TODAY'S CHI TRIBUNE EDITORIAL s.u.c.k.s.

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Thursday January 31, 2008 · 11:18 AM PST

2008/01/31 · 11:18

Let me introduce the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune:

Scott C. Smith
Ann Marie Lipinski
R. Bruce Dold - Editorial Page Editor
George DeLama
James Warren
Timothy J. McNulty

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Friday January 11, 2008 · 8:36 AM PST

2008/01/11 · 08:36

Gov. Rod Blagojevich has not been willing to endorse a sales tax increase which legislators have proposed to fund transit agencies in Chicago and its suburbs. In fact, the governor has said he would veto such a proposal. This struggle in Illinois over funding has been going on for at least a year.

Yesterday, the governor offered a proposal. I'll go along with sales tax but there's a catch. Give senior citizens free rides on local trains and buses.

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Saturday September 22, 2007 · 4:39 AM PDT

2007/09/22 · 04:39

John McCain speaking at a NRA assembly yesterday came on strong to two women protesters (Medea Benjamin is one) playing the tough presidential candidate. Many of you don't agree with the tactics of these women - I do. I'm way beyond being a nice woman of a certain age and wish I had the courage of Medea Benjamin. The other woman - who is taller than the guards taking her out - I don't know. Follow the guards out the door here.

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Tuesday September 18, 2007 · 7:50 AM PDT

2007/09/18 · 07:50

Historic reading can be overwhelming. There are often conflicting views, and critics go out of style -- new evidence can appear to change the traditional perspective. A better bet is to read one of the good (great if you can find one) novelists of that period. If you want to understand the Gilded Age of the late 19th Century - read Edith Wharton. Because Lily Bart, the heroine of THE HOUSE OF MIRTH is one of America's touching, vulnerable, tragic characters in this country's portfolio of heroines, as well as a study of hard failure in the Gilded Age, you would do well to read The House of Mirth.
Edith Wharton
The Gilded Age
Lily Bart

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Monday July 09, 2007 · 2:29 PM PDT

2007/07/09 · 14:29

I haven't seen this being diaried - perhaps it has been. My searches are often fruitless -

The interesting thing about this article is that it appears in the free newspaper that appeals to younger Chicagoans, even though it is an arm of a Chicago daily paper - The Chicago Red Streak. I did not see this in the Tribune this am.

Seems to me the Republicans are more than happy \ after all guns are involved.

Here's a bit of a peek after the jump:

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Wednesday June 13, 2007 · 4:37 PM PDT

2007/06/13 · 16:37

Today is the Feast Day of St. Anthony of Padua, patron saint of Little Things. And let's face it, it's mostly the little things that get us down on a day to day basis. Yeah, it's a Catholic thing but even my Jewish friend, Iris, asks St. Anthony to find what she's lost. And several of my Protestant friends have intimated to me that they find him interesting - "I mean I couldn't find that damn will 'til my neighbor told me to ask St. Anthony." That is his major mojo - he finds our stuff. Follow me to find the rest of the diary.

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Thursday February 22, 2007 · 7:02 AM PST

2007/02/22 · 07:02

Jerome McDonnell is an excellent radio interviewer on Chicago Public Radio. Without pushing any agenda, and with style, he allows people to tell a story - and lets the radio audience judge the content. Mr. McDonnell gives the interviewee plenty of time and space to share an agenda, and pulls the audience along to make the judgment McDonnell is looking for.

Listen to this interview from February 21. He interviews Steve Featherstone about the Pentagon, war and robots. Mr. Featherstone has an article in the current Harpers entitled: The Coming Robot Army. He is a free lance writer and has commented on NPR several times. There is a "gee whiz this is nifty stuff" quality about Mr. Featherstone's interview. You can tell from his voice and views he is enthusiastic about the robotic killers and secondarily mentions ethics. I don't think Mr. Featherstone has ever served in the Army, though he's delighted with winning wars as you will hear in the interview. You might think he is talking about a game he's playing. Therein lies the problem.

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Friday December 08, 2006 · 4:48 PM PST

2006/12/08 · 16:48

This diary may not be what a reader expects. I am not going to gnash teeth because the White House is celebrating while we're stuck in an unnecessary and lost war. No, none of that.

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Friday November 10, 2006 · 3:56 AM PST

2006/11/10 · 03:56

About 5 am, I toddled downstairs for coffee and always the optimist, turned on NPR for "good" news. First off the bat, a NPR pundit interviews Jim Webb. Finally, a strong spokesperson. Transcript not up - but here's my transcript. Anyone who listened care to chime in. Read More

(En)Lightening in Chicago

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Thursday August 03, 2006 · 7:37 AM PDT

2006/08/03 · 07:37

Last night, the Chicago area had a fierce thunder and lightening storm. The lightening did not abate for a good two and a half hours in my area. I saw an orange glow shoot across the black in the street across from me and a popping sound fought it out with the thunder. A fiery branch fell to the ground but was quickly extinguished by the rain. It fell in slow motion, crackling and bright. Read More

Would somebody please diary Tierney's column.

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Tuesday June 14, 2005 · 5:29 AM PDT

2005/06/14 · 05:29

entitled "The Old and the Rested" in the New York Times. It's another senior bashing column -- nobody ever reads my offerings. I believe once I got two comments and one was something like: "doh your citation doesn't work." The diary was about monarch butterflies and the loss of their habitat due to bush's forest initiatives. (Have you fallen asleep yet?)

However, as to Mr. Tierney's column today - please some clever person that others read -- put a diary up.

Thanks. I'm going to mosey over to the want ads -- wonder if they have a job for cannibalizing children.

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Wednesday May 18, 2005 · 5:07 AM PDT

2005/05/18 · 05:07

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Tony, Tony Look Around

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Jim Webb smacks down NPR - really!

(En)Lightening in Chicago

Would somebody please diary Tierney's column.

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