Thirty-two years ago…on a Spring morning in 1979…my phone rang at the Merchandise Mart HQ of Quaker Oats (where I was veep-government relations aka lobbyist).    On the line was John Sears, lawyer, former top staffer to John Mitchell in the Nixon Justice Department.  I always held John in the highest regard, ever since he and I were canned in 1970 for different reasons by the Nixonians…I returning to Quaker and he to a lucrative law practice.John had run the Reagan challenge to Jerry...

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Emanuel embodies a healthy blend of tactical shrewdness, ethical conduct and inexhaustible energy. Emanuel could not let himself fail.Read more at the Chicago Tribune
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What Superbowl XLV… This Sunday night at 8PM on WLS AM-890,  it Dr. Arie Friedman former primary candidate in Illinois-10 and attorney and former Democratic Controller candidate Clint Krislov.Listen Live Here Call in Here +13125918900
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An Onion Parody In a unanimous decision handed down on Thursday, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was sleazy enough to be included on Chicago’s mayoral ballot. “It is the opinion of this court that Mr. Emanuel is coarse, vulgar, and power-hungry to such a degree that he should be eligible to hold this city’s highest office,” Illinois Justice Robert R. Thomas wrote in his majority opinionRead more at The Onion
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From the New York Times The (Muslim) Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, is the oldest and largest Islamist movement in the world, with affiliates in most Muslim countries and adherents in Europe and the United States. Its size and diversity, and the legal ban that has kept it from genuine political power in Egypt for decades, make it hard to characterize simply. As the Roman Catholic Church includes both those who practice leftist liberation theology and conservative anti-abortion advocates,...

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What Chicago needs most from its first new mayor in 22 years is a clean break with the past.While all the top contenders to succeed Richard M. Daley are political insiders of one sort or another, Rahm Emanuel is the most independent. He’s a product of Democratic politics but not of the City Hall machine. He’s the most likely to fight for the fundamental changes Chicago needs at this time of fiscal crisis. He also has the temperament, vision and skills to win. For these reasons, Crain’s...

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