Swami, was the punishment for Jeffrey and Sarah Hutsell enough, too much or too little? Shouldn’t they have done far more time in jail and shouldn’t Mrs. Hutsell have gotten jail time, too? What’s this world coming to when they all they get is a slap on the wrist?
Dear Swami: The sick old Winthrop Harbor woman in the newspaper who owed ComEd $18,000 and had her electricity cut off must have been a lowlife to get that behind on her bill. I’m glad she got what she had coming to here. Don’t you agree?
Rivalry Weekend is still a week away in prep football, so the schedule tonight is the calm before the storm. We try to use a cliche every sentence or so. However, with five wins needed to become playoff eligible, many of these games are important. The Swami moves onward into the mystical realms of the unknown to reveal all ....
Swami, can you explain what happened at Woodland School in Gurnee this week? Someone came into the school and stole credit cards from teachers. How can that happen, Oh Wise One? – Signed Curious.
This will come as a surprise, but Swami loves insults, taunts and jabs. But he hates the dull tedious fumbling that passes for word play these days. Where has the art gone? As Abraham Lincoln once noted of a political foe: "He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know." And more …
Just to show that Swami is not only a crass, cynical seer of the mystical mysteries, here’s evidencde he has a heart (hard thought it may be). He's giving you a way to do a kind deed and thereby remember a Waukegan lad who gave a lot to all of us.
Swami, I’ve heard about the road work this fall on the Edens Expressway (that’s Interstate 94 for all you civilians) in Chicago. Is it going to affect us here in Lake County? Can we survive? Are we doomed?
The Swami can testify that no fights are as nasty as family fights and no politics are as knife-filled as small town politics. Welcome to Antioch, where everyone at the town council hires their own lawyer and members are escorted out of the chambers under police guard. Is this the same democracy we’re trying to implant in Iraq? Read on, gentle inquiring minds …
The national self-immolation we like to call the national electoral season has now kicked off, and the Swami is particularly happy to pass along the first of the season’s really stupid comments. They come from Ohio, a place from which dumb comments often emanate. Read on gentle seekers of truth and justice…
You probably don't know Mike Ferner, but in some circles - most notably the peace movement - he is something of a phenom. A Toledo native and Vietnam era veteran, he's spent most of his recent waking hours in protests against the Iraq War, and has written books on the war after visiting there. He's coming here, and here's why.....
In the workplace, nothing is better than the three-day weekend. The Swami often takes four, just because we can. It’s somewhat the same for high school football fans, who look forward to this weekend each fall above all others. Read on the picks ....
Swami, can the Notre Dame football team possibly be as bad as it's shown? Look into the crystal ball of forecasting, oh mightly Swami, and tell us there is hope ahead.
Maybe it won’t be the closest race around, but Swami sure anticipates the head-on battle between Democrats Melissa Bean and Randi Scheurer for the 8th Congressional District nomination. Scheurer has called out Bean on the Iraq War. It’s ugly and it’s only 2007. We've got a whole year to go. Swami sees great fun ahead….
Does it hearten you, as it does the Swami, that criminals often seem to be mouth breathers so stupid they don’t deserve the oxygen they consume every day? The Swami is not absolutely sure, but we believe we have found our most recent dumbest local criminals. We reveal them …
Swami has considered the legal advice of our in-house legal counsel, the esteemed law firm of Dewey, Cheatham and Howe, and we have some advice for the Waukegan City Council. If they don’t they this right, the lawsuits against lakefront business will cost a lot more than they think. Read on …
What do Rahm Emmanuel, Luis Gutierrez, Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis and Bobby Rush all have in common? Sure, they’re all Democrats, and they’re all congresspeeples but that’s not the answer Swami seeks from you. To get the correct answer, please read onward, dear souls …
People say it’s pretty much a dog-eat-dog world out there. But in Swami's world of high school football, it’s been dog-eat-everything else. Grant High’s Bulldogs are 3-0. Wauconda High’s Bulldogs are 3-0. and Waukegan High’s Bulldogs are 3-0. Bow WOW! But, the question remains: Will the Dogs continue to have their day this Friday/Saturday? Let’s find out:
If you ever wondered how those “let’s stay the course of the war” ads starting popping up on local television and radio at just about the time the national debate was re-focused in Washington, the Swami knows and reveals …
After considering the Gamma rays emanating from his crystal ball, The Swami has some other thoughts about how the Genesee Theatre is being run. And by the way, couldn’t they just call it Theater and leave off the artsy pretensions? For these and other answers, read on dear readers …
Swami often uses his airborne carpet for rides over the countryside of Countie Du Lac and has stumbled upon a profound observation about why life in these parts seems a little disjointed and discombobulated. Read on, dear collaborators, and see what he has to say ….
You might disagree, and you might even huff and puff in outrage, but the reason the Chicago Cubs beloved third baseman Ron Santo isn't in the Hall of Fame - and likely will never be unless he takes a bulldozer and crashes the joint - is pretty obvious. If you want to know, read on dear followers ....
Swami wishes to announce a statewide traveling political circus with House Speaker Mike Magigan serving as ringmaster. You might want to join in the fun, but sorry, bucko. Swami has bad news for you. Read on ....
Swami, the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is coming up. What does the crystal ball say about how best citizens can commemorate the day? Or on the other hand, do you have any personal advice on the topic since you are a person of eminent wisdom?
Through two weeks, the Swami's eight ball globe of foretelling has produced 22 wins and 10 losses, which Swami considers barely acceptible. Last week Swami was 10-5. We shake the black spheroid of knowledge and the winners begin to appear in the magic, mystical portal. And they are ...
Dear Old Swami, now that David Rovine has left his job running the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, what does that mean for the place? Is it a big loss or will things go ahead? Or is the city going to start over with the management company that runs the place? Signed, Curiously Inquistiive.
The Swami has watched Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano very carefully for signs his delivery is askew, or that he is throwing across his body more and losing velocity. Or that his throwing stride has extended beyond his perfect range of motion. None of those things explains why he has come unglued. But the Swami knows why. Read on to find out to Zee prob-LEM ….
The moral chasm between those who believe abortion is an absolute right of free choice and those who believe abortion is just as absolutely murder reflects at least one similarity. Swami will suggest what the commonality is. Read on ….
Swami has watched the immigration events of this month in our fair county, and now has a definite view on what is right and what is wrong with the whole mess. Do you think you know where Swami stands on this business? He bets you are wrong. Read on ….
Have you wondered, as The Swami has, how the government that runs Illinois has devolved into a frat party food fight? Has the gov got a screw loose? Was Illinois always operated like it was the Chicago Outfit, except less rationally, or is this a new phenomenon? We have no perfect proof but we know people who do. Let’s go meet them …
The Swami despises this trend in political action: Make up fake letters, send them to your allies and have them pretend they wrote the letters. Then affix stamps and inundate officials with the test-tube missives. No fuss, no muss, no thinking. Just what good public-spirited debate needs: More pre-digested, pre-constructed pap…..and here’s how they do it here…
