Cheap Seats 2016

The Customers Always Write - 12/21
By Rich, Dorothy and Larry Trzupek   Rich here: though I don’t choose to engage in debates with readers, my ...

Discipline and Order - 12/14
By Eugene Trzupek  (Captain, retired, United States Army)   A note from Rich: Over the 16 years that I&rsquo...

The War on Science - 12/07
By Rich Trzupek   A friend passed along a terrific piece written by self-described “contrarian” John T...

The Boys are Back - 11/30
By Rich Trzupek   Hosts Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond, along with producer Andy Wilman turned the...

Healing - 11/23
By Rich Trzupek   Being a conservative sort of fellow, I have spent a good deal of my publisher’s ink over t...

Post-Game Wrap Up - 11/16
By Rich Trzupek   Did not see that coming. Not at all.   I was completely prepared to write a post-election ...

Curing Your Election Hangover - 11/09
By Rich Trzupek   Hey happy and/or marginally suicidal readers of the future. For me, it’s Sunday night, Nov...

Corruption
By Rich Trzupek   My bride enjoys telling the story of her first Chicago election. She jumps in her car, flips on ...

Decision Point - 10/19
By Rich Trzupek   Our future is in your hand Generation X. Good luck!   If you, like me, have been walking t...

Smoke Bomb! - 10/05
By Rich Trzupek   The newspaper that used to be the Chicago Tribune announced that it was supporting Hillary Clint...