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Back to the barks

03/21/2012

My first visit this year to Mary Bartelme Park’s dog play area came last month. As we entered, my wife Mary looked at me with concern and asked, “You OK? Is it too soon?”
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Well look at what we have here: An Illinois politician charged with a federal crime. This is sadly (perhaps horrifyingly) not a shock. But what is shocking is that Derrick Smith was re-elected. And not just re-elected, but re-elected by a huge margin.

Derrick Smith endorsement retracted, Tom Swiss endorsed for state rep

03/19/2012

Rejuvenating Republicans' voice

Letter to the editor

03/19/2012

Feierstein charts new course for 2nd Ward Republicans

Letter to the editor

03/19/2012

Blue collar workers will bring down Obama

Letter to the editor

03/14/2012

President Obama at the drop of a hat (if he wore a hat) boldly consecrates himself as a champion of America’s so-called middle class — his vaunted and beloved middle class. Who comprises this middle class?

Don't celebrate G8 leaving yet

03/14/2012

The G8 is gone. It’s not coming to Chicago. The entire city breathed a giant sigh of relief when the news broke. It’s a win. But the NATO summit is still sticking around.

Endorsement: Danny Davis for Congress

03/07/2012

When the politics are as similar as Danny Davis and Jacques Conway — the two candidates in the Democratic primary for the 7th District congressional seat — we opt to support the incumbent. Seniority and clout are hard to come by and Danny Davis has earned both.
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Endorsement: Christian Mitchell for state rep

03/07/2012

The race for the 26th District seat in the Illinois House is perhaps the tightest in the state. That’s not without reason: Christian Mitchell and Kenny Johnson are two of the best candidates we’ve seen angling for the statehouse this election season.
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Endorsement: Derrick Smith for state rep

03/07/2012

When Annazette Collins decamped her 10th District State Rep seat for the senate, it was filled last year by Derrick Smith, an acolyte of Jesse White and 27th Ward Ald. Walter Burnett who used to run the ward’s streets and sanitation department.