I recently finished the book Double Cross about the life of Chicago gangster, Sam “Mooney” Giancana.  The book tells the story through the memories of its author, Sam’s brother Chuck, and it paints an ugly picture of the corruption of every aspect of American government by organized crime figures, whose reach extended even into the Vatican.  […]

Before November, it was hoped that Lee Zeldin could defeat Governor Kathy Hochel.  That didn’t happen.  The hope had been that with Zeldin as Governor, something might be done about the conditions that have caused an exodus of industrious, higher income residents from that State for locales such as Florida, the Carolinas and western States.  […]