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The Real Walter Payton

By Steve Rhodes

“The book Sweetness, written by Jeff Pearlman, is highlighted in the current edition of Sports Illustrated and reports Payton was involved in several extra-marital affairs and fathered an illegitimate son,” the Tribune reports. “The author also cites sources who claim Payton routinely mixed a cocktail of Tylenol and Vicodin after his playing days.
“‘I don’t know why people would want to tarnish his image 12 years later with stuff people probably don’t want to hear,’ said former Bears tight end Emery Moorehead, who was a teammate of Payton on the Super Bowl XX champions.”
I’ll tell you why.

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Posted on September 29, 2011

Troy Davis: American Sacrifice

By Emory University

“Michael Leo Owens, associate professor of political science at Emory University in Atlanta, discusses the potentially flawed mechanics of America’s democratic justice system.”

“Owens specializes in urban, state and local politics, political penology, governance and public policy processes, religion and politics, and African American politics. Owens is an associate of Emory’s Office of University-Community Partnerships and Center for the Study of Law and Religion.
“Author of God and Government in the Ghetto: The Politics of Church-State Collaboration in Black America (University of Chicago Press, 2007), his current book project is Prisoners of Democracy, a study of the politics, policies and attitudes that diminish the citizenship of felons in the United States.”

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Posted on September 23, 2011

E-Books and The ‘L’

By The Society of Midland Authors

A discussion on e-books and a tour of Chicago transit history will kick off the Society of Midland Authors’ 2011-12 season. The Society will host six public events at the Cliff Dwellers Club in downtown Chicago.
Oct. 11: E-books: A panel discussion on trends in electronic publishing, with Dominique Raccah, Libby Fischer Hellmann and Kelly Griffin.
Raccah is the CEO & publisher of Sourcebooks, a company she founded in 1987 which is now the country’s largest woman-owned trade book publishing company. Sourcebooks is known for its innovative e-books and mixed-media titles. She is the first-ever woman co-chair of the Book Industry Study Group, which recently released a national survey on the state of the book industry.

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Posted on September 13, 2011