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Did Falwell Cross The Line ... Again?

Tom Gerdy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voting Irregularities, Jerry Falwell, Bribery, Liberty University, Richard J. Daley, Boss Tweed, Politics News
Tom Gerdy

Legal or not, Liberty University has played a big role in making the line between voting incentives and bribery just a little thinner.

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Leno Causes Seismic Shift in Delicate Balance Between Husbands and Wives Across America

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Remote Controls, Malapropisms, Kanye West, President Barack Obama, Richard J. Daley, George W. Bush, America, Oprah Winfrey, 2016 Olympics, Taylor Swift, Jay Leno, Late Night, Jerry Seinfeld, Chelsea Handler, Husbands and Wives, Richard M. Daley, Chelsea Lately, Entertainment News
Ray Hanania

For all the pre-publicity, the Jay Leno Show is still the same Jay Leno Show. It just has a different name.

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Bronze Sculpture Of Boss Daley Going Once, Going Twice . . .

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Richard J. Daley, Daley Bust, Hizzoner, Jim Farmer, Bronze Daley Sculpture, Daley Sculpture, Chicago News

A bronzed bust of Mayor Richard J. Daley for sale on Craigslist is commanding a whopping $1. Oak Lawn resident Jim Farmer bought the sculpture of Hiz...

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Obama and "The Chicago Way"

Martin Nolan | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: James Wright, Lynn Sweet Chicago Sun-Times, Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur, Mies Van Der Rohe, Boston, Richard J. Daley, Harvard FacultyClub, The Front Page, Sean Connery, Warren G. Harding, Rosalind Russell, Cary Grant, Nelson Algren, Steve Neal, Theodore Roosevelt, James T. Farrell, Happy Days Are Here Again, Sy Hersh, Richard M. Daley, Willa Cather, Grover Cleveland, Stud Terkel, Al Capone, Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, H.H. Richardson, John Kass, Finley Peter Dunne, Franklin Roosevelt, Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barack Obama, Howard Hawks, Blackstone Hotel, Dwight Eisenhower, David Thomson, Rahm Emanuel, Mike Royko, Chicago Tribune, Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, John Dos Passos, Abraham Lincoln, 1968 Demorcatic National Convention, Chicago News
Martin Nolan

How does Barack Obama fit into political Chicago? I found out at another convention, Boston's in 2004.

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Like Father, Like Son?

Chicago Magazine | David Bernstein | Posted 10.13.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Daley Machine, Chicago Politics, Daley Legacy, Chicago Machine, Boss Daley, Daley vs. Daley, Richard J. Daley, Mayor Daley, Bill Daley, Daley Reign, Richard M. Daley, Daley Father and Son, Daley Family, Chicago Mayors, Chicago News

On a blustery morning early in March, Mayor Richard M. Daley was running late for a constituent's birthday party. A very important constituent, practi...

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Twenty Years: From Washington in Chicago to Chicago in Washington

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 09.17.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama, Harold Washington, Chicago Politics, Richard M. Daley, Timothy Evans, Richard J. Daley, Chicago News
Jeff Dorchen

Barack Obama's political savvy was informed by the Harold Washington era. I feel if you want to know what kind of politician Obama really is you could do worse than look to Harold as a blueprint.

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Gangs, Violent Crime, And Unintended Consequences in Chicago

Tracy Siska | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Drugs, Chicago Police, Gangs, Phil Cline, Violent Crime, Bobby Gore, Chicago Black Panthers, Richard J. Daley, Reducing Gang Violence, Fred Hampton, Chicago Gang Violence, Chicago Crime, Jody Weis, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Gangs, Edward Hanrahan, Chicago News
Tracy Siska

If we as Chicagoans truly want reduced levels of violence in our low-income high-crime neighborhoods then we must be prepared to face the unvarnished truth.

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Democrats Beware: The Green Party Convention Cometh!

Christine Escobar | Posted 06.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Illinois Politics, Todd Stroger, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Richard J. Daley, John Stroger, Chicago Politics, Richard M. Daley, Illinois Green Party, Green Party, Green Party Convention 2008, The Boss, Home News
Christine Escobar

Green Party activists will turn up the heat on Democratic leaders, drawing in wider circles of the left in the process. The Obama camp and Chicago party bosses will be working to contain that influence.

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