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John Kass is an American columnist and editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune. His opinion pieces regularly appear on page 2 of the main news section of the Tribune, instead of on the opinion/editorial pages; this is the spot formerly occupied by Mike Royko. Wikipedia  

✵ 25. June 1956
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John Kass Quotes

“Who cares if it's legal? I don't care if it's legal. Slavery was legal once too, and not just in America, but just about every other country in the world. The powerful have always legalized their subjugation of the less powerful.”

John Kass

"Evil with salad and a nice red" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-kass-planned-parenthood-met-0719-20150719-column.html (19 July 2015), Chicago Tribune, Illinois

“Once a nation acknowledges publicly that it is corrupt, … there is a weakening. A listlessness, a nihilism, where personal appetites and longings for celebrity outweigh what was once understood as common virtue.”

John Kass

"Hillary Clinton disqualifies herself," Chicago Tribune, (7 July 2016) http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-hillary-clinton-emails-comey-kass-0708-20160707-column.html

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