dealing with our immigration crisis. President Trump is dispatching federal agents, mostly armed agents, who are now tracking down and arresting our neighborhood immigrants who have struggled their way to our sanctuary city and suburbs without passing through the difficult process of being officially and legally accepted as immigrants. It is scary news to read, and worse, watching it on television. A government blitz by nearly 1000 armed agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to track down and arrest immigrants. A tough guy police enforcer and extremist political commentator Tom Homan has been appointed by the president to assist the US Department of Justice in arresting immigrants. He’s describing himself as the American border czar, protecting America during an emergency. But he seems to me to be sounding and behaving like he’s an emergency. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7185599/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_1-30-25_2025-01-29-224239.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-23-25: I’ve had enough of Mark Zuckerberg

πριν 6 weeks

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I am sure that I am not the only person having had enough, enough, enough already of that Zuckerberg guy. Mark Zuckerberg, the multibillionaire who owns and operates Instagram and Facebook. In case you’ve missed it, Mark Zuckerberg is changing the way he operates Facebook. He’s now permitting messages to be online before they’ve been checked for accuracy. In fact, Mr. Zuckerberg has shut down his office of responsibility for accuracy which means Facebook may be spreading misinformation, even deliberately spreading false information, spreading it for any reason onto millions of private and public computers around the world. It used to be that Facebook very carefully kept information before sending it. Zuckerberg’s declared purpose being to avoid spreading false or even accidental misinformation. Well, not anymore. Now, apparently, it’s OK for Facebook to send messages, including hate messages about certain races and religions. As a result, I am sad to say, hate messages are being sent online, which is upsetting many Facebook employees, even executives, causing reporters to be asking Mr. Zuckerberg to explain what he’s doing and why. His most frequent answer, or most frequent answers by his assistants are, that he’s unavailable for comment. Ugh! Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7160709/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_1-23-25_2025-01-22-222609.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-16-25: Mr. President, you are ruining your legacy with all those pardons

πριν 7 weeks

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Good morning, Mr. President Biden. I’m thinking you are ruining your reputation and your legacy with all those presidential pardons and commutations you’ve recently been granting convicted criminals. Like the pardon you granted your son Hunter and more than 1000 pardons and commutations you’ve recently granted in a hurry to beat the clock that in six days will end your power to grant anybody anything. Your latest grants are being read and spread worldwide, quite possibly destroying your legacy. Among your grants here in Illinois is the commutation you gifted Rita Crundwell, a former comptroller of Dixon, IL, accused of embezzling nearly $50 million. She was convicted, sent to prison, and now recently granted a Biden commutation. And Eric Bloom, former CEO of a company in suburban Northbrook, convicted of bilking investors of half a billion dollars. He was tried, convicted and imprisoned after what’s being described worldwide as the biggest financial fraud case ever tried in Chicago. And, like Rita Crundwell, Eric Bloom’s been granted a Biden commutation. So, what’s going on? My guess is that Joe Biden, good old Uncle Joe, is aiming to distract attention from granting that pardon to his son Hunter. As president he has the power to grant. His problem as President is he has no power to keep his grants a secret. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7150948/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_1-16-25_2025-01-15-220248.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 1-9-25: Politics have no place in schools

πριν 8 weeks

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Well, finally, finally, we now have only a few days to wait for the first meeting of Chicago’s first-ever publicly elected Board of Education. Our brand new 21-member Board of Ed is about to begin its difficult process of trying to make our public schools better than they are. I’m dubious about it because the meeting will be a mixture of education and roughneck politics. And I know, as all Chicago knows, there’s a big Chicago pothole in the road to that mixture. In fact, it’s worse than a pothole. It’s a war going on in City Hall about the CEO of our public schools, Pedro Martinez, who is a popular and very good CEO. But for political reasons, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and President Davis Gates of the teachers union want Martinez out. And they’re working together to get him out, which in my opinion they ought not be doing because politics have no place in schools, kindergarten through 8th grade. The mayor and the teachers union are spending a lot of time beating up on Martinez, which means it won’t be long before the politicians in the Illinois General Assembly in Springfield join the war against Martinez, shaking up hundreds of thousands of public school parents, and more than a quarter of a million public school children. And, sadly, Johnson and Gates are being egged on by the headline and editorial writers in the Chicago Tribune and the Sun Times. That’s a lot of power picking on Pedro Martinez. Picking on what’s now disrupting the good going on in Chicago’s public schools. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7142619/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_1-9-25_2025-01-09-194419.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 12-19-24: Start over, my dear Bears, and think smart

