- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 30, 2012
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A different kind of busing approach to desegregation
Intergroup contact is especially important in a segregated city, and another argument for public transit
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 6, 2012
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Escape to Canada?
Dreading the election? I'm not.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 28, 2012
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Something something weather something
It's hot out. Make some granita.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 14, 2012
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The presidency: take this job and love it
If Obama's so smart, why does he want four more years?
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 22, 2011
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Barcode Beautification Makes Life Worth Living
People are turning barcodes into art, because what else is there to do.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2011
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Police chief McCarthy expresses dislike for gun control "abolitionists"
- News & Features, Politics, Jul 8, 2010
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Under the Gun
Aldermen rush through a gun-control law they've barely read to replace a gun-control law nobody seems to have enforced. Who really benefits? Mayor Daley.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 1, 2010
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City Council Poised to Pass Still-Unseen Gun Legislation By Friday
Plans are afoot for the Chicago City Council to pass a new gun-control ordinance, even though aldermen haven't even seen it yet.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 28, 2010
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A Modest Proposal for Post-Handgun-Ban Chicago
Death vs. taxes.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 28, 2010
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Supreme Court Nixes Chicago's Gun Ban
The Supreme Court strikes down Chicago's handgun ban, but that won't end the political battle over access to guns in Chicago.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 24, 2010
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Supremes Rule on "Honest Services": No Such Thing as Halfway Crooks
The Supremes weigh in on "honest services."
- News & Features, Media, Jun 10, 2010
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Baseball and Justice
Sportswriters who want to deprive Armando Galarraga of his perfect game have something in common with Antonin Scalia.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 7, 2010
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Weis Struggles to explain how the gun ban is working
Police superintendent Jody Weis isn't any better than Mayor Daley at explaining how Chicago's gun ban is effective.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 26, 2010
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Thanks for the Insight, Neil
While I'm clearly not as smart as Neil Steinberg—who is?—I'm happy to explain why I don't think my gun-ban question for Mayor Daley was "dumb."
- Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2010
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The Mayor's the One Missing the Point
Mayor Daley's distaste for debate and dissent is the real issue behind the sodomy and shooting "joke."
- Blogs, Bleader, May 20, 2010
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Mayor Daley Threatens to Shoot the Messenger—Namely, Me
Mayor Daley offers to demonstrate the effectiveness of banning guns by shooting a certain reporter in the ass with one.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 11, 2010
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"Her law review articles are boring, even for law review articles"
Elena Kagan, contd.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2010
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Yet More Kagan Blogging
Early reports on Elena Kagan's scholarship.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2010
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Abner Mikva Has Some Fun With You Kids and Your Crazy Political Labels
Abner Mikva talks about his old clerk, Elena Kagan, to Greg Hinz.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2010
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Kagan for SCOTUS: A Theory
Why did Obama pick Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court? Perhaps because they're very similar.
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