Sitemap - 2024 - Ray Hanania's Syndicated Columns

How to make a great Middle Eastern food dish, Stuffed Grape Leaves

The biggest stories of 2024 that never made it to the headlines

An American Arab Christian Christmas prayer

State’s Attorney puts punishment back on criminals not police in Oak Lawn case

Too many businesses pushing customers to make unjustified Tips

Dysfunction in the Arab American community, a plague that is hard to overcome

Arab American group that protested Orland Park mayor's racism expands to Chicagoland region

No one fact checks the so-called "fact checkers"

Health Insurance companies don't deserve being defended

Lowering the "Tax Rate" doesn't mean lowering the amount of taxes you pay

Politics or sports. As American as baseball or apple pie?

Pekau deceives public about his bullying at board meetings

My favorite holiday, an Arab American Thanksgiving

Deporting all illegal aliens and the "cost of tomatoes"

District 135 turns sex abuse case involving 2 female students into victim shaming and greed

The road to Arab empowerment in American politics

Pekau lies about village audits and falsely attacks Mendoza to deflect from his own failures

Pappas honors Arab American leaders as part of program recognizing all ethnic groups

Illinois Gov. Pritzker disguises troubles to set himself up for presidential run

Harris lost because she campaigned on the wrong issues and she was pampered by the media

No matter who is elected president, Trump or Harris, don't expect changes

Orland Park has lost millions in TIF property taxes and will lose more under Pekau's plans

Arab voters need to change America's morally broken Two-Party political system

News media and social media all trying to control the message

Jill Stein offers best hope to change broken Two-Party system

Comptroller takes swift action to suspend some payments to Orland Park

State takes first step to censure Orland Park for withholding Finance and TIF audits

Harris promises lack details, Trump's style remains petty

We must condemn all terrorism, not just one side

United Nations fails in goal for equality and prevent war, and needs change

Orland Park mayor defends school dist 230 chief who scolded colleague for raising TIF concerns

Mother of woman murdered by illegal alien testifies before US House

High School District 230's President Lynn Zeder has got to go

Pekau uses taxpayer monies to fund his re-election propaganda and lies

The useless Presidential "debates" and how they must be changed

Harris-Trump debate sets low bar for issues for the taxpayers

Orland Mayor’s TIF plan will dramatically hike property taxes

Former County Commissioner Ed Moody lied to union, public and can't be trusted, colleague says

Unincorporated Orland homeowners blast mayor's annexation move

News media fails to "Fact Check" itself when it comes to Harris and Trump

Issues not candidates will decide the presidential election

Trump proposes eliminating taxes on Social Security and media bashes him

Despite attacks, Mike Madigan did much for Illinois and the Southwest region

Arab and Muslim Americans have a tough decision to make on Trump-Harris

Fritz Kaegi owes the public an apology and should step down

Disrespect of Former President Trump by Black Journalists is just a symptom of media's problems

Anger and hate poisons presidential election and America's image

Arab Americans for Trump takes their message directly to the community in key swing states

Slating Pritzker as Vice President will sink the Harris campaign

Biden's withdrawal sends both party's into delusional tailspins

The Mike Madigan I know did much for the Southwest region

Two Arab Americans who can help make Orland Park a better community in Pekau's destructive wake

Attempted assassination is the consequence of increasing hate rhetoric and polarization

Pekau fails to file annual audit 2nd year in a row, what is he hiding?

Insurrection and Assassination: Political hypocrisy on both sides

Accountabilty needed for Not-for-Profits; Biden refuses to see the light

Trump should be defending keeping Biden in the election

Biden, Roe vs Wade and the politics of Abortion

Illinois Governor can buy his way to White House, if Biden would just step aside

Hysteria in America is reaching new heights driven by selfish partisan politics

It just takes money and age to get "Satisfaction."

Biden should step down and finish term gracefully

For Arabs, eating Middle Eastern food is like making love

How Pekau and McLaughlin treated homeowners during emergencies

More done for illegals & undocumented than for America's needy

Democrats desperate to stop Independent candidacy of Jill Stein

Arab Americans for Biden release second campaign Ad

Orland's Pekau rejects contract renewal for Village Manager George Koczwara

Manstream news media is today's problem, enabling extremist partisan politics & an uninformed public

Left uses hatred, hypocrisy & hyperbole to attack conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

Undocumented Illinois residents will soon be given documents, despite illegal entry

Leaders of #AbandonBiden movement declare victory and look towards general election

How Israel midwifed the birth of Hamas to prevent Palestinian statehood

Pro-Israel PAC recipients urge benefits for Americans who serve in Israel's military

