Category Archives: Big John and Ramblin' Ray Blog
What Was Sean Penn Thinking?
Drug kingpin El Chapo was re-captured in Mexico, months after he escaped from prison. Actor Sean Penn also released an interview he did with El Chapo while he was in hiding. Authorities aren’t h...
Jan 11, 2016
Big John Howell Show Notes 1-7-16
No one had the winning numbers for the estimated $524 million Powerball jackpot — 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the Powerball of 17 — which means Saturday’s jackpot will be an estimated $675...
Jan 07, 2016
Rick Morrissey Reacts To The MLB Hall of Fame Selections
Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Griffey was a 1st round draft pick, so he seemed destined for stardom from the beginning, but Piazz...
Jan 07, 2016
Is Rahm Emanuel The Most Hated Politician In America?
Rahm Emanuel spent many years making enemies in New York, Washington and here in Chicago. Now he seems to be paying the price for it. Author and Columnist Rick Perlstein joined John Howell to talk abo...
Jan 07, 2016
K.T. McFarland Reacts To North Korea’s Nuclear Test
North Korea said it successfully tested a powerful nuclear bomb on Wednesday, drawing threats of further sanctions even though the United States and weapons experts voiced doubts the device was as adv...
Jan 07, 2016
Big John Howell Show Notes 1-6-16
North Korea says it has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test. A hydrogen bomb is more powerful than plutonium weapons, which is what North Korea used in its three previous underground nuclear...
Jan 06, 2016
Tim Stevens At The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
The Consumer Electronics Show is in full swing in Las Vegas, this years the stars of the show seem to be gadgets for the home and also connected cars. Tim Stevens is the Editor-at-Large for CNET, he j...
Jan 06, 2016
Using Crowd Funding In Schools
A teacher in Waukegan is turning to Internet crowd funding to get things for her classroom that taxpayers would never ever even think to pay for. So far they have enough laptops and tablets for each s...
Jan 05, 2016
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner
The state of Illinois has the most government agencies of any state in the country. A new report from the Lt. Governor has outlined a series of reforms to reign in the size of the state government. Il...
Jan 05, 2016
Big John Howell Show Notes 12-22-15
Donald Trump went at Hillary Clinton on Monday. He accused the Democratic frontunner of lying about ISIS featuring him in a recruitment video while commenting in crude terms about her loss to then-can...
Dec 23, 2015
