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Who Needs the Olympics? Consolation Reading for Chicago Lovers

Adam Hanft | Posted 10.06.2009 | Books

Read More: A.J. Liebling, Chicago Olympics, David Mamet, Saul Alinsky, Sara Paretsky, Gloria Steinem, Herman Hesse, Chicago, Books News
Adam Hanft

Chicago is an Olympian city when it comes to literature and the arts. And what better time than now to remind us? Here's a sampling of some of those triumphs of the sedentary.

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Oct. 5, 2009, News Update

Richard Valeriani | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: David Letterman, Comcast Acquisition Nbc, Lamaor Odom Khloe Kardashian Marriage, New York City Election, Roman Polanski, Rio De Janeiro, Chicago, Bernie Madoff, President Obama Copenhagen, Politics News
Richard Valeriani

Entertainment headlines dominate week, thanks to Letterman and Polanski. Will Letterman's philandering help or hurt ratings? Will Polanski be extradited to US? Inquiring minds want to know.

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The Gun Issue Is Back in the Supreme Court: What Does It Mean?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Distrt of Columbia, Second Amendment, National Rifle Association, District of Columbia v. Heller, Chicago, Gun Control, Constitution, Nra, Heller Decision, Guns, Politics News
Dennis A. Henigan

Although the Chicago handgun ban Supreme Court case involves interesting constitutional issues, even if Chicago loses, such a ruling is unlikely to prove a serious threat to state and local gun regulation across-the-board.

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Republicans: The Party of Whiners

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Gop, President Obama, Chicago, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News
Gail Vida Hamburg

Republicans have perfected their shrill and tuneless whining into an art form. In place of Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America," we now have the GOP's "Book of Lamentations."

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Obama Will Also Lose the Afghani Olympics

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama, Chicago, Ioc, Vietnam War, Olympics, Foreign Affairs, No Games Chicago, Cuba, World News
Harvey Wasserman

Team Obama needs -- as the International Olympics Committee has just done -- to be continually reminded that the rest of the world is not an American kick ball.

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USA Wins Olympic Naivete Gold; Media Leads Off, Obama Runs Anchor

Mike Hegedus | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: American Samoa, Abc, Ioc, Minnesota, Rush Limbaugh, Olympics, Chicago, Lake-Placid, Nbc, Fox, Lindsey Graham, Cbs, Denver, Barack Obama, Michael Phelps, Msnbc, USA Hockey, Cnn, Oprah Winfrey, Tsunami, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, Media News
Mike Hegedus

Chicago was never the favorite, even if Oprah thought it was. All it takes is a quick understanding of how the IOC votes, who the 100 IOC voters are, and which way the international wind is blowing.

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Why It's Good for Obama the Olympic Committee Didn't Pick Chicago

Roger Wolfson | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Olympics, Chicago, Copenhagen, Obama, Afghanistan, Health Care, Presidency, Democrats, Ioc, America, Politics News
Roger Wolfson

It benefits a President to realize he can lose. It benefits a President to realize the stakes are real and failure - real, abject failure - is an option decidedly in play.

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Friday Talking Points [96] -- The Impressiveness of Alan Grayson

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: 80, Chicago, Spiro Agnew, Eighty Percent, Reform, South America, Alan Grayson, DC City Council, Dc, Charles Schumer, Death Panel, Die Quickly, Grayson Transcript, William Safire, Floor Speech, Midotw, Sexual Harassment, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Don't Get Sick, Health Care, Kenneth Feinberg, Reid, Tarp, Abortion, Public Option, Grayson Speech, Democrat, Letterman, Congress, Pay Czar, Democrats, Barack Obama, Schumer, Mddotw, Child Rape, Health, Harry Reid, Vacation, Nixon, Bonuses, Polanski, Gay Marriage, Healthcare, Senate, David Catania, Ben Nelson, Cloture, President Obama, Sex Scandal, Washington, Filibuster, Moral Relativism, Obama, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Grayson, Republican, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Paranoid Delusions, Rio, Roman Polanski, Salaries, Rape, House, Copenhagen, Nelson, Consensual, Olympics, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Sex, Columbus Day, Chuck Schumer, Executive Pay, Troubled Assets, David Letterman, Agnew, Safire, Feinberg, Catania, Politics News
Chris Weigant

First, let's get rid of the distractions this week. Chicago will not be getting the Olympics in 2016, even after President Obama went over to Copenha...

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Obama Blows the Olympics

Guy T. Saperstein | Posted 10.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Obama, Cheney, Olympics, United Nations, Chicago, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rio 2016, 2016 Olympics Chicago, Chicago 2016, Comedy News
Guy T. Saperstein

Losing the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro just shows that Dick Cheney, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans have been right all along. Relying on reasoning, discussion and goodwill is bullshit.

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Brazil Beats America And Wins Olympic Gold; Republicans Dance In The Streets

Jackson Williams | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, William Bennett, Cnn, Robert Reich, Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, Copenhagen, Keith Olbermann, Republican Party, Olympics, President Obama, Barack Obama, George Bush, George Bush Legacy, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Fox News, Gop, Politics News
Jackson Williams

You know we're in trouble when a major political party openly roots for its own country to lose, as Republicans did for President Obama's bid to win the 2016 Olympics for Chicago.

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Droppin' Out, A Song For Derrion Albert

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gang Violence, Schools, Derrion Albert, Black on Black Crime, Chicago, Politics News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Here's a music video I did last year with students that I used to teach. Many of the students I taught were involved in gangs. When I saw Derrion A...

