Jim Bowman
Writer
Phone: 224 478 3498
Email: jimbowman7@aol.com
Twitter: @BlitheSp
Jim Bowman grew up in Oak Park and he and his wife raised their six children here. He covered religion for the Chicago Daily News 1968-78 and since then has operated independently as writer and editor. He blogs atwww.blithespirit.wordpress.com, www.oakparknewspapers.com and elsewhere.
His latest of a dozen books is Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968. He is at work on Volume 2 of his A Short History of Oak Park, based on his Blithe Spirit newsletter of the '90s.
Latest News Articles
The living wage is socialism at its worst
You sigh, the song begins, you speak and I hear violins.
It's magic.
— Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
The end of the VMA revolution
My friend Jake is in a lather about two recent Oak Park incidents. One was the commencement-oration declaration (an occurrence at OPRF stadium) by a high school board member who announced that we are progressive (Democrats) and "and it feels great to say it."
Abelard and mashed potatoes

Great time the other day among the Golden Friars, each of whom has had his golden anniversary of graduation from Fenwick.
Raising the minimum wage lowers the economy
Ask a tax-and-spender, usually a Democrat, how much tax is too much, and he will hem and haw. Ask how high a minimum wage should be, and he will react the same way. The answer he is groping for, of course, is whatever the traffic will bear. The market, that is. He will put his finger to the wind and decide what will sell. He's in the business of getting elected, after all.
Latest Blogs
Black-white gap at Oak Park & River Forest, September, 2011
Nine short years ago, as reported with brief comment . . .
No, You Idiots. That's Not How Taxes Work, Concluded - An Accountant's Guide To Why You Are a Gullible Moron
More on accounting inspired by the NYT screamer about Trump taxes
NO, YOU IDIOTS. THAT'S NOT HOW TAXES WORK. - AN ACCOUNTANT'S GUIDE TO WHY YOU ARE A GULLIBLE MORON
Comment on NY Times stupid, dumb story about Trump's taxes
A Gershwin song that could put Biden over the top
A clear winner
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