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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Some random thoughts ...

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Let me say up front that I would not eat foie gras. Not because I feel some desire to be sympathetic to the physical suffering of ducks and ...

Guillen has healthy attitude toward racist rants directed at himself and other Latinos

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Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, whose mouth and fiery temperament have caused him to have to undergo sensitivity training and pay s...
Friday, May 16, 2008

Gay ‘civil unions’ backers bring ‘senior citizen’ tactic to Illinois General Assembly

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At a time when California officials are going to boldly address the issue of whether marriage oug ht to be legal for gay people, politicos i...
Thursday, May 15, 2008

Jacksons at odds with Secret Service

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In defending themselves against an attack by the Rev. Jesse Jackson (and his member of Cong ress namesake son), the Secret Service took what...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Can Newsday offer Sun-Times a lesson?

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So does this mean that the fate of the Chicago Sun-Times (provided that its ownership doesn’t ult imately decide they can get a better tax b...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

When it comes to Chicago 'celeb' trials, Kelly tops Rezko in public's eye any time

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This has the potential to sound trite and trivial, but the criminal trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko isn’t Chicago’s “Trial of the Century.” It ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

We won’t see “Exposing Daley” soon

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WBBM-TV seems to have found a new franchise – “Exposing Xxxx Xxxxxxxx.” It was a few months ago (Nov. 29, 2007, to be exact) that the CBS-ow...
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Gregory Tejeda
Chicago's far South Side, Illinois, United States
I am a Chicago-area freelance writer who has reported on various political and legal beats. I wrote "Hispanic" issues columns for United Press International, observed up close the Statehouse Scene in Springfield, Ill., the Cook County Board in Chicago and municipal government in places like Calumet City, Ill., and Gary, Ind. For a time, I also wrote about agriculture. Trust me when I say the symbolic stench of partisan politics (particularly when directed against people due to their ethnicity) is far nastier than any odor that could come from a farm animal.
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