Thou shalt not call them thugs. Chi Trib has goods on candidate the news room loves to hate. His twitter site “liked” a “thug”-strewn comment. . ., Plus a disquisition on thug and sundry observations on same . . .

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