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Elk heads made this month's Moutza easy
Is it possible that a husband and wife could win the coveted February Moutza of the Month award, for buying stupid stuffed elk heads with other people's money? Perhaps. Because in America, it is said, even dead elk dreams may come true. Or what...
Tags: Karl Rove, Entertainment, Onions, Black History, Ashley Judd
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Illinois Republicans: Get ready for Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner, the multimillionaire bull in the quaint Illinois Republican china shop, sat down with me Wednesday morning at a diner on LaSalle Street to talk about politics. Are you running for governor? "I am thinking about it," said Rauner, 57, a...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Scott Walker, Lisa Madigan, Mitch Daniels, Parties and Movements
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Seer madness: Readers and I do our duty, predict 2013
With the help of several Latin scholars, I've come up with a fittingly snooty motto for this column's annual exercise in forecasting the news: Non coniectare imprudentior esset. Translation: Not to conjecture is imprudent. Inspiration: "Is it...
Tags: Lisa Madigan, Chicago Bulls, Toi Hutchinson, Scott P. Brown, Chicago Public Schools
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Pistol-packing lawmaker deserves a high-caliber nickname
What's worse for a distinguished, pro-gun-control Chicago politician who sports a cool goatee and an always-natty wardrobe: Being charged with a felony after allegedly trying to carry a .25-caliber Beretta handgun onto a Chicago plane bound for...
Tags: Entertainment, Firearms, Criminals, Lawyers, Justice System
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And the 2012 Silver medal for prophecy goes to ...
One year ago, I didn't predict that a book about predictions, "The Signal and the Noise," would be one of the top-selling nonfiction titles of 2012 or that its author, former Chicagoan Nate Silver, would become a cultural icon whose name is synonymous...
Tags: Tiger Woods, Authors, Rick Santorum, Chicago Public Schools, Labor Markets
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A street corner, a fight and a case that won't go away
On the corner of Division and Dearborn, the shadows creep up the fronts of buildings as a neighborhood changes its skin. The moms pushing the strollers head for home. The old ladies in puffy coats walk their little white dogs back to their condos for...
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Judges, Testosterone, Lawyers, Dan Webb
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Deep-seated doubts about Jesse Jr.'s seat
That horde of candidates in the 2nd District trying to succeed former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Bud Light, is a wondrous sight. It reaffirms my belief in the goodness of people, since most of the hopefuls are no doubt fueled by the principled...
Tags: Toi Hutchinson, Old Catholic, Barack Obama, Lifestyle and Leisure, Peace Corps
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Fighting mental illness
Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it. Or maybe not. The level of cynicism in these parts is so high that...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Washington, DC, Depression, Behavioral Conditions, Bobby Rush
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Rep. Highlife, a 'Lotto' disappointment and tat boy wonder
Another Chicago politician has been indicted, this one for bank fraud after he allegedly burned through hundreds of thousands of dollars that weren't his on casino gambling, car loans and other high-rolling pursuits. Illinois state Rep. LaShawn Ford,...Tags: eBay Inc., Rahm Emanuel, David Petraeus, Central Intelligence Agency, Chicago Elections
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A promise interrupted
Even in Chicago, a city whose political community is not easily shocked by allegations of corruption, the resignation of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. comes as a bit of a stunner. The word "promising" keeps popping up again and again in news reports as in, for...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, Justice System, Mayo Clinic, Values
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Greedy voters banished from Chumbolone Nation
Can an entire congressional district — like the one that just re-elected federally challenged U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Bud Light — be exiled from Chumbolone Nation? And what about that West Side legislative district where Democratic...
Tags: Arts and Culture, FBI, Republican Party, Literature, Democratic Party
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The moutza is for what really bugs us
Is it bad manners to give the moutza to a dead man who killed himself by cockroach? This is not a philosophical question. Today is the day we hand out the venerable Moutza of the Month award, this time for October. As loyal readers know, the moutza is a...
Tags: Derrick Rose, Danny Davis, Bobby Rush, Journalism, Michigan Avenue
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