Cheap Seats 2020
Tornados - 12/22
By Rich Trzupek
There’s an old saying that to a carpenter equipped only with a hammer, every probl...
Is That a Fact? - 12/16
By Rich Trzupek
One of the things I’m going to miss most about having the Orange Man in the White ...
COVID For All! - 12/02
By Rich Trzupek
Friends, as it appears we are about to embrace socialism anyway, let’s go all in. ...
Flames - 11/18
By Rich Trzupek
Not quite 100 years ago the newly elected leader of a widely-respected, civilized nation...
Victory, Defeat and Spaces In Between - 11/11By Rich Trzupek
Before we get into the election, or possibly the lack of an election, allow me to take this oppo...
The Uncivil War - 11/04By Rich Trzupek
I write this column aware that when it comes out in print on Nov. 4 one of two things will be tr...
Rickman’s Run and Shopping’s Done - 10/28
By Rich Trzupek
Greetings Cheap Seat fans and Cheap Seat haters. I’m baaack!
Reporting fro...
Toxic Journalism - 10/07
By Rich Trzupek
Another Sunday and another hit piece by that fraud of a journalist Michael Hawthorne pol...
Kass Out - 09/30
By: Rich Trzupek
If you were born a decade or so after me, which is to say you’re 50 years of age ...
Progressive Peace - 09/23
By Rich Trzupek
Interesting world progressives live in. It kind of resembles reality, but only vaguely. ...
Good Bye Land of Stinkin - 09/09
By Rich Trzupek
This has been a long time coming, but the “Fair Tax” is the last straw. I&rs...
One for the History Books - 08/26
By Rich Trzupek
Every once in a while, in the midst of madness, there’s a flicker of light that of...
Nothing But Grey Skies - 08/19
By Rich Trzupek
Six former EPA Administrators published a letter Wednesday that offered some thinly veil...
You Can’t do That - 08/12
By Rich Trzupek
Consider British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli’s classic quote: “There ar...
Called It! - 07/29By Rich Trzupek
It’s been three quick years since I wrote my last book, but I think the following passage ...
Prayer For America - 07/22
By Rich Trzupek
I weep for my country, once a beacon of hope in a troubled world, once proud, unashamed ...
Here and Now - 07/08
By Rich Trzupek
America in 2020 features a whole lot of conversations about how we should be and how we ...
False Alarm - 07/01
By Rich Trzupek
Dear Readers: I was privileged to be provided an advance copy of “False Alarm: How...
Tantrums - 06/24
By Rich Trzupek
The essential, insolvable problem with anarchy is that it creates a void in the structur...
Deja PU - 06/10
By Rich Trzupek
We’ve been here before, I’m sorry to say. It was 52 years ago. A pandemic be...
Common Sense - 06/03
By Rich Trzupek
Three cheers for Illinois Circuit Court judge Michael McHaney. As more of America devolves i...
Red vs. Blue - 05/27
By Rich Trzupek
We’re all doing our best to economize these days, so I’ll do my best...
Out Like Flynn - 05/13
By Rich Trzupek
It’s no secret that President Barack Obama did not like Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn whe...
One Trick Pony - 05/06
By Rich Trzupek
They say that when the only thing in a carpenter’s toolbox is a hammer, ever proje...
Enough - 04/29
By Rich Trzupek
The time has come to say “enough.” The initial round of stay-at-home orders made...
We Got This - 04/15
By Rich Trzupek
There are plenty of things to worry about as we enter pandemic recovery mode. The health...
Notes from the Bunker - 04/08
By Rich Trzupek
Greetings fellow survivors. I hope the day finds you well and your shelves overflowing w...
Surviving the Blitz - 04/01
By Rich Trzupek
Many have observed that a crisis often brings out the best in humanity. It is a joyful, ...
Double Standards - 03/25
By Rich Trzupek
In light of the current state of emergency, we should have a frank discussion about standard...
Stayin Alive - 03/11
By Rich Trzupek
This is what comes of living in one of the healthiest, safest most prosperous nations in...
Primary Blues - 03/04
By Rich Trzupek
The election was about six months away. Everyone believed that it would be as important ...
Bloom goes Boom - 02/26
By Rich Trzupek
Did not see that coming! Like a lot of folks, I could not see the DNC letting Bernie win...
Of Austrian Corporals - 02/19
By Rich Trzupek
Can’t remember who came up with it, but there’s a rule of discourse that goe...
Who Knew? - 02/12
By Rich Trzupek
A million or so years ago, long before anybody had dreamed of anything like the interweb...
The Credulous Boomer Rube Demo - 02/05
By Rich Trzupek
In case you missed it (and you probably did because who watches CNN anymore?) former Rep...
Na? Hah! - 01/29
By Rich Trzupek
Welcome to America in the 21st century folks: The land of humorless, self-important jerk...
This and That - 01/22
By Rich Trzupek
In case you missed it:
- Actress Gwenyth Paltrow is marketing a scented candle t...
World War Naught - 01/15
By Rich Trzupek
Immediately after the US took out Iranian terror-master Qasem Soleimani the left and the...
Never Again Again - 01/08
By Rich Trzupek
Asked to explain the rise in Anti-Semitic assaults in his city New York Mayor Bill DeBla...