They Will Rise Again From the Tundra

And here we are again. Christmas Day. A low-key one now that we’ve all gotten older and tired of holiday ritual. There will be presents, and the children have returned home just like every year, but the ties are purely familial. Christmas has become joyless, though not entirely unwelcome. Sentiments that were augmented by the [...]

Illinois is not noteworthy for its scrupulous politics. The state’s back alleys are awash with tales of discarded votes and large-scale fraud—even murder—and the tendrils of corruption reach far into every level of the government. I’ll spare you the historical examples suffice it to say that Rod Blagojevich’s arrest by federal agents this morning is [...]