Tuesday, July 15, 2008

What is satire?

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The New Yorker magazine, one of the few publications that tries to give a forum for respectable writing and detaile d reporting, is the same...
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Monday, July 14, 2008

It's a wonder sports fan accidents like Cubs incident don't happen more often

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Considering how little many people pay attention to their surroundings, it is a wonder that incide nts such as what befelled Dominic DiAngi ...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

Does BHO have the same aura as JFK?

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Barack Obama would like to use the Brandenburg Gate, built originally as a monument to peace, for an address that would have his presidency...
Friday, July 11, 2008

When is profanity too stupid to use?

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When I wrote a commentary Wednesday night concerning the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s admission that he’d like to commit a particularly intimate act...
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

“Childish” is the way to describe Illinois political officials' behavior these days

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When I was a reporter-type person at the Statehouse in Springfield, Ill., I got to know Rich Miller, the publisher of a newsletter that incl...

Hot microphones a political nightmare

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Some people who monitor government activity think the worst thing that can afflict a political person is a sex scandal. I disagree. I think ...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Which dies first - Sun-Times or Trib?

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When the Chicago Sun-Times recently renewed the contract of prominent sports columnist Jay Mariotti, many sports fans were upset at the thou...