At today’s Cook County Board meeting, Todd Stroger and allies argued that increased spending will help balance the budget.
Tag: Vol. 37 No. 22
Issue of Feb. 21 – 27, 2008
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The inevitable William F. Buckley, Jr. roundup
A William F. Buckley, Jr. obit omnibus.
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Congress asks Justice Department to probe whether Clemens committed perjury
Here are the memos Henry Waxman sent to the Dept. of Justice and the Democratic members of his Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today about his recommendation that the DOJ further investigate Roger Clemens for perjury.
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The sickness unto election day: The funniest thing I read today
“As opposed to — what? Producing a Farrakhan doll and biting its throat open?”
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Never Enough Hope has its (sort of) annual get-together
Guitarist and composer Tobin Summerfield reconvenes Never Enough Hope this weekend.
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RIP Tim Aher
Former WHPK program director and music promoter Tim Aher has died in London.
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City of God sequel screens Thursday
City of Men screens free tomorrow at 600 N. Michigan.
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Notes on the death of Paul Tilley
Five ways of looking at ad man Paul Tilley’s suicide.
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One bite: pumpkin squash at Sun Wah Bar-B-Que
The pork belly pumpkin squash at Sun Wah is a mutant miracle.
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Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss tonight at Doc Films
Kimberly Peirce, director of “Boys Don’t Cry,” presents an advance screening of her new film at Doc Films tonight.
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Dept. of things that should probably be reemphasized
Why local machines matter (or should matter) to national candidates.
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Commonplace links
Commonplace links: “Yes, you heard me, too short. No wildly inappropriate speeches, no gasps, no boos, no one going off teleprompter.”
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The death of an ad man
The suicide of ad exec Paul Tilley of DDB/Chicago launches a blog torrent.
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Information, please
It’s 2:30 PM on a Tuesday. Do you know where your Cook County information staff is?