With auto bailouts, stimulus packages, and presidential transitions to worry about, the nation's cities are often overlooked by our media gods. Sure, every once in a while a crooked mayor like Kwame Kilpatrick makes the national news. Or Obama's Chicago connection reminds people of the Windy City. But for the most part, the accomplishments of the nation's cities -- and some of their less media-friendly failings -- go unnoticed.
In part, of course, this is because we don't all live in...
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