Politics Archive
Politics
I admit it. I feel like Charlie about to have an audience with Willie Wonka. Today I got the email that thousands in this city were hoping for: my non-transferable ticket for me and a guest to attend Barack Obama's Grant Park election night rally.
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7 Days @ Min. Wage
During Election 2006, I had the good fortune to participate in 7 Days @ Minimum Wage, a video diary of working Americans struggling to keep their families afloat on minimum-wage pay. I interviewed Jessica, a single mom in Chicago. Her searing answers and barely contained sorrow made
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Politics
Here's an amazing ad which speaks beautifully and mercilessly for itself. It's why I early voted for Barack Obama. And why you should vote for him, too.
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Politics
They say there are two sides to every story. I give you my interpretation of the inner voice inside Sarah Palin's head during her GOP vice-presidential nomination acceptance speech. With tongue stuck firmly in cheek.
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LIFE
Oh, what an agida-inducing weekend that was. That's my excuse, anyway, for the tardiness of my Cincinnati trip report and Brendan Reilly interview. Every time I tried to finish writing them, another one of my friends was either dumping their boyfriend, being dumped themselves, or calling me
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Politics
As reported in today's Chicago Tribune, this week, downtown Chicago's Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies bowed to pressure from Jewish United Fund (JUF)/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago president Steven Nasatir and closed its multimedia exhibition on Holy Land boundaries, 'Imaginary Coordinates', three months early. For reasons that smack of
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Politics
Anyone who's followed Cook County politics since Todd Stroger took the reins of the most powerful county in Illinois from his formerly ailing (finally deceased) father knows that Stroger-fils doesn't have the greatest grasp on the realities of his job. But, hey, he's the President.
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Planning
The Chicago Reporter reveals that the Chicago Housing Authority 'Plan for Transformation' may have helped disenfranchise thousands of Windy City public-housing voters. And the CHA is taking no responsibility for the problem.
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Politics
Does 42nd Ward Alderman Brendan Reilly favor cars over transit in downtown Chicago? You might think so judging from his recent support to add parking--and as a result, increase traffic congestion--on Streeterville streets.
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Blagojevich Scandal
I swear I almost did a spit-take with my coffee when I read it: an editorial in Sunday's Chicago Tribune suggesting that the Illinois constitution be rewritten to allow for the recall of Governor Rod Blagojevich. The paper didn't mince words:
'Having endured the Blagojevich era, we believe voters
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