Election Coverage And Chicago History

This Time magazine piece by Amy Sullivan does a nice job of mixing the past with the present in terms of Chicago's political history. Sullivan makes some intriguing and telling observations:1. [Rahm] Emanuel, a Chicago native, is a typically colorful figure, known for once mailing a rotting fish to a political opponent and for a post-election dinner in 1992 at which he repeatedly stabbed a

A Sitting (Lame) Duck: Bush, Truman, And The Question Of Legacy

I usually reserve political commentary for snarky asides in my Friday Fun history trivia posts. There I take brief jabs---both gratuitous and justified---at those with whom I disagree. But a recent historical comparison is prompting a one-time digression into "the swamp."A CBS News poll this week shows that George W. Bush has tied Harry S Truman for the lowest approval ratings since such