By Steve Rhodes
UPDATE: 4:31 P.M.: Okay folks, I think I’m back in business. Media Temple and Movable Type are still blaming each other, but I think I’ve made enough tweaks in enough places to be up and running. I’ll resolve the blame game later.
So . . . here’s what we’ve got.
* Burris Clergy Speaks With Forked Tongues. This is breaking news, folks! A group of ministers that calls itself Clergy Speaks reacts to Dick Durbin’s call for Roland Burris to resign – and we’re there!
* Open Letter: Dear Illinois African-American Community. How on the ball are we? Very!
* Intimations. The tyranny of assaulting air.
* What I Watched Last Night: Jockeys. Jimmy the Hat, sex in the saddle.
And more about the Chicago Journalism Town Hall, sometime between now and tomorrow morning. You can read the first part here.
Plus, on NBCChicago.com:
* Bumping Burris. Why is he still here?
* Pat Quinn: The Adult Governor
* Coming Soon On YourMayorTube
Earlier
I am still having maddening tech issues. My host (Media Temple) is fighting with my publishing system (Movable Type). My frustration level is so high that I am considering either massive acts of violence or a massive injection of a poor man’s speedball. But I am intending both a regular Papers column today and the next installment of observations about the Chicago Journalism Town Hall on Sunday. I also intend to clean up the first installment.
Stay tuned, come back, and if you don’t hear from me for a few hours, don’t call 911. Just let me be.
The Beachwood Tip Line: Boot-ready.
Posted on February 24, 2009