The strangled shoplifter was doing his own strangling of the social contract, but that cuts no ice with his ex-wife and others who knew him, who concentrate on what he lifted from the drug store — toothpaste — and not on the lifting, which undercuts the social fabric.
He saw it, he took it
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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. View all posts by Jim Bowman
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Blithe Spirit 
It’s all part of turning morality on it’s head. Feel sorry for the criminal, blame society instead.
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Are there ANY honest and decent men (or women) remaining in Illinois politics ??? Between the Big Blogg and the even BiGGER “O” we are hard put to see any honesty, propriety, or simple integrity at work in the present Illnois system. Will no one save us from these tainted persons ??? The problem is — of couse — that the ills of Illinois aare not limied dto that entity — the diseases of dissembling and dishonesty are epidemic, and appaently carried in the gene banks of out leders.
We had better cling to our (hopefully) immutable beliefs in truth and justice, because we a facing a natonal test — the outcome of which may readily doom our naive beliefs in truth, honor, and even National Survival.
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