Letter to the Editor of 'The American Prospect'
Hi Mark,Love the mention of me in the Jan/Feb 2009 edition of The American Prospect (p. 4):"And on tapped, the Prospect's staff blog, commenter Leowrote, "I didn't even have to know the guy's...
View ArticleGOP Marching Orders on Jr. Senator from Illinois
The GOP Marching Orders have already come down:"Every time voters see Roland Burris, they'll think of that other notorious RB, Rod Blagojevich. Burris wants this Senate seat so desperately that he'll...
View ArticlePutting an End to Chicago Tribune Moral Superiority Gloat Syndrome
Reading the pathetic dribble from the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is a painful exercise even on a good day. But what can you say about a piece that begins with this:We write human history in red...
View ArticleTribune's Freedom Museum to Close Down?
The article says the museum will "vacate its location in the Tribune Tower on Michigan Avenue and begin to operate a 'mobile museum' that will go to schools and Chicago neighborhoods".It always seemed...
View ArticleChicago Tribune High on Drugs?
So according to the Chicago Tribune, reaction in the Chicago area to Obama's Address was "mixed". Here's their headline:"Chicago Area Residents Give Barack Obama's Stimulus Bill Mixed Reviews"This...
View ArticleChicago Tribune Sees Parallel Obama Press Conference in Parallel Universe
Did this guy see the same press conference I saw?There were no smiles on Tuesday night, no memorable moments, no attempt by the president to capture the sense of drama or anticipation that has...
View ArticleRadical Bill Ayers dogs Chicago Sun-Times, even on Memorial Day
Working that 'Bill Ayers' angle seems to be an obsession for whoever's putting headlines together for the Chicago Sun-Times. In this one, what we have is an article from the AP about the routine...
View ArticleDueling Editorials: Chicago Tribune v. NY Times
It's not that I disagree with anything in this editorial from the Chicago Tribune. It's just that I get the impression they knew they had to come up with something but couldn't quite find anything...
View ArticleWorking Class Credentials Sham
A couple of people have commented on Ross Douthat's piece in the New York Times eulogizing the "democratic ideal" supposedly represented by Sarah Palin because she became a "success" (such as it was)...
View ArticleTribune Launches Much Improved Site Redesign
It's 2009 and the Chicago Tribune has only now figured out what it takes to design a website. Still, you have to hand it to them, it's a vast improvement over the previous iteration. They even went...
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