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Thank You, Mr. President

Joe Scarborough | Posted 10.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Joe Scarborough, Chicago, Barack Obama, Morning Joe, Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Joe Scarborough Olympics, Rio De Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro-Brazil, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Media News
Joe Scarborough

Count me as one conservative who is disappointed that President Obama's hometown will not be hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.

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Chicago Blues

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.03.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Obama, Chicago, Olympics, 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympics, 2016 Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, 2016 Rio Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Joe Peyronnin

Ironically, the city most known for its hardball politics couldn't overcome the internal politics of the Olympic Committee to make it past the first round of voting for the 2016 Games.

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Olympic Athletes At Springs Training Center "Bummed" By IOC's Chicago Snub

The Denver Post | John Meyer | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Olympic Training Facility, Chicago, Rio De Janeiro, Cheryl Haworth, Copenhagen, Colorado, Obama, Colorado Springs, Olympics, Denver News

COLORADO SPRINGS -- About 100 Olympic athletes and staff were stricken with shock and silence this morning when International Olympic Committee presid...

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Gunning for Chicago

Mike Quigley | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Guns, Handgun Ban, Chicago, Second Amendment, United States vs. Miller, Court Cases, Supreme Court, Mcdonald vs. City of Chicago, Legal News, Gun Rights, Chicago News
Mike Quigley

The Supreme Court has agreed to review McDonald vs. City of Chicago, a case that challenges whether or not our local handgun ban is legal. It is a development that deeply concerns me.

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Chicago, Obama, the Olympics, and the Murder of Derrion Albert

Kevin Powell | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Derrion Albert, President Obama, Chicago, Teen Violence, Obama Chicago Olympics, Barack Obama Olympics, Obama Olympics, Chicago Murder, Chicago News
Kevin Powell

Chicago does not deserve the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. What the people of Chicago deserve is a domestic Marshall Plan -- an action agenda that will, once and for all, deal with the city's problems.

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Chicago 2016 Olympic Bid and the School Children Killings

Charles Butler | Posted 10.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: 2016, Politics, Black America, Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago 2016, Michelle Obama, Chicago News
Charles Butler

It seems to me that President Obama and Mayor Daley are more concerned about securing the Olympics for the city of Chicago than the safety of the CPS students in the city.

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Jason Linkins

Obama Trip To Copenhagen Sparks Olympic-Sized Derangement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fearmongering, Chicago Olympic Bid, Media Criticism, Chicago, Chicago Olympics, Obama Chicago Olympics, Obama Olympics, Obama Copenhagen, Politics News

Of course, if you are not concerned about the awesomely ruinous opportunity cost to safety and prosperity that a brief jaunt to Denmark represents, surely you are worried about all the Chicago Machine Olympic corruption.

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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Winter Olympics, Chicago, Tony Blair, Christopher Bond, Anderson Cooper, South America, Cbs, International Olympic Committee, Diane Sawyer, Missouri, London, Rio De Janeiro, Katie Couric, Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Russia, Los Angeles Times, Vladimir Putin, Ram Productions, General Mcchrystal, Summer Olympics, Sochi, Abc, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Food Channel, Funen Island, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Cnn, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Fox News, Afghanistan, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Denmark, Ioc, Newspapers, William Shakespeare, David Letterman, Msnbc, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Obama's Olympic Error

Dave Zirin | Posted 09.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Michelle Obama, Olympics, Barack Obama, Chicago, Chicago Olympics Protest, Chicago City Hall, International Olympic Committee, Washington Park, Mayor Daley, g20 Pittsburgh, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Dave Zirin

The very idea that Chicago could be the setting for the Olympics might have been hatched by Jon Stewart for a four-year supply of comedic fodder.

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How Will Chicago Top Beijing's Olympics? Easy!

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Politics, Olympics, Chicago, China Economy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Roland Burris, 2008 Olympics, Bucket Boys, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News

Let's show the world what Chicago culture is all about with some new events: Relay races with plain white envelope hand-offs. Blame volleyball. Synchronized aldermen.

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Fed Held Back As Evidence Mounted On Subprime Loan Abuses

Washington Post | Binyamin Appelbaum | Posted 09.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Banks, Foreclosure, Bank Affiliates, Chicago, Regulate, Wells Fargo, Lending, Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Subprime Mortgages, Regulation, Business News

Under a policy quietly formalized in 1998, the Fed refused to police lenders' compliance with federal laws protecting borrowers, despite repeated urgi...

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Doctors Mad As Hell Over Health Care In Chicago

Ellen Gill | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Single Payer, Health Care Reform, Mad as Hell Doctors' Cross Country Tour, Chicago, Health Care, Bearing Witness 2.0, Chicago News
Ellen Gill

The Mad As Hell Doctors are a group of physicians who are spending September driving from Portland to Washington, D.C., seeking a meeting with President Obama.

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An Olympic Guarantee You Can Count On

Alden Loury | Posted 09.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Gentrication, Draper and Kramer, Ioc, Chicago Olympic Bid, Lake Meadows, 1996 Olympics, Chicago, Michael Reese Hospital, Atlanta, Chicago 2016, Bronzeville, Mayor Daley, Developers, The Chicago Reporter, Washington Park, Olympics Displacement, Chicago Olympics, Atlanta Olympics, Chicago News
Alden Loury

Olympics have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, especially minorities and the poor. With or without the Games, we're witnessing the clearing of two miles of lakefront property.

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The Politics of AIDS and Health Care Reform

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Health Care Reform, Cdc, Obama, Hiv, Chicago, Prevention, Aids, Gay Issues, African-American Issues, Lgbt, Health Care, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

50 percent of all those living with HIV currently lack needed medical care. The impact of health reform on efforts to control the epidemic could be profound.

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