All roads lead to Rahm
Sorry, couldn’t resist the pun. Seldom in political life has two-and-a-half months seemed quite so long a wait. People voted for Obama because they want change, and the daily news just makes them want...
View ArticleTwo governors in a row
We all knew Gov. Rod Blagojevich was under a federal investigation, but nobody expected developments as dramatic as what happened today. FBI agents arrested Democratic Gov. Blagojevich at his home this...
View ArticleTop ten news stories of 2008
A completely subjective list, of course. But what the hell… aren’t they all? Going in to 2008, one could hardly open a magazine or flip a channel without hitting a media comparison to 1968. It was 40...
View ArticleThe race to replace Rahm
The question of who will fill Obama’s Senate seat has gotten the lion’s share of media coverage, but meanwhile things are heating up around another question, the one of who will replace Obama’s Chief...
View ArticleGovernor Quinn’s budget address
First things first: after what we’ve suffered through in recent years, merely being able to say “Governor Pat Quinn” is almost as delightful as being able to say “President Barack Obama.” 8-) After a...
View ArticleReunion
My 20th college reunion was last weekend. I was a bit taken aback by this because, first of all, it’s simply impossible: I certainly haven’t been out of college for two decades. My infallibly accurate...
View ArticleThe quagmire of Illinois politics
Here’s a man-bites-dog story for you: on Tuesday in Springfield, capital of our fair state, over 5,000 people rallied in support of a tax increase. There’s good reason for this. The state income tax...
View ArticleThe slow, sad decline of the Chicago Reader
The Chicago Reader is a local institution. It dates back to 1971, one of the oldest free weekly papers in the country (preceded by the Village Voice and perhaps one or two others). And it’s been near...
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