If nobody sent them, who wants them?

Blithe Spirit 1 Minute

What works in East Orange is one thing, Chicago another.  It can’t happen here:

The NYPD Diaspora: Former New York cops bring cutting-edge, effective policing to beleaguered communities.

Is the super sharp Heather Mac Donald’s story about scientific policing New York-style.  In Chicago we have headlines that scold and demonstrations calling for new gun laws.  Nothing to really upset things, you know.

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Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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  1. It occurred to me how we have learned to accept corruption in Chicago; no longer any outrage and no expectation of change. It’s exactly how most of the world exists — strongman in charge, corruption endemic. America was supposed to be a fresh start of law and order. How quickly we slip backwards because it is easier to turn a blind eye than to bestir ourselves and demand necessary change.

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