Friday, January 15, 2010

What should we think of Haiti?

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I realize it is the way of political people to try to ma ke themselves appear to be on top of every possible issue. Yet I got my chuckle the...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

Casting my ballot

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ORLAND PARK, Ill. – Call it the advantage of having an hour of time free in mid-day, but I made the trek Wednesday out to one of the early v...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Will campaign racial/ethnic appeals work?

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Todd Stroger wants to be sure we comprehend that he’s the official “black” candidate running for Cook County Board president, while Rudy Loz...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

EXTRA: Were Chicago and Illinois the point of Ground Zero for baseball fraud?

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I can remember sitting in the stands of New Comiskey Park in September 1998 watching the Chicago White Sox play Seattle when officials felt ...

Reid sounds like Biden, while Blagojevich comes off as a bitter and jealous pol

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I can remember back a couple of years ago when political pundits seriously debated whether Barack Obama was “ black enough” to attract the v...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Who does Daley back?

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Excuse me for not being the least bit surprised when I learned that Mayor Richard M. Daley said this weekend that he has no intention of pub...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Tax rhetoric not only blatantly partisan, but also reminiscent of the political past

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Andrew McKenna, the newly-minted gubernatorial favorite of the Chicago Tribune, went on the a ttack against primary opponent Jim Ryan this w...