Saturday, March 14, 2009

5 days of being Irish? Only in Chicago

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Perhaps it’s the timing of the holiday festivities this year, but I feel like we Chicagoans are in the midst of a five-day holiday weekend r...
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Will “Willis Tower” name take among the locals? Or will it always be Sears?

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The left (south) side of this equation gets a new name. How will it be accepted by the locals? Photograph provided by State of Illinois. My ...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

A DAY IN THE LIFE (of Chicago): Second City provides unique cop tales

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What does it say that a former chairman of the Cook County Republican Party allegedly gets caught by his wife while cavorting with two prost...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Burris “name” recognition no longer worthy of an early lead in the polls

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It used to be back in the days when Roland Burris ran his losing bids for governor, senator and mayor that the initial poll in those campaig...
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Why let a little thing like the “wrong” political party stand in the way?

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Perhaps political cynics are correct when they say there’s really no difference between Democrats and Republicans – a politician is a politi...
Monday, March 9, 2009

Springpatch’s prosecutors usually don’t bother watching the Statehouse Scene

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I’m not sure what to make of the fact that the state’s attorney’s office for Sangamon County, Ill., is pursuing the matter of whether or no ...
Saturday, March 7, 2009

Inhabitants of “Planet Springpatch” recognize Pluto as full-fledged planet

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A part of me wants to take a few science-oriented geeks who likely spend too much time goofing off on the Internet and smack them about a bi...