There’s been a ton of coverage of bonuses being distributed to people in the financial services industry in light of the way many people at these firms screwed up royally and the fact that the U.S. government and taxpayers have had to inject billions of dollars to recapitalize the institutions. Many people in the industry […]

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A tragic consequence of the economic downturn is that the lives at the bottom of the economic ladder get more desperate and people start dying even more frequently. What do I mean? The local Chicago media is counting all of the Chicago Public School students who have died violently since the school year began in […]

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Shooting from the hip on so many different things: • I never met Natasha Richardson, and know of her only on film, but I did bump (literally) into Liam Neeson at the premiere of a film he was in, “Breakfast on Pluto” at the Toronto International Film Festival several years ago, and he was a […]

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My day started in fine fashion. The family were sleepy, but got up, and the Indignant Daughters were in fine moods. Taking them to day care took a little longer than normal (Victoria had to “sign” her name – print and she took to the task like archeologists working on the Dead Sea Scrolls). Then, […]

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I have tried to avoid Ms. Coulter for awhile, mostly because any attention she gets she basks in like the media whore she is. And, I also can’t decide if she believes the utter nonsense she writes in her books and espouses on television, or if she is the greatest actress of all time. Maybe […]

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The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. He is the first sitting head of state the court has ordered arrested. Court spokeswoman Laurence Blairon said, “He is suspected of being criminally responsible … for intentionally directing attacks against […]

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I have been busy at work, so much so that I have just gotten around to putting these few, inadequate words together. I was, like most people, shocked when I heard of the deaths of Chicago Bulls legends Johnny “Red” Kerr and Norm Van Lier. Perhaps I wasn’t as shocked by Mr. Kerr’s death since […]

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