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By Steve Rhodes
We are now living in a country where we have to give instructions on how to make sure your vote counts and the possibility that the incumbent does not leave office after losing re-election and the media treats each as if they are just another story.
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) September 7, 2020
Posted on September 7, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
“I read a remarkable statistic tonight,” our very own Tim Willette wrote to me in an e-mail Wednesday. “If Biden wins the popular vote by less than a percentage point, 538 gives him a 6% chance of winning the EC. Six! I thought that it might be interesting if the Emmys adopted the EC rules for their awards show later this month or at least show how that criteria would change the award winners vis-a-vis the vote winners. Maybe better would be the People’s Choice awards – person X won the popular vote, but still lost. The pop culture media would be scandalized, right? But when it comes to who rules the country, the stupidity is business as usual.”
Posted on September 3, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
We must never let this happen https://t.co/xyU9I161KA
— Scott Shapiro (@scottjshapiro) September 1, 2020
Posted on September 1, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
Me and Jim “Coach” Coffman discussed Kenosha and the ensuing events on our sports podcast today, check it out.
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #319: Business As Usual Is Canceled
Made us look. Plus: The Giolito Shuffle; Cubs Hit Rough Patch – Except Financially; Bears’ Broken Backfield; Crow Dough; Chicago Skyward; Fire Torch Orange & Blue; Gold Stars For Red Stars; and The NU/ND Report.
If you click through, remember to scroll down for the Show Notes.
Posted on August 28, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
Ostensibly a day off from the census – some minimal tasks I needed to attend to – so now turning my attention back to this space. How in the world do I catch up? You should see my read-later file, it was already bulging at the digital seams. Now it’s openly mocking me.
Posted on August 25, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
A common response to Trump’s lying is “well, they all lie.” I think it’s important to note how asymmetrical the lying is.
You have hours of numerous Democrats speaking with no objectively false claims. It’s rare to get ten minutes falseness-free from this president.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 20, 2020
Posted on August 20, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
Census kicked my ass again today.
You people have no idea.
Posted on August 19, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
I got a day off from the census and I prepared something special for you: The first online version of my 2000 Chicago magazine story, Lord Jim, about the post-governorship of Big Jim Thompson, who died on Friday. It’s pretty damn good.
Posted on August 18, 2020
By Steve Rhodes
I’ll tell you this, too: The polls are actually distressingly too close, even with Joe Biden’s relatively large leads in swing states. It’s alarming, and I don’t see the situation likely to change.
Yet he still has the support of about 40% of Americans, which is the real problem that has kept the Senate under his control and will tear the country apart in November. Trump is the tip of the iceberg. https://t.co/eV2bl0nyKI
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) August 17, 2020
Posted on August 17, 2020
