Aug 26 2008
Chicago Olympics a good thing? Duh
It takes true talent to simultaneously remain in both the economic and international crapper. Somehow, the world’s only Superpower continues to do it with flair. Continue Reading »
Archive for the 'Brooke' Category
Aug 20 2008
America’s goose bumps
I have the goose bumps. After scrutinizing powerful speech after speech and witnessing grandiose crowd after crowd, I too have succumbed to the tingling sensation of which Chris Matthews speaks so highly, (I feel you, Chris!). There was a time I made fun of those of college teeny-bops for their boundless, baseless devotion.
Now, I realize– you just can’t fight your feelings!
Barack had me at “hope.” Continue Reading »
Aug 18 2008
Perennial’s identity crisis
If I were to be shipwrecked at a cluttered, modern furniture store serving complicated, gourmet concoctions, I imagine it would feel something like dining at Lincoln Park’s latest hotspot Perennial. Located at the helm of Lincoln Avenue, Wells, and Clark Streets inside the new Park View Hotel, Perennial offers a combination of trendy, tropical oddities: clear, palm tree leaves encased within plastic menu-boards, oceanic rocks to rest your utensils upon and a “sailing” ceiling made of billowing, orange sheets. The only thing missing at this “self-proclaimed American bistro” is cheesy Hawaiian music. Continue Reading »
Aug 13 2008
Olympics come at a price
I think an economic boost and a glowing moment under the international spotlight sound just fabulous.
Yet today, as I stand wedged between two burly men, sweating bullets on a Brown Line train (which continues to jerk incessantly through an excruciatingly frustrating stop-and-go pattern), I think otherwise. Continue Reading »
Aug 13 2008
2016: A godsend
In the current economic climate, the possibility of Chicago’s hosting the 2016 Olympics should be viewed for what it truly is: a godsend. Continue Reading »
Aug 11 2008
Development frustrations afflict both the rich and the poor
One snowy, Thanksgiving eve in 2004, Julie Marburger was driving home to see her family when she received a frenzied phone call from her neighbor. The neighbor, who was house-watching her brand new condominium at 1717 S. Prairie, breathlessly explained that Julie’s dream apartment was drenched. Continue Reading »
Aug 05 2008
Used with ultimate discern, death penalty must remain an option
Remember the Milwaukee Monster? The serial killing machine who admitted to murdering 17 men, dismembering their bodies and performing the most gruesome acts imaginable? In 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer, who utilized rape, necrophilia and cannibalism during his hideous slaughters, was quickly convicted of 15 counts of first-degree murder.
