- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 18, 2013
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Mayor Rahm channels his inner Herbert Hoover
A great day for Mayor Rahm: TIF handouts for rich developers and more campaign contributions from his friends.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 18, 2013
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Can the torture scenes in Zero Dark Thirty be defended?
About Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-nominated film
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 16, 2013
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Steve Musgrave's portrait of Obama and friends
The Chicago Public Library unveils Steve Musgrave's portrait of President Barack Obama, with a key to his friends.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2013
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The Rolling Stones, the Bulls, and the United Center property tax deal
A new study by the Chicago Teachers Union shows that Jerry Reinsdorf and Rocky Wirtz are masters of the property tax system
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Gangster Squad is the most violent Hollywood movie in . . . two weeks
Ruben Fleischer's new gangster epic is gonna get even with you
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Mayor Rahm's new advisory board: Advise and consent but no dissent
Emanuel names an advisory board to advise the Infrastructure Trust to do whatever he tells them
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 10, 2013
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City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
A closer look at Mayor Emanuel's plan to "revitalize" the CAPS program
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 9, 2013
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Mayor Rahm sabotages Bill Daley's run for governor
Unable to pass gay marriage, Mayor Rahm elects to undercut Daley's run for governor instead
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2013
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Demand for gun control surges, and so does demand for guns
Illinois may be the center of our nation's confusing and contradictory approach to firearms
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 3, 2013
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Chicago gets rid of its cops—just like Oakland
Chicago is not alone when it comes to firing cops and spending their salaries on things that no one needs
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 2, 2013
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Mayor Rahm emancipates himself on guns
Emanuel's recent Sun-Times column leaves out an essential detail about the war against guns: he was missing in action when he could have done something to help wage it
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 27, 2012
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Another evolution: President Obama and Mayor Rahm take a stand
President Obama slowly starts another one of his famous evolutions—on marijuana reform and gun control—just in time for the shifts in the polls
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 26, 2012
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Mayor Rahm goes on vacation and the City Council undoes all his damage!
It's all a dream . . .
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2012
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A little good news: The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook
Jeryl Levin and Cynthia Linton come out with the second edition of The Chicago Area Ethnic Handbook—just in time for Christmas!
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 21, 2012
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Foe of Cook County state's attorney won't let 60 Minutes comments die
Alderman Howard Brookins Jr. sounds like he's already preparing to challenge Anita Alvarez for state's attorney in 2016
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 19, 2012
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History demands that we open our eyes
On photography's power to change people's perspectives
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 19, 2012
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If only Mayor Rahm treated Chicagoans like they were gun lovers
When it comes to treating the paying customers with disdain, Bears star Brian Urlacher has nothing on Mayor Rahm
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2012
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The Village: revisiting a meaningful plot twist
Reconsidering The Village, M. Night Shyamalan's maligned 2004 feature
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2012
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Happy Hanukkah from Mayor Rahm and the City Council!
The City Council struggles to find new and innovative ways to suck up to Mayor Rahm as they pass his digital billboard deal even though they know next to nothing about it
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 14, 2012
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Mayor's allies protect City Council from plan to protect your tax dollars
The curious tale of what happened to a proposal for an independent budget office at Chicago City Hall
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