The [Monday] Papers

The Papers will be delayed today - or possibly not appear at all - because I did a shit-ton over the weekend. See:

* Michael Ferro Is Killing Chicago Journalism.

My latest Op-Ed for Crain's. Feel free to share and/or comment there.

(See also Michael Miner's Reader post about how Tribune editor Bruce Dold delivered the bad news and why senior Chicago writer Bryan Smith ought to be worried.)

* The Beachwood Radio Hour #74: Smells Like Free Speech Spirit

Talkin' #TrumpRallyChi. Including: Now You're Trump; Obama Has Been A FOIA Disaster; and Hillary (And Obama) vs. Trump.

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Obama Worst FOIA President Ever
"FOIA has been a disaster under his watch."

2015 A Banner Year In Illinois Corruption
"We catalogued 27 convictions, 28 indictments, the launching of 11 corruption investigations, and the sentencing of 30 convicted elected officials, government employees, and private sector individuals who engaged in schemes that ripped off taxpayers' money."

SportsMonday: The Bounce-Back Bears
Rebuilding quickly in a most un-Cubslike fashion.

The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #93: The Bears Are Pox's Team Now
Pace, Fox make their moves. Plus: Fighting Lovie; Jimmy Butler And Derrick Rose Finally On Same Page!: Shout To The New Blackhawks Guys!; Dear Cubs: Enough With The Brotherhood. Geez; White Sox: Borrrrring; Bryce Harper Wants to Bring Pimping To MLB. So Do We; Triton Top Seed In Little Big Dance; and The Everton Minute.

Highway To Hearing Hell
What AC/DC and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra have in common.

Beachwood Photo Booth: Keep Havin A Good Day
Someone keeps wanting us to.

Trainspotting Guy Lives In Chicago, Talks
"Writing is a selfish bastard's game."

The Rise And Fall Of Ultimate Fighting
MMA is essentially a media sport developed to appeal to mass audiences and deliver profit to the organizations behind it.

Cook County Bird Of The Month: The Timberdoodle
Dude has one strange mating ritual.

The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Coleman Hell, Cory Henry, Kevin Garrett, Matt Woods, Roger Clyne, Ty Segall and the Muggers, Goldlink, Simon Townshend, The Empty Pockets, and Crash Dive.

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TweetWood
A sampling.

the pitchfork redesign does not make this review make more sense than it did previously https://t.co/9fbYYEpkY6

— brian feldman (@bafeldman) March 14, 2016

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Ha! I co-reported the same story for the Chicago Tribune 22 years ago: https://t.co/1rbc8Lo094 https://t.co/dWKYiUSDzZ

— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) March 14, 2016

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American Exceptionalism.

When Hunter S. Thompson realized that Nixon was going to get re-elected by a huge margin in '72. pic.twitter.com/aFexrTn0Iq

— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) March 13, 2016

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The Beachwood Tip Line: Exceptional.

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