Between the transfer of Guantanamo Prisoners to the prison in Thompson, Illinois, and conversation today about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed possibly being tried there, I’ve had to endure a lot of handwringing and general, for lack of a better word, terror about what it would mean to have this guy “right in our back yard” as [...]
Will People Forget About Harry Caray, the Broadcaster?
Mar 4th, 2010
I grew up on mid-80s Chicago Cubs baseball broadcasts. Portions of my childhood are punctuated by exclamations of “Holy Cow!” and other such Harry Caray-isms. I have made the jump since then to White Sox fandom, but that doesn’t preclude the fact that I have many memories of spending summer afternoons camped out in front [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about this whole “apply to be an alderman” thing that the Mayor threw out there a while back. I mean, yes, I’ve been continually (yet very quietly) organizing my campaign for about the last 4 or 5 years. I think maybe a dozen people know about it at this point. [...]
Postscript: An Open Letter To the Mad Men Staff.
Feb 24th, 2010
Preface: Yes, I am blithering a tremendous amount about Vegas. Yes, I will stop soon. I just need to get it out of my system and then we’ll be fine. I’m detoxing in 3 new inches of Chicago snow and you will forgive me my mental vacations back to the desert, won’t you? Thank you. [...]
