Imagine a town where restrictions on protest signs, unlimited mayoral power to deputize anyone in the service of maintaining order and unbridled use of surveillance without…
Monthly Archives: March, 2012
Current Events
In Chicago, Your First Amendment Rights Can Be Terminated
Analysis
Your Guide To The Illinois Democratic Presidential Primary
Everyone else has written primers for the people of Illinois for the RNC’s primary on Tuesday, so I felt I should help the Democrats get some…
Announcements
300K Settlement By Dr. Joseph Giacchino
Sometime in the year 2009, a man contacted me via the internet identifying himself as a former police officer who was recently released from prison. His…
Analysis
Gamey Changes
If you haven’t picked it up yet, Game Change, an expose of the politicking behind the 2008 presidential election cycle, is an interesting look at how…
Current Events
Proxy Baptism And The Early Church
This Sunday the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints made a point of admonishing its members to respect the rules concerning their ritual of…
Current Events
Emanuel And Daley Agree On One Thing, At Least
In his less than a year in office, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has done a lot to move himself out of the shadow of his predecessor,…