MONDAY PROGRAMMING NOTE:
Things are still out of sorts at the old/new Beachwood HQ. Hopefully this is the last day of madness.
Here’s what we have so far, and then we’ll see how the rest of the day develops:
* White Sox Report: West Coast Woes.
Including a disappointing Dodger Dog.
* SportsMonday: Lay Off LeBron.
Where witless Skip Bayless goes, the rest of the sports media follows.
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The Weekend Desk Report
Congratulations to Wisconsin on being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Market Update
Breaking news: It’s good to be rich in Chicago.

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Posted on June 7, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

FRIDAY PAPERS PROGRAMMING NOTE: They will be late due to final push of Beachwood HQ move. Weekend podcasts also now in production.
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1. In honor of Derrick Rose . . .
2. “The budget also included language that authorizes $35 million in school construction in Chicago, funds that will be used to pay for a 1,200-student school in Madigan’s political home turf in the 13th Ward near Midway Airport,” the Sun-Times reported last week.
It will be called Michael Madigan’s Magic Money Magnet.

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Posted on June 5, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

“Nanci Koschman waited too long to sue Chicago Police officers and Cook County prosecutors for failing to charge a nephew of former Mayor Richard M. Daley with killing her son, David Koschman, according to lawyers trying to get her civil-rights lawsuit thrown out,” the Sun-Times reports.
Right. She should have sued before that file was found.

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Posted on June 4, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

Moving is hell.

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Posted on June 3, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

I’m still overextended – and exhausted – due to my move (and other obligations) over the weekend, so The Papers won’t return today after all. I’m just trying to hold it all together, people.
As usual, though, we still have fresh Beachwood content. To wit:

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Posted on June 2, 2014

By Natasha Julius

Honestly, it could rain tiny gold ingots on Sunday. No one in Chicago will notice.
Market Update
Good thing Care is Affordable now, because Getting to It sure as hell isn’t.

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Posted on May 31, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

Once I’m moved in next week I’ll do a little write-up about the new Beachwood HQ. We here at Beachwood are committed to doing less with more, and that philosophy is guiding this move. Our strategic plan puts us closer to the kind of beers readers like in an environment that is not trying to monetize your every move. We’re also rearranging our relationship with lenders and their collection personnel.
So stay tuned. The Papers returns on Monday, though I’m already foreseeing exhaustion preventing a full re-flowering of this column until midweek.
We are planning extra special podcast editions this weekend.
Meanwhile . . .

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Posted on May 30, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

Once I’m moved in next week I’ll do a little write-up about the new Beachwood HQ. We here at Beachwood are committed to doing less with more, and that philosophy is guiding this move. Our strategic plan puts us closer to the kind of beers readers like in an environment that is not trying to monetize your every move. We’re also rearranging our relationship with lenders and their collection personnel.
So stay tuned. The Papers returns on Monday, though I’m already foreseeing exhaustion preventing a full re-flowering of this column until midweek.
We are planning extra special podcast editions this weekend.
Meanwhile . . .

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Posted on May 29, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

The Papers will return on Monday, June 2nd, in part because I’m preparing to move this weekend eight blocks up Milwaukee Avenue to the California stop. If anyone wants to help, let me know; many hands make light work (as Cameron Poe once said). I really don’t have much besides books and files.
But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any new Beachwood content over the next few days. To wit:

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Posted on May 28, 2014

By Steve Rhodes

The Papers will return on Monday, June 2nd, in part because I’m preparing to move this weekend eight blocks up Milwaukee Avenue to the California stop. If anyone wants to help, let me know; many hands make light work (as Cameron Poe once said). I really don’t have much besides books and files.
But that doesn’t mean there won’t be any new Beachwood content over the next few days. To wit:

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Posted on May 27, 2014