Edgar and Poshard over at the Political State Report
Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
Edgar and Poshard over at the Political State Report
Twenty years ago today, Harold Washington became Mayor of the Great City of Chicago. He forever changed the politics of Chicago by fighting and winning against the Machine. An imperfect, but gifted man, Washington set the stage for Chicago’s resurgence. He broke the iron grip of the machine and even with Daley’s operation, it will […]
And not for making meth. I’ll be back Wednesday or Thursday with a lot to catch up on. While I’m gone–go to Tim Lambert’s. There will be a quiz.
An interesting tidbit from Agape Press: Meanwhile, Fox News reports that some Republican sources are raising concerns about the Associated Press reporter who first quoted Santorum and continues to report on the conflict. Her name is Lara Jakes Jordan. Her husband is Jim Jordan, a former official with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee who now […]
Reynolds has a new flack for himself–and it is perfect. Truly perfect. Go now, I’ll be here when you get back. It is better than Lileks!
I’m thinking we should nickname Tim Lambert ‘Tenacious T’ for his work exposing the multitude of issues surrounding John Lott and gun stats. (a modification of Ted Barlow’s joke) Tim Lambert notes in comments below a couple issues: First, the mission statement has not changed. Kopel and Reynolds just misrepresented it in their original article. […]
Joyce Morrison jumps in with both feet over at the Illinois Leader. I’m not even sure where to begin, so go read it and be amused.
And that isn’t a good thing. Instead of trying to explain what has already been done relatively well, check out Tim Lambert’s posts on the problems with Lott’s weighting. The essence is regardless of how Lott did this, Lott screwed it up. At some point Lott is just chasing his own tail.
The Special Prosecutor in the John Burge case has not made any visible progress and some are starting to ask questions about it. Burge is a former Chicago Police Commander who allegedly tortured a number of suspects: Burge’s investigative methods were said to be brutal and sadistic. During the late 1970s and the 1980s dozens […]
be American citizens. Ed Burke is starting an initiative to grant citizenship to those who serve the United States in the armed forces.
As Carol Marin points out, Patrick Fitzgerald, Peter’s handpicked US Attorney, has targeted a series of mob related deaths. One of the little-known facts about Sen. Fitzgerald is that he is a walking, talking encyclopedia on the Chicago Outfit. He has not only read, but can quote from Ovid Demaris’ 1969 book "Captive City" even […]
For $7 million, $1 million per mile away from an interestate
And Joe Conason adds to the fray by mentioning the other fruity ideas that Santorum espouses such as creationism If the Education Board of Ohio does not include intelligent design in the new teaching standards, many students will be denied a first-rate science education. Many will be left behind. Nice left behind reference, huh? ID […]
Reynolds continues to insist people don’t understand his point that the panel is stacked with anti-gun advocates. He and Kopel had three good points in their article. The first is that the original mission statement concerned only the detrimental effects of gun availability. As Reynolds points out, this was changed. Second, no one on the […]
Cleared this morning as he realized a significant portion of Republican Party thinks sex lives need to be regulated. To be fair, Sullivan’s writings on this are exceptionally clear, coherent and correct. However, given the Christian Coalition has been trying to bring the Republican Party to the right for the last 25 years and has […]