- Best of Chicago, City Life, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Politician Guided by a What-the-Fuck-Do-I-Have-to-Lose Attitude
Robert Fioretti
- News & Features, Michael Miner on Media, Feb 9, 2012
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Saul Alinsky, poster child
Right-wingers continue to link Barack Obama to community organizer Saul Alinsky. Proof? Obama attended a 1998 performance of The Love Song of Saul Alinsky
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 27, 2012
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My mixed luck with aldermen
Chicago aldermen have ranged from the corrupt and the racist to the gallant mavericks
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 23, 2012
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Oh, to have those fighting independents back
In city council meetings, Chicago's mayor once had to contend with a fierce opposition
- News & Features, Politics, Mar 4, 2010
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Hyde Park & Kenwood Issue: An Island in the Swamp
For decades now, most of Chicago's political independents have emerged from Hyde Park and Kenwood.
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Nov 5, 2009
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Fall Books Special: Chicago's Life Story
Popular Columbia College prof Dominic Pacyga's been telling the city's history in pieces for years. Now he's put it all together.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 10, 2009
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IOC, are you listening?
From Ben's mouth to the IOC's ear: members of the Olympic committee reportedly promised to read Joravsky's Reader article telling them to take their Games to some other city.
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 11, 2008
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Who knew he could haiku?
Leon Despres is 100--he doesn't need any more stress from Sarah Palin.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 13, 2008
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What the City Council accomplished . . .
The City Council was busy doing your work Wednesday.
