Monday, June 14, 2010

Obama should be thankful he got this far without significant blame for BP oil spill

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President Barack Obama says he plans to pre-empt our television programming Tuesday night so he can speak to the nation about the grave envi...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

BP gives me gas; or, Why I’d rather watch World Cup fùtbol than Chicago beisbol

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26-33, and 27- 33. To me, those won/loss records of the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs respectively say it all. THIS SEASON THAT some na...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Burge “behavior” boggles the brain

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It was condemning testimony heard earlier this week at the Dirksen Building – a former Chicago Police detective-turned-attorney remembering...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

“Symbolic” boycotts, what’s the point?

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It seems like our politicians these days want to take tough stances against Arizona state government for their decision earlier this year to...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Who’s the real environmentalist?

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Is Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mark Kirk the environmentalist, or the exaggerator? It depends on whom one wants to listen to. But the Kir...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

I feel fortunate to have (thus far) avoided tornadoes and other natural disasters

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Even before I read the news reports this weekend, I knew that there would be something resembling disaster very near to us. I just didn’t kn...
Monday, June 7, 2010

EXTRA: Your tax dollars at work

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For what it is worth, I was NOT chosen to be a juror when I served my jury duty stint Monday at the Maybrook District of Cook County Circuit...
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