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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jul 7, 2020
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Enemies of my enemy
Learning to love the never-Trump crowd at the Lincoln Project
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 31, 2017
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Illinois owes around $11 billion in unpaid bills (plus interest) after 18 months without a budget deal, and other Chicago news
Also, Obama's first post-White House political move was endorsing Fourth Ward alderman Sophia King.
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 11, 2017
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Obama’s farewell speech vs. the salacious Trump memo: a tale of two Americas
While President Obama was making a high-minded appeal to our better angels, BuzzFeed was offering some sordid and sleazy allegations about Donald Trump.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 23, 2016
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Donald Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ in ‘out of control’ Chicago, and other news
Also, Hillary Clinton isn't close to raising as much money in Chicago as Barack Obama did in 2008.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 5, 2016
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The real reason some Republican leaders are lining up for Trump
Journalists hang on every word.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 31, 2016
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Michelle Fields, Donald Trump, and the slow death of actual journalism
Is defense of Fields genuine solidarity or ax-grinding by partisanship?
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 21, 2015
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Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, and other former prisoners Donald Trump must not like
Would Trump really dislike all these famous former prisoners, many of whom went on to run countries?
- News & Politics, Feature Mar 3, 2014
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Yes, there are black Republicans in Chicago
A south-side GOP committeeman makes his case.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2013
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Michael Kinsley's takedown of Double Down is a plea for plain English
You might like the juicy new account of the 2012 presidential campaign if you can cut through its chasmal noisesomeness.
- Arts & Culture, Book Review Nov 5, 2013
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When the earth shook beneath the Mississippi
The Lost History of the New Madrid Earthquakes tells the story about a powerful seismological event where you'd least expect to find it: The Mississippi Valley.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 4, 2012
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Yak, yak, yak—whack! On Killing Them Softly's source novel
The film re-creates the glum talk and savage violence of its source novel
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 13, 2012
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The unlikables: why Mitt Romney lost the election
No wonder Obama won the election: the Democratic big tent is so big that it even includes includes Republicans like Mayor Rahm!
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 15, 2012
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Obama's deafening silence on poverty
The president knows how to avoid a subject
- Blogs, Bleader Jan 23, 2012
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Caucus and bull story
Romney victory reversed! So?
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2011
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Debate fatigue
The Republican candidates are suffering from jet lag and burnout
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2011
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Bachmann: waterboarding uncomfortable but effective
Michele Bachmann stands up for waterboarding.
- News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Sep 29, 2011
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2008
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- Blogs, Bleader Apr 13, 2010
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The 2010 Pulitzer for Not Being a Monster Anymore
Kathleen Parker tacks to the middle and wins big.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2008
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OVERHEAD PROJECTORS FOR EVERYONE!!!
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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2008
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Oh, Iowa
Some Iowa voters expect the world from their president.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2008
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I think you're confusing 'Maverick' with 'Goose'
You two characters are going to Top Gun.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2008
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I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part
John McCain rides the Adler's "overhead projector" to the bitter end.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 4, 2008
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The only interesting thing about polling I read this week
Polls favor Obama, but there's one variable that may constitute a 'nightmare scenario' for pollsters and Democrats.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2008
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Day-after-tomorrowland
Will tomorrow bring a modest landslide?
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 3, 2008
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The buzz
Get out the info: an omnibus post on what's in the news, who's Twittering, what you need to know about Obama, and more