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President Obama on Tuesday introduces Judge Sonia Sotomayor as his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court. Sonia Sotomayor will most likely become the newest Supreme Court Judge. Sotomayor will be the first women of color to sit on the Supreme Court. She is certainly capable of doing the job. However, I wonder if she was the best pick for the job and if not, what the true motivations for the pick were. Sotomayor has the chance... Read More
Personal About Politics: Chicago –Wedded to the Headlines, For Better or For Worse For better or worse, Chicago has become wedded to the headlines. First it was the nomination and subsequent election of Chicago's favorite son, Barack Obama, as president. The celebration at Grant Park blew out all the stops on election night and helped the city finally get past the '68 riots that erupted in that same park during the Democratic National Convention. Photos of the ne... Read More
Going into town with my dad as a youngster there were three rows of ramshackle wooden buildings just on the edge of town. When I was first old enough to notice them, they were vacant, sagging and weathered. When I asked my dad what they were he told me they had been barracks for WPA workers. He said they lived there while working on construction projects in the area, mainly roads, bridges and parks. He also told me it was a program that helped turn the country around during the... Read More
Personal About Politics: I'm MIA; Guest Columnist: “From the Mouth of a Neo-Con: The Genius and Downfall of the Republican” NOTE: On Tuesday I had surgery on my knee. The surgery was fine. The three days of constant nausea and migraines was not so fine. I am doing better now, but realized I still could not construct a complete thought let alone an article, so I called on my son to help me out. Sean is a senior at Columbia University in New York City. He will be graduating with h... Read More
Biden V Palin in Vice Presidential Debate, Constituents V Congress, Wall St. V the World In the much-anticipated vice presidential debate this evening, both candidates apparently listened to their coaches. Senator Joe Biden didn't get verbose, and Gov. Sarah Palin didn't go into meltdown. In that respect, neither side can claim outright victory, and it's probably not going to change the current status of either ticket. PALIN Very early in the debate Go... Read More
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