πριν 11 weeks

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Considering my very sad but nonetheless much-loved Chicago Bears, I’m wondering right now what I’ll do this coming Sunday, knowing very well what I’ll do is what I do every Sunday this time of year: Make myself a chicken salad sandwich, say a prayer to the gods of football, sit down in front of the TV, and watch my Bears play the Detroit Lions. A very good team this year, the Lions, with a record of 12 wins and two losses compared to the Bears record of just four wins and 10 losses. And now they’re on an 8-game losing streak. It’s punishing for me to think about that, and even worse for me to think about what the Bears have to do to stop the streak, which is what every one of Chicago’s most seasoned and knowledgeable sportswriters are saying, and in fact, been saying for weeks, some of them saying for months, a few saying for years. The Chicago Bears must find a head coach with enough experience to take charge of and to lead a professional football team. Do it now and then find a way to take away the reins of power of the McCaskey boys and their mom who own the team. Start over, if possible. Then, if possible, my dear Bears, think smart. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7120853/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_12-19-24_2024-12-19-170853.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 12-12-24: Here Rahm goes again

πριν 12 weeks

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Here we go again. Or here Rahm goes again. That’s Rahm Emanuel declaring that he may run again for Mayor of Chicago. Or, if Governor Pritzker of Illinois decides not to run again, Rahm Emanuel is saying, Rahm may run for governor. At this particular time in government and politics, Rahm Emanuel is the US Ambassador to Japan, declaring that if next year, his ambassadorship is dumped by Trump, Rahm may run for the US Congress, or Senate, or for President. Rahm Emanuel has a remarkable political resume and an even more remarkable political Rolodex loaded with campaign contributors who have huge amounts of money to spend to send Rahm Emanuel around the world, looking to become a citizen somewhere and then run for Prime Minister or head of state. Oh, just name a nation for Rahmbo. Just alphabetically. France or Finland. Greece or Germany. Ireland or Italy. Poland or Portugal. Tunisia, Togo or Turkey. Or Zambia or Zimbabwe. Candidate Rahmbo may not be a master or champion politician, but for a political reporter like me, he sure is fun to follow and to watch. So, after Japan, wherever Rahmbo goes, I will follow and watch him carefully. Very carefully. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7109470/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_12-12-24_2024-12-12-182210.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-21-24: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez has been doing a very good job

πριν 15 weeks

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It is hard sometimes to keep up with the ups and downs in the government and politics of Chicago’s rookie mayor Brandon Johnson who is trying very hard to quiet and remove from office Pedro Martinez, CEO of our public schools who was hired three years ago by Mayor Lightfoot and since then has been doing a very good job. The evidence of how good is that for the first time in ten years, public school enrollment in Chicago is increasing which is an indication that public school parents are regaining some of their long-lost confidence in the schools. Eighty-four percent of public school students this year are graduating, which is a record achievement. And more than 1000 students are participating in internship programs. And nearly 2000 are being certified as career educators. And in many more than ten years, if not for the first time ever, the mayor of Chicago is a former public school teacher and an organizer for the teacher’s union. What CEO Pedro Martinez deserves is for Mayor Johnson to stop trying, or even thinking about, removing him from office, and instead trying to extend in his contract with a substantial increase in pay. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7082515/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_11-21-24_2024-11-21-181115.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-14-24: The media helped Donald Trump get reelected

