And I tell disgruntled readers who don’t like my colleagues’ politics that “it takes a village.”Here’s what I’ve learned over my life in and around Chicago, what my immigrant family taught us in our two-flats on South Peoria Street:We come into this world alone and we leave alone.

)Soros, who has funneled his wealth into liberal and pro-democracy causes, has long been the target of conspiracy theories. Bob Umhoefer, a Woodbury educator who wrote about his illness, dies at 52 But those who follow me on social media know that I do not personally criticize my colleagues for their politics. I get that. I would add.

Egregious commenters or repeat offenders will be banned from commenting. — I owe readers a clear statement of what I will do and not do:The left doesn’t like my politics. And over this time, readers know that I have shown respect to my profession, to colleagues and to this newspaper.Agree with me or not — and isn’t that the point of a newspaper column? See our full terms of use Huge hail, big thunderstorms overnight across the metro area Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) John Kass is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. But in that column, I did not mention Soros’ ethnicity or religion.You’d think that before wildly accusing someone of fomenting bigoted conspiracy theories, journalists on the union’s executive board would at least take the time to Google the words “Soros,” “funding” and “local prosecutors.”As recently as February, the Chicago Sun Times pointed out roughly $2 million in Soros money flowing to Foxx in her primary election effort against more law-and-order candidates.In August 2016, Politico outlined Soros’ money supporting local DA races and included the view from opponents and skeptics that if successful, these candidates would make communities “less safe.”From the Wall Street Journal in November 2016: “Mr. He held a number of jobs—merchant marine sailor, ditch digger, waiter—before becoming a film student at Columbia College in Chicago. Sunday Bulletin Board: Way back in ’83, 20 bucks was a pretty penny for an old-timey picture! I try to elevate their fine work. And that is the sin of it.Those who do not behave will be marginalized. Kass did not respond to the Forward’s request for comment.The Chicago Tribune Guild, the newspaper’s union, sent a letter to McMahon arguing that Kass’s work endangers the newspaper’s overall credibility. GET BREAKING NEWS IN YOUR BROWSER. Vigorous debate and reasoned critique are welcome; name-calling and personal invective are not and will be deleted. We’ll email you whenever we publish another article by J.J Goldberg. Will Bunch: From 9/11 to Portland, it was inevitable ‘Homeland Security’ would be turned on the American people Soros, a major backer of liberal causes, has contributed at least $3.8 million to political action committees supporting candidates for district attorney in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Texas and Wisconsin, according to campaign filings.”The Huffington Post in May 2018 wrote about contributions from Soros and super PACs to local prosecutor candidates who were less law-and-order than their opponents.So, it seems that the general attitude in journalism is that super PACs and dark money are bad, unless of course, they’re operated by wealthy billionaires of the left. Soucheray: Trust us, the Minneapolis Council said. John Kass: What happened to an America where… Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin They have no platform.

Four approaches come into focus for redeveloping St. Paul’s Hillcrest site You stand with Mike Royko. But those who self-censor will be praised.Yet what of our American tradition of freely speaking our minds?As you comment, please be respectful of other commenters and other viewpoints. Dear Abby: Cellphone records suggest wife’s affair may not be over We are examples, as French revolutionaries once said, in order to encourage the others.Human beings do not wish to see themselves as cowards. Those of us targeted by cancel culture are not only victims. By John Kass Jul 07, 2016 at 8:41 PM Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass explains why he believes Hillary Clinton has disqualified herself from the presidency. I don’t like theirs much, either.

Then they’re praised and courted.All of this is against the backdrop of an America divided into camps, between those who think they can freely speak their minds and those who know they can’t.Most people subjected to cancel culture don’t have a voice. “This column from the Tribune’s lead columnist does a disservice to our entire institution,” the board members wrote. That is something we’ve been working to address,” McMahon told Feder.However, Kass has not apologized and the Chicago Tribune Guild remains unsatisfied with the newspaper’s refusal to address the content of his work.“We welcome the move to separate John Kass’s columns from our news coverage but that doesn’t address the concerns we raised internally to managers last week,” the union tweeted on Monday. So I will.For right now, let’s deal with facts. “The Tribune, like a lot of news media, doesn’t do a very good job of explaining the difference between news coverage and opinion writing.

The angry left-handed broom of America’s cultural revolution uses fear to sweep through the … They’re afraid. They want to see themselves as heroes.And, as they are shaped and taught to fear even the slightest accusation of thought crime, they will not view themselves as weak for falling in line. Police body camera video of George Floyd arrest released to public Post was not sent - check your email addresses!

And the most important thing we leave behind isn’t money.And I will not soil my name by groveling to anyone in this or any other newsroom.The larger question is not about me, or the political left that hopes to silence people like me, but about America and its young.