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
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
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
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
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