The Road to Farley is Less Traveled

On my way to O'Hare Airport this morning, traffic was backed up in the westbound lanes of 80/94 for a "gapers' block." I'd heard this on the traffic alert, but decided to go this way as my alternate route would be to go through downtown Chicago, which had its' own traffic issues because of the looting and rioting that took place overnight. But, that is another story.  So, back to 80/94. Sure enough, the slowdown occurred right at Kennedy like they said. It was clear the eastbound lanes were shut down because there was no traffic. As I approached Torrance Avenue, I could see the accident scene. It was horrific. It's not clear exactly what happened, but a semi tractor was involved and the driver side was smashed in and the windshield shattered. There was a large pickup off on the shoulder with pretty bad front end damage as well. Then, there were two cars in the middle of the four lanes completely destroyed. There was debris across all four lanes for at leas...

We can all agree that 2020 has really been one for the record books. Now, more than ever, the level of hypocrisy coming from our elected leaders to our neighbors across the street has been on prime display.  hy·poc·ri·sy /həˈpäkrəsē/ Learn to pronounce noun the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.     Quite frankly, I'm sick of it.  If "All Lives Matter," where is your outrage when:  Migrants are kept in cages at the border Innocent people are put to death in our prison system A court denies an appeal to end the life sentence of a man (who has already served 20 years) accused of stealing hedge trimmers Peaceful protesters are brutally attacked by covert federal agents Thousands of individuals are dying daily due to COVID-19 but people refuse to wear a mask People are insistent that children go back to school en masse this fall If your constitutional or civil rights are being thwarted...