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"Chicagoist" to Downtown Residents: Drop Dead
Chicagoist tells downtown residents to deal with illegal drummers as the price of living downtown. Um, excuse me?
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Alvaro Villa's "Five Days with Katrina"
Today at work I received a link to an astounding photo essay of the day-by-day effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. It was created by Alvaro Villa, a trapped resident of the French Quarter, and includes an ongoing narrative of the situation, as it grew worse and worse.
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The Charity of the Many
It has been four years since I felt moved by both the pain and the passion of a city. Then it was due to the terrorist disaster that befell my hometown, New York. This time, though, there's the federal government to blame--for the atrocious response to the the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orlea
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NOLA sinks, Bush Floats
Being a New Yorker who was living in Gotham during 9/11, I know all too well the feelings of despair and helplessness that the hundreds of thousands of refugee New Orleanians must feel as they flee their beloved city, now in ruins. Blame President Bush.
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Watch the Cindy Sheehan TV Spot
It may not air in Utah, but Cindy Sheehan's TV commercial will certainly play on a TV within earshot of President Bush.
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Two Zorns Don't Make It Right
A day after the Trib's Eric Zorn supported President Bush's decision not to meet with Cindy Sheehan, he's doing some backtracking on his blog--thanks to a wave of dissenting opinions from Trib readers, including me.
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The Civil Right of Eric Zorn
The Chicago Tribune's Eric Zorn thinks President Bush doesn't owe Cindy Sheehan a face-to-face meeting. I don't agree.
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Stupid Daley Tricks #1
I'm no knee-jerk fan of da mare, though I will say he's finally an out-of-the-closet urbanist. However, the latest affront to the legacy of Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago speaks for itself. At least through the incisive words of Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin.