Mark Brown’s once-in-30-years experience, aldermanic vote not a sure thing, but at the end “bad guys” won again.

Brown:

That’s admittedly an oversimplification, but also an honest assessment.

What? He’s not always honest? What an odd thing to say after 30 years. He apologizes for oversimplifying but says that’s how he feels. Honest. As if (a) sincerity covers simplifying and (b) he’s being sincere this time.

We readers are grateful. Honest.

Source: Brown: Rare drama in City Council, but final act is a letdown

Later: My note on language aside, the column itself has very good reporting of on-spot eyewitness nature, including Ald. Ed Burke never speaking from the floor but receiving visits at his desk of aldermen during the course of argument and deliberation. Clear picture there of Chicago at work.

So good work, I say, except for that needless apology for detailed reportage.

Can’t do better on the subject:

 

After his Carolina Panthers lost the Super Bowl on Sunday, NFL MVP Cam Newton pouted through the postgame news conference, giving petulant answers and walking out of the interview early.

Two days later, he doubled down, channeling his inner Donald Trump by saying, “Who likes to lose? You show me a good loser and I’m going to show you a loser.”

But losing this way makes you a loser.

Source: Cam Newton and the perils of being a sore loser – Chicago Tribune