πριν 16 weeks

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My computer this morning, along with everything else I’m reading, is loaded with news about Donald Trump creating a new White House administration. What I’m not reading, because it’s not being reported anymore, is news about how the newspapers and those talking heads on television helped Donald Trump get reelected. For the end of his most recent campaign for president, when Kamala Harris was gaining support in public opinion polls causing Trump to need help, he began showing up night after night on ABC, NBC and CBS network news and day after day and night, in lengthy interviews on CNN and MSNBC cable news. Huge numbers of voters were listening to Trump, sometimes almost tearfully, pleading for help. And on Election Day, now nine days ago, more than 75 million people voted for Trump, compared to 71 million for Harris. Bottom line, the media, that had for so many years been working overtime to keep Trump out of the White House, opened the doors to let him in. End of story this morning. My story. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7072690/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_11-14-24_2024-11-14-170830.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-7-24: So many things are so bad with the Bears

πριν 17 weeks

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Maybe it’s good news, that vote for President. Maybe it’s bad. Depending on whom you voted for, you’re happy or sad. But finally, at long last, we all now know who will be the next occupant of the White House. But we don’t know, and what I am worried about, is who will win the next football game in Soldier Field, the Chicago Bears or the New England Patriots. What’s worrying me the most is whether the Bears can come back and be good after two very bad losses in a row. Inexcusable losses to the not good Washington Commanders and Arizona Cardinals. The Commanders beat the Bears with a Hail Mary pass because the Bears best pass defender was in the wrong position and not paying attention. Then the following week, the Cardinals clobbered the Bears 29 to 9 because Da Bears had no defense, no offense, and bad head coaching. So many things so bad that since losing those two games in a row, the Bears head coach himself and the Bears players themselves are being critical of themselves and each other. Which of course bodes ill for the rest of the season. Which of course is par for the course of the once great, now not great, George Halas Chicago Bears. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7059910/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_11-7-24_2024-11-06-225310.64kmono.mp3 Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-31-24: Here I go again, booing Halloween

πριν 18 weeks

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I walked around my neighborhood early this morning before catching the bus that brings me here and I’m still thinking about the Halloween things I saw. Chunky things they seemed to me. Ugly, fake skeletons, coffins, and graveyards dug into charming little gardens alongside the sidewalks in front of some beautiful apartment buildings and private homes. And, here and there, some beautiful children seeming to me not only puzzled, but frightened by the scenes of death. So, here I go again, booing Halloween, and what’s in store for us tonight, and why I’m concerned. Here’s why. Those children will be in the dark tonight, buried in costumes. Their eyesights partially blocked by their masks, dashing into streets in search of bad things to eat, bad for their teeth and their health. Ringing doorbells to make demands. Trick or treat! Trick or treat! Treat us with some candy, some sugar, or we’ll treat you to some tricks. I believe I’m neither a Scrooge nor a party pooper, but a parent being protective of children singing my same old, same old song. Skip those antics of Halloween. Now I do know that many parents, probably most parents, are paying me no attention or are passionately disagreeing with me. So then, this morning, with some sadness and frustration, I’m not singing another word. Bye. Walter Jacobson gives his Perspective: https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7014503/Walter_Jacobson_s_Perspective_10-31-24_2024-10-31-165403.64kmono.mp3 Walter Jacobson: Halloween through the years Recent editions Walter Jacobson’s Perspective Walter Jacobson: Musk’s behaving like he thinks he’s President .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Walgreens closing stores is bad news .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Same old money games on Capitol Hill .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: Politicians, newspapers, TV – shut up .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Walter Jacobson: President Trump is changing our lives .cls-7{fill:#fff;fill-rule:evenodd} Click for more…

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Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-24-24: Too much bias in newspaper coverage of Mike Madigan trial

πριν 19 weeks