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		<title>The slow, sad decline of the Chicago Reader</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/08/the-slow-sad-decline-of-the-chicago-reader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Reader is a local institution. It dates back to 1971, one of the oldest free weekly papers in the country (preceded by the Village Voice and perhaps one or two others). And it&#8217;s been near and dear to my heart since I first moved to Chicago in the mid &#8217;80s. It always provided a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The quagmire of Illinois politics</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/06/the-quagmire-of-illinois-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electoral]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Madigan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a man-bites-dog story for you:  on Tuesday in Springfield, capital of our fair state, over 5,000 people rallied in support of a tax increase. 
There&#8217;s good reason for this. The state income tax is flat (i.e., regressive) and one of the lowest in the country, at only three percent&#8230; and has been kept that way for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reunion</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/06/reunion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 20th college reunion was last weekend. I was a bit taken aback by this because, first of all, it&#8217;s simply impossible:  I certainly haven&#8217;t been out of college for two decades. My infallibly accurate internal calendar tells me it&#8217;s more like six years, seven max. But twenty? That&#8217;s absolutely ridiculous.
Nonetheless, they insisted on holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Quinn&#8217;s budget address</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/03/governor-quinns-budget-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=1141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[First things first:  after what we&#8217;ve suffered through in recent years, merely being able to say &#8220;Governor Pat Quinn&#8221; is almost as delightful as being able to say &#8220;President Barack Obama.&#8221;  8-) 
After a mere seven weeks in office, Illinois&#8217; new governor has a budget proposal ready, and he gave a formal address in Springfield [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The race to replace Rahm</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/the-race-to-replace-rahm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Electoral]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question of who will fill Obama&#8217;s Senate seat has gotten the lion&#8217;s share of media coverage, but meanwhile things are heating up around another question, the one of who will replace Obama&#8217;s Chief of Staff—Rahm Emanuel—in the seat from Illinois&#8217; fifth Congressional district, here in Chicago.
I went to a meeting tonight of the local [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top ten news stories of 2008</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/12/top-ten-news-stories-of-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A completely subjective list, of course. But what the hell&#8230; aren&#8217;t they all?
Going in to 2008, one could hardly open a magazine or flip a channel without hitting a media comparison to 1968. It was 40 years ago (a nice, round number), and it was a paradigm-shifting political year that looked familiar, with an open [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two governors in a row</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/12/two-governors-in-a-row/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We all knew Gov. Rod Blagojevich was under a federal investigation, but nobody expected developments as dramatic as what happened today. FBI agents arrested Democratic Gov. Blagojevich at his home this morning, at the direction of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald—the same man who brought down his predecessor, Republican Gov. George Ryan.
(Chicago is famous for its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All roads lead to Rahm</title>
		<link>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/11/all-roads-lead-to-rahm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.smartmemes.com/2008/11/all-roads-lead-to-rahm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris J. Miller</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, couldn&#8217;t resist the pun.   
Seldom in political life has two-and-a-half months seemed quite so long a wait. People voted for Obama because they want change, and the daily news just makes them want it all the sooner. (Just today:  GM stock hits its lowest value in 60 years, DHL ceases North American [...]]]></description>
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