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I see that point, too.

The problem is they effectively would have handed their own child to Trump as a hostage. He would have gladly shut down the federal government and reopened just those parts he deemed essential. Maybe the Democrats should have fought anyway, but Trump would have let the government stay shut down.

Another press release from the Department of Perfectly Predictable Results.

Hang in there, Leor. Your readers are pulling for the Reader.

A very good book on Pembroke by the estimable Dave Baron, now an alderman of Kankakee. www.amazon.com/Pembroke-Rur...

And definitely should persist selling all the good, weird magazines and books. Hmmm...

Quimby's is a treasure.

This is great. I do love this this building, and pass it almost daily on the edge of what used to be called the Polish Triangle, now with the Nelson Algren fountain. Thanks.

"undaunted by Washington resistance" is totally inappropriate language, suggesting very strongly that "analysis" is being sacrificed for propaganda.