I'm enraptured by Bob Dylan's "Must Be Santa," from his Christmas In the Heart album. 
Is 70 years old.
Today, if Dorothy were to encounter
people with no brains, no hearts, and no courage -
She wouldn’t be in Oz
She’d be in Congress !!!.
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Terrorists In The Heartland? Chill
When the Gitmo detainees arrive
in Illinois, writes the Tribune's Steve Chapman, "I predict,
Illinoisans will pay attention for about five minutes and then go on
calmly with their lives."
Taking Aim
Environmentalists [...]
On their groundbreaking Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds did nothing less than invent the country rock genre. Watch and listen as the late band's frontman, Chicago native Roger McGuinn, performs a Woody Guthrie song, "Pretty Boy Floyd."
Federal Observer columnist Rick Biesada finds Governor Pat Quinn's dramatic shift from consistently supporting veterans and honoring fallen heroes to welcoming their murderers to Thomson prison a diabolical change of heart:
Pat Quinn has been an avid supporter of the Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run, whose mission statement [...]
Dick Durbin's "dream come true," bringing 100 or so hardened terrorists to America's heartland, will take a big step towards reality tomorrow. The White House will announce Tuesday that it wants Guantanamo Bay North to come to Thomson, Illinois, according to Lynn Sweet of the [...]
Rain or snow, it's still a go! The call is out for positive loiterers to meet at Sheridan & Leland tonight from 7-8 PM.
In Europe, heading for the Christmas markets on December weekends is very popular, and in larger German cities there are multiple markets for fun. There you can enjoy hearty snacks and warming drinks in a festive atmosphere, and look at a wide variety of merchandise that [...]
Although he is approaching 70, Bob Dylan continues to surprise. He just released It's on! The call is out for positive loiterers to meet at Sheridan & Leland tonight from 7-8 PM.The recent townhall on health care held in U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski's south Chicago district stirred a huge controversy over the experience shared by the woman below. At least one local journalist used the emotiomal exchange to paint local Tea Party participants in a negative light, as insensitive and' [...]
It's on! The call is out for positive loiterers to meet at Sheridan & Leland tonight from 7-8 PM.
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small' [...]
A veritable caravan of terrorist sympathizers trooping across the heartland to visit their al-Qaida brethren imprisoned near the small [...]
I had lunch today with Bill Leff, host of WGN AM 720's new Saturday 9 a.m. --1 p.m. show "ChicagoNow Radio" (lest I get on the bad side of Rob Feder, I'll note that both the radio station and the ChicagoNow blog [...]
Located deep in the heart of East Germany, before the fall of the Berlin Wall tourists from the West were unable to visit Dresden, the capital of Saxony.
