House’s Weak-Ass Peeps
I’m a fan of the show House and I watch it pretty regularly, but the last few episodes have been driving me crazy. Drug police who think they know more about medicine than doctors are depressing enough in real life. I don’t need them in my escapist fiction. Meanwhile, however, will sombody please tell House’s… Read more
Why I Probably Won’t See Borat
Andrew Tobias has a friend who appears in a scene in the movie. Basically, the location scouts lied to him and pretended to be making a documentary about something else. Then Borat walked in and behaved rudely: I’m in “Borat”…much to my embarrassment. Borat tried to check into The Adolphus, and I had security throw… Read more
Blood and Treasure
I don’t write a lot about the Iraq war—because I don’t have a good understanding of what we’re trying to do there or how well it’s working—but I think the situation is pretty screwed up. However, one of the things that worries me most about the Democratic sweep back into Congress is that they’ll screw… Read more
Autumn Leaves
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Des Plaines TIF Rejected – But Not Really
The Des Plaines TIF referendum was rejected by voters 7,531 to 2,235. [Update: With 56 of 59 precincts counted, it’s now 10,792 (78%) against the TIF with only 3,083 (22%) supporting it.] Not that it matters. The Des Plaines City Council had already voted to create the TIF district the day before the election. Mayor… Read more
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