Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
It isn’t often I find much worthwhile in the Post-Dispatch. St. Louis’s supposedly liberal paper is poorly written and poorly edited. Today, is an exception, though I still think the editorial could have been stronger. Today they discuss the administration’s efforts to Gag the EPA. One could claim that science has been politicized for some […]
Reynolds often invites scorn by rather juvenile coded messages that ignore the point of the blogosphere–pointing towards the original source. Often this is followed by a descent into more juvenile jibes being thrown about. The problem is that when he does say things that are absurd, too many names are being called. Here he argues […]
Quick–put a bullseye on my forehead! While conservatives near O’Hare are against expansion, Peter’s continued insistence will embolden a revolt by the Republican business interests. Keep up the good work Pete!
I’m pretty sure that no one is surprised, but with the election in hind-sight, G-Ry is about to be indicted. Rich Miller covers the essential details. There was some question as to whether G-Ry’s daughter was the key or Fawell. Apparently Fawell will bring down his old boss. Never trust a man who hires a […]
While I applaud any references to Gregg Easterbrook’s environmental reporting, Kaus seems to have missed one of the bigger environmental stories broken about the Bush administration and it is damn ugly The administration stopped the issuance of a danger warning to consumers for a particular type of asbestos. I normally find little in the P-D […]
Every year Steve Chapman write an end of the year column about freedom. It is a fine way to end the year. There is always work to do, but it is nice to note, the human race is slowly progressing. Let’s work towards the invasion of Iraq leading to greater freedom, and not another convenient […]
Joshua Grossman had some questions. Some of which I’ll answer now and others I do more with later. 1) Now that Demos have Gov + both houses of legis. in Ill., what legislation can we expect to see passed?? Not too much given the $5 Billion hole in the state budget. As noted below by […]
Dude, if you are going to rip off the taxpayer, you can do better than a $2 Hooker in Costa Rica. It isn’t that you rip us off, it is that you do it for so little. Winner: Scott Falwell.
Betty Loren-Maltese is out in Cicero and the good fight continues. Two community activists–read not mobbed up and trying to clean up the garbage that has hung on since Capone’s death–vie to be Mayor of Cicero. The Dark Side has also tapped a Latino hoping to keep power just a bit longer. My guess is […]
I have to admit that minus a few favorite alderman, I’m not wired into the Chicago Aldermanic races well enough to give tight discussions of the politics involved. Then again, as has been previously noted, most alderman are pretty much bobbleheads in Chicago so who the hell cares. As long as they answer the phones […]
Can the Dems challenge her name on the ballot for impaired mental capacity? Some important side information: If Moseley-Braun becomes a candidate, she may face another black candidate, state Sen. Barack Obama, D-Chicago, who already has begun raising money. But she said Obama told her earlier this year that if she got in the race, […]
Da Mare has four, count ’em four opponents. They have a slight chance. But not much of one with modern medicine. He is younger, in better health, and monitored much better than J. Challenger 1: Robert Floid Plump So far, we know he filed 1100 signatures and "Plump, who calls himself the "spiritual son of […]
probably isn’t going to do well in the areas of the country most left behind by the increasing prosperity of America.
The problematic policy choices made by the ‘adults’ are reviewed at Talking Points Memo.
From the Capitol Fax THE HOLE Despite the threat of massive deficits, Governor-elect Rod Blagojevich continues to cling to his campaign promise to reopen several shuttered state facilities. G-Rod has asked Illinois Central College not to open a branch office at the now-closed Zeller Mental Developmental Center. Governor Ryan signed a long-term lease with ICC […]