Biden softening opposition to border crakdown to get votes

Trump's political conviction in a skewered upsidedown America

People faking handicaps exploiting the airlines to get better seats

Memorial Day weekend always marred by cheaply made barbecue grills

Crime and taxes fuel population flight in Cook County and Illinois

Animal "charities" that pay themselves millions, like ASPCA

Biden and Trump gerrymander system to exclude Kennedy from debates

Bears should fund their stadium without taxpayer support

With the world changing, Mother's Day is in jeopardy, too

1968 Anti-war protests repeating themselves on US College campuses

Congressional assault on Tiktok is about everything except defending Americans

Slammed by Biden and Trump, Kennedy must be included in debates

The conspiracy on how Israel orchestrated a need for more US tax billions

An (Orthodox) Easter blessing to all

Funding for Israel is unjustified and at the expense of American interests

Can't hide the anti-Trump spin in the new "Civil War" movie

Kennedy clan tries to assassinate RFK Jr's candidacy

No justice in New York's politically skewered judicial system

Cook County's motto: "Do the crime, don't worry about the time"

Putting Police lives above the lives of Criminals

Comedian actor Bret Ernst does what few others do on stage

Israel's 5 worst propaganda lies on Gaza

Kennedy must address needs of Americans, not respond to the biased media

04-04-24 S3E10 WSJ poll Trump leads Biden; Israel losing US public support; RFK & No Label updates

Watching the solar eclipse during a different era as a child

Chicago aldermen embrace selfish politics over public need

03-29-24 S3E9 Joe Lieberman, the neverending elections counts, Kennedy's vice president, and Council Wars II

Mayor Johnson's plan to ease tax burden on residents scuttled by real estate industry

Illinois' election system is broken

What does it tell you when pharmaceutical ads dominate?

Biden's efforts to undermine Kennedy will backfire

I'm sick and tired of celebrities turning entertainment into biased political platforms

Instead of a serious discussion on social security, Biden and Trump bludgeon politics

Many good candidates on March 19 Democratic primary ballot

03-07-24 Super Tuesday with Trump Nikki Haley and anti-Biden protest, 3rd Party Robert F. Kennedy Jr

Democracy in America faces a serious threat from within

A tribute to Tom Skilling and all meteorologists

The old Dune is far better than the new Dune in telling story

Orland Park ignores Open Meetings Act request from Illinois Attorney General

02-29-24 S3E7 Biden, Trump ⁠#AbandonBiden⁠ Arabs in Michigan election, the No Labels Party & Robert F. Kennedy Jr's candidacy

Liberal media soft-spins #AbandonBiden to minimize protest cause

Best Middle East Restaurant and Bakeries in the Southwest Suburbs

Blame airline companies for increasing tensions, not travelers

Russian terrorist invasion of Ukraine begins 3rd year

Great meal and movie this weekend I wanted to share

Biden should withdraw from re-election, and so should Trump

Orland Park Mayor denies he disrespected residents who asked for Gaza resolution

02-15-24 S3E6 Biden cognitive issues, New York's 3rd Dist race, and RFK's Super Bowl Ad

How Arab Americans can help unseat disrespectful Orland Mayor

Orland Park's disrespectful mayor bullies residents

Chicago Auto Show: Costs of cars skyrocket faster than inflation

Media and Democrats will do and say anything to protect Biden

02-08-24 S3 E5 Colorado effort to block Trump from Election ballot, migrants, funding for Israel and Ukraine and Nikki Haley's candidacy

The differences between aid to Israel and aid to Ukraine

The greed and danger in plastics, cable TV and being lured into false retail rewards

Senators play politics with cyberbullying blaming social media and schools but not parents

02-01-24 S3E4 Migrant problem fuels crime; Senate blames social media for cyberbullying not parents

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson votes to break tie-vote to pass "humanitarian ceasefire" resolution

Why having an independent State's Attorney is best in Cook County

01 30 24 Mahnoor Ahmad candidate for the 6th District on bias in 6th District S6E2

01-30-24 Washington Post attack on Women in Saudi Arabia is political hypocrisy S6E1

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., may just be the person to bring this country together

Democrats desperate to undermine Trump's strong primary election polling leads

Politics bullies justice and morality at Chicago City Council

01-25-24 Trump/Haley; Biden not in New Hampshire; efforts to block 3rd party candidates S3 E3

The people criticizing Trump for crassness, use even more crassness themselves

Armed Oak Lawn teen championed by Arab Muslim activists arrested again

Coming soon

01-11-24 How will a Robert F. Kennedy Jr candidacy upset the Presidential Race S3 E2

01-04-24 How will a Robert F. Kennedy Jr candidacy upset the Presidential Race S3 E1