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Mark Kiesling has been the general columnist for The Times since 2004 and previously covered crime, courts and politics in Lake County and Cook County since 1978.
He was named Indiana's best columnist at a large newspaper in 2004 and again in 2008.
He has worked at The Times since 1985, has contributed to two books on organized crime in Chicago and been a consultant on outlaw motorcycle gangs for The History Channel's "Gangland" series.
Don't hold me to this, but I think that it was Winston Churchill who said democracy is the worst form of government. He then qualified that by saying "except for all the others."
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Maybe Michael Temores is a good argument for a regional public transportation system.
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Watching last night's Super Bowl made me think about Indiana's proposed bill that would require the teaching of creationism in the public schools.
Feb 06, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Federal investigators are continuing their probe of the Lake County Sheriff's Department, serving subpoenas on the county auditor this past week.
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Illinois is in conflict over entering the 20th century.
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I've pretty much given up on expecting rational responses to columns and articles, but I was curious to know what people thought of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' response to Tuesday's State of the Union address by President Barack Obama.
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The right-to-work bill, which caused the lengthy Democratic walkout in the Indiana Legislature last year and intermittent interruptions this year, is back as expected and has been moved on to the state Senate.
Jan 29, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Ever since I began writing these columns back in 2003, the issue of property taxes has been on the front burner.
Jan 27, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Tuesday night was Mitch Daniels' Barack Obama moment.
Jan 25, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Isn't it amazing how so many of our elected public officials seem to find the perfect candidate for a county job right in their own home?
Jan 23, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Let's just pass the right-to-work legislation and allow the Indiana General Assembly to move on to other topics.
Jan 22, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The person selected to give the loyal opposition response to the president's State of the Union message is significant.
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The passing of former Hammond Mayor Ed Raskosky this week brings us closer to the end of an era.
Jan 18, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I found it somewhat ironic that a column on the right-to-work bill appeared in The Times the same day as protesters took to the streets in front of the main Gary post office.
Jan 16, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Who screwed up in Valparaiso?
Jan 15, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
News reports say former Lake County Sheriff's Department Police Chief Marco Kuyachich is contemplating suing the county for defamation of character.
Jan 13, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
It's more than a rumor now — the feds have hit the Lake County Sheriff's Department with subpoenas, according to sources close to the investigation.
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I'll say this for state Rep. Charlie Brown, he does not give up easily.
Jan 09, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Talk within the Lake County Sheriff's Department is that there are more federal indictments in the pipe.
Jan 08, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
You've all seen them, the signs along the highways and byways that say people should call police if they suspect they have seen an impaired motorist.
Jan 06, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I've seen a triple murder death penalty trial delayed so long that the chief judge of the Cook County Circuit Court himself stepped in to order the lower judge to get off his duff and try the case.
Jan 04, 2012 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I wrote last week about the questionable decision to dismiss Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow from a civil lawsuit brought by Lynwood police Officer Brian Dorian.
Dec 28, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Technically, I guess, a federal judge came down on the right side of the law by dismissing a wrongful arrest lawsuit against Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow.
Dec 26, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
It's Christmas Day, in case you hadn't noticed, so I wanted to go through a few random musings in the spirit of the holiday.
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For years, the race for a seat on the Lake County Board of Commissioners has been anything but a race.
Dec 23, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
That the Democratic Party in Indiana is now in a free fall is not in dispute.
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There's nothing like an open political seat to generate a lot of speculation about a successor.
Dec 18, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I came up from Indiana to Chicago's North Side on an annual pilgrimage this week, strictly to fulfill a holiday tradition.
Dec 16, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
You have a better chance on Indiana's death row than you do at the Gary/Chicago International Airport.
Dec 14, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I think we've all experienced the unexpected joy of finding unexpected money.
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The online version of a newspaper is a double-edged sword, particularly for those of us who write our opinions for a living.
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There threatens to be a big flap over the redrawing of the Lake County commissioner districts, but I can't figure out why.
Dec 09, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Once upon a time, it used to be that the last refuge of a scoundrel was patriotism.
Dec 08, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
I'm not quite sure what former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is waiting for.
Dec 07, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
When I was very young, a trip to my grandparents' home in Logansport in north central Indiana always held out an exciting proposition.
Dec 05, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The press once asked it of Richard Nixon, and now I'm asking it of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. What did Jackson know, and when did he know it?
Dec 04, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
It sure didn't take long for one of Indiana's leading politicians to prove me right when I said the impetus behind the right-to-work law is political.
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it's difficult to stay out of the fracas that began at Penn State and now threatens to expand and take down any number of college football programs.
Nov 30, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
That pesky right-to-work bill just won't seem to go away. I'm not sure I know why, but I have a hunch.
Nov 28, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The recent Republican-led Indiana House redistricting is going to lead to some very interesting contests and none more interesting locally than the 15th District.
Nov 27, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The $250,000 grant given by the Porter County Council to fund salaries and improvements at the Memorial Opera House may cause the fat lady to sing.
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Tomorrow is the end of the line for the boys of the Turkey Bowl.
Nov 23, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
At the risk of sounding too much like a Hoosier, there's nothing like closing the barn door after the horse already has gotten out.
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Watching politicians move their residences is like watching a game of chess.
Nov 20, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Sometimes the way a police officer who is also a city councilman is treated after a traffic accident astounds you.
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I can understand and appreciate, in a way, the decision by School City of East Chicago officials to require the kids to keep their school-issued laptops at school.
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Missing money continues to be a concern for the Lake County Sheriff's Department, which this month was the target of a troubling audit by the Indiana State Board of Accounts.
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The media have been making a lot of the victory of Karen Freeman-Wilson as the first black female mayor in Indiana.
Nov 11, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Hammond Mayor Tom McDermott Jr.'s decisive victory might signal the death knell for the city's once-powerful opposition.
Nov 10, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Fiscal problems detected in a recently-released audit are not limited to the Lake County Sheriff's Department.
Nov 07, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Don't hold me to this, but I think that it was Winston Churchill who said democracy is the worst form of government. He then qualified that by saying "except for all the others."
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Maybe Michael Temores is a good argument for a regional public transportation system.
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