Author: DXO
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The Sweater Ad, Feelings, and the Methods for Listening
Mayor Rahm Emanuel published a new campaign video last week. The ad has gotten lots of attention and has been covered by media in the context of the runoff to be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. The Washington Post put it this way: Rahm Emanuel’s remarkable confession. The 30-second ad, which began running on Tuesday…
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On Jesus, ISIL, and Brokenness
Art and destruction are inescapable on a planet that includes humans.
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Breaking Down the Homan Square Story from an Open Data History Perspective
Yesterday morning one of the most respected publications in the world, The Guardian, dropped a story bomb on Chicago: The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’. As someone who has worked in the open data movement for a while, who lives and works in Chicago, this one hurts. Let’s break it down:
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Voting, February 2015
There is a municipal election in Chicago tomorrow, and I like to write down who I’m voting for, so here’s mine for this cycle. It might be helpful to also see my Statement of Personal Ethics, Potential Biases, and Possible Conflicts of Interest. It contains all sorts of light-shedding facts and grains of salt you can hold while reading…
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The Winners of Jackie Robinson West
Waiting for someone to do some real analysis of this. Here’s what I see, as a simple Chicagoan who shared in the immense joy of the success of these kids. The coach from Evergreen Park is a tiny, bitter, ugly little man All of these youth are from Chicago Geography is often destiny. We have…