Category Archives: Big John and Ramblin' Ray Blog
Big John Howell Show Notes Monday 11-30-15
The University of Chicago was shut down this morning. The FBI alerted it to an online threat of gun violence. Donald Trump and Chuck Todd got into a fairly heated exchange on Meet The Press. Todd poin...
Nov 30, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes Thursday 11-26-15
Big John is celebrating Thanksgiving this morning, so J.C. Corcoran is filling in. The city council’s black caucus is calling for Garry McCarthy to be fired over his handling of the McDonald/Van...
Nov 26, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes 11-25-15
Jason Van Dyke, the police officer who shot a black Chicago teen 16 times has been charged with murder and jailed. The graphic video of the slaying has been made public. And in the hours after the foo...
Nov 25, 2015
Congressman Randy Hultgren
France is launching more attacks on ISIS in Syria in response to the attack in Paris. The airstrikes are hitting the terrorist group but also increasing the number of people leaving the war torn count...
Nov 24, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes for Monday 11/23/15
African-American leaders in Chicago are calling for peace ahead of the release of the Laquan McDonald video. They want people to be passionate, but peaceful. The city has until Wednesday to release th...
Nov 24, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes for Friday 11/20/15
Chicago’s first snowfall is coming. Here’s how it could compare. Virginia Mosque Meeting Gets Ugly: 'Every One of You Are Terrorists!' City will release video of teen’s fatal shootin...
Nov 20, 2015
Is Chicago One Video Away From Being The Next Ferguson?
A disturbing video of the police-involved shooting death of a black teen on the Southwest Side could spark an uprising in Chicago if it is released to the public. 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot ...
Nov 19, 2015
Big John Howell Show Notes for Tuesday 11/17/15
Tammy Duckworth Endorses $15 Minimum Wage After McDonald's Forgot Her Cheeseburger. Trump Proposes Building 'A Big Beautiful Safe Zone' in Syria for Refugees. Fox's Shep Smith Tears Into 'Political Ex...
Nov 17, 2015
Illinois Congressman Bob Dold
A total of 23 people have been arrested and dozens of weapons seized in a series of raids on suspected Islamist militants across France. The arrests followed the terror attacks on Friday night that ki...
Nov 17, 2015
Columnist Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan was a speechwriter for Ronald Reagan and is now a bestselling author and columnist for the Wall Street Journal. She joined John with reaction to the attack in Paris on Friday night, and a...
Nov 17, 2015
