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Maya Dukmasova—Wise Judges Wanted
Colorado must choose between funding schools or allowing climate-change fires to ravage the state. Ben riffs. Maya returns! That means the Injustice Watch Judicial Election Guide is out. Maya explains the choices voters will face in November’s judicial retention elections in Cook County. And she talks about her experiences covering domestic relations court. Also, what makes a good judge. Maya is an investigative reporter for Injustice Watch. Check out their voters guide!
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Remarkably Idiotic Creatures
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While I Was Eating Shrimp Dumplings...
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How Could They Forget About The Daleys?
In the category of if you live long enough, you'll see it all... How is it possible that a developer, even a billionaire, would try to build something in Chicago without really running it by the Daleys? Especially if that developer wants to buy th…
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A Friend Of Kafka
From time to time, I find myself compelled to read the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Or re-read, to be exact. As I'd read most of them by the time I was 30. Which was, as you might imagine, a long time ago. Reading all those stories is no smal…
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The Aging Road
As soon as word broke that Stevie Wonder was playing the United Center in November, my wife and I did what we've been doing with big-time concerts since 1972. Hopped into our car and drove on down to the United Center to buy our tickets directly fr…
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