By Steve Rhodes
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Meanwhile . . .
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New on the Beachwood . . .
The Political Odds
Updated to reflect recent developments.
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The Weekend In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Marked Men, Skip Church, Daylight Robbery, The Jesus Lizard, Chicago Farmer, Steel Panther, The Weeks, The Joe Marcinek Band, The Low Down Brass Band, Dispatch, Needtobreathe, Iron Chic, and The White Buffalo.
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All Is Not Forgiven, Bears
One win against a bereft team does not a job save.
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SportsMonday: Blackhawks Smell A Little
But they don’t stink.
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Deerfield Company’s IV Bag Shortage
Blame Baxter’s tax breaks.
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More College Financial Aid Going To The Rich
Students who don’t need the money keep getting more of it..
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Low-Wage Immigrant Women Call Out Workplace Sexual Harassment
While celebrities, elected officials, and heads of corporations remain in the headlines, low-wage workers – especially women of color and immigrants – remain on the frontlines of sexual harassment and abuse at work.
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An Odd Call From Bermuda
The latest from the Paradise Papers. Plus: A state bank raid in Brussels, and the mystery of Luxembourg
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Beachwood Sports Radio: Bears At Peak McCaskey
John Fox still coach, Ryan Pace still MIA, undeserving mediocre family still in charge. Plus: Cubs Stove League; The Loyola Ramblers Exist!; Coming Soon: The Niko Mirotic Story; Blackhawks Flat As A Pancake; Mystery Soccer Stadium; and Music City, Schmusic City Bowl.
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The Week In Chicago Rock
Featuring: Tom Kiefer, Cornell Thigpen, Jay-Z, Blue Dream, Thrice, Circa Survive, MR 666, Ethers, The Love Birds, Negative Scanner, Self Hate, Ledge, The Wild & Hungry, Jodee Lewis, and Jana Rush.
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The Turning Points Of The Civil War
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln might have been the war’s final turning point.
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Cricket vs. Brexit
Slow news week.
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ChicagoGram
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ChicagoTube
Soviet Art at the Art Institute.
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BeachBook
A sampling.
Poster Child For Estate Tax Repeal’s Story Doesn’t Add Up.
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8 Maps That Tell The Story Of The Great Lakes.
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The White Supremacist Origins Of A Bedrock Libertarian Principle.
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The Senate Tax Bill Targets Housing For Artists.
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TweetWood
A sampling.
Chicago, where aldermanic discretion applies to street paving but not voting on the mayor’s agenda. pic.twitter.com/yA5lkI1Sqn
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 12, 2017
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Thread.
It took an extraordinarily unsuccessful series of choices, by Republican leaders, to make the Alabama race competitive even *before* the Moore scandal. Let’s review them in choose-your-adventure form.
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) December 12, 2017
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The Republican Party is ready to serve as an accomplice to obstruction of justice. https://t.co/U0ldM9lqoj
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 12, 2017
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OPINION: Loyola’s Non-Tenure Track Faculty have been met with administrative resistance when trying to implement gender-related workplace harassment protections. https://t.co/o3WMU7TLrf
— Loyola Phoenix (@PhoenixLUC) December 11, 2017
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Spent the last week reading the local sports media lamenting how they were fooled by #Bears hope earlier this season, now I see them doing the same thing all over again because of one win over a bereft team. Lessons never learned. #SettleDown
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) December 11, 2017
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The Beachwood Tronc Line: Settle down, Beavis.
Posted on December 12, 2017