Category: Chicago
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Police, Violence, and the Idolatry of Data
This morning NPR featured a story from Chicago about police becoming more cautious as a result of increased public scrutiny. The idea here is that post-Ferguson, when it has become common for police misconduct to be captured on video, police are less likely to get involved in situations that could turn ugly. Our mayor has…
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America’s Absurd Logic
He meant for us to be encouraged. It was toward the end of an evening conversation in a neighborhood church where pastors and police leadership had gathered to talk about the recently-resurfaced challenge of police and community relations. The leader (let the reader understand) was talking about stop and frisk, the tactic employed by officers who…
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Hummingbirds and the Delights of Staying
The hummingbirds should be back any day now. This was my thought a few days ago and a quick search online confirmed it: the first ones had been spotted in Chicago a week or so earlier. So a couple days later I brought out our two feeders, washed them, and added the sugary water they can’t resist.…
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The View From Here
We’ve had some days of really lovely (in my opinion at least) fog around here this week. This is the Museum of Science and Industry from the south end as W and I were exploring one of the meadows.
David W. Swanson 