Category: news
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conflicting emotions
At the end of July a woman in our neighborhood was attacked with sulfuric acid and robbed. It was an ugly thing to do and the woman remains in the hospital under sedation. While the incident seemed pretty random, it still introduced me to an unaccustomed element of fear. Yesterday morning I read that the…
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alan ehrenhalt on chicago public radio
On Friday I wrote about Alan Ehrenhalt’s recent article, Trading Places. This morning Ehrenhalt was interviewed on Chicago Public Radio. The interview lasts about seven minutes and explores some of the questions that were raised in Friday’s post and your comments.
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some questions about “demographic inversion”
Alan Ehrenhalt has a thought provoking article, Trading Places: The Demographic Inversion of the American City, in the current issue of The New Republic. Chicago dwellers will find added interest as our city features prominently in Ehrenhalt’s examples of the demographic inversion (a phrase he likes better than the more common “gentrification”) that he claims…
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links
You might mistake this headline as originating from The Onion. You’d be wrong. “Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway.” Friday evening, Ross said the gun giveaway had been canceled. Pastor emeritus Jim Vineyard, who ran the event, injured his foot and wouldn’t be able to attend… Ross said the church would give the gun away next…
David W. Swanson 