I Love Chicago

There's Food. There's Locovores. There's Drink. There's Literature. There's Music. I want to see, hear and eat it all.

Let the Bloodletting Begin

A sign of things to come:

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. She thinks that judges should dictate policy, and that one's sex, race, and ethnicity ought to affect the decisions one renders from the bench.

She reads racial preferences and quotas into the Constitution, even to the point of dishonoring those who preserve our public safety. On September 11, America saw firsthand the vital role of America's firefighters in protecting our citizens. They put their lives on the line for her and the other citizens of New York and the nation. But Judge Sotomayor would sacrifice their claims to fair treatment in employment promotions to racial preferences and quotas. The Supreme Court is now reviewing that decision.

She has an extremely high rate of her decisions being reversed, indicating that she is far more of a liberal activist than even the current liberal activist Supreme Court.

New 26th Ward Alderman

Meet Rev. Wilferdo DeJesus:

Here is his official bio from his church. Apparently, Rev. DeJesus played an integral part in the recent debate over opening a GLBT school in Chicago. More on that here.

Bacon Cooking Tips

Always important.

HT: Matt Yglesias

The Curse of Longevity

I have posed this question to some and figured here would be a good place to include this challenge: Name a band/artist that has put out a GREAT album(s) after having been together for more than 10 years.

Here is what we have so far:

Neil Young -- Ragged Glory, Harvest Moon
Paul Simon -- Surprise, Graceland
Pink Floyd -- Animals, The Wall
Rolling Stones -- Some Girls
Radiohead -- Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows
Modest Mouse -- We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Flaming Lips -- Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
David Bowie -- Heroes, Lodger, Scary Monsters
Sonic Youth -- Everything from Dirty on is 10+ years, a lot of good albums there
Pulp -- Different Class, This is Hardcore
Leonard Cohen -- I'm Your Man

Disqualifications:

Def Leppard -- Hysteria (10 years)
Led Zeppelin -- Physical Graffiti (7 years)

SCOTUS

K-Lo:

Ruth Marcus continues the nonsense Barbara Boxer started this time.

Marcus writes:

Having more than one woman on the Supreme Court is partly a matter of symbolism. Before O'Connor's retirement three years ago, Ginsburg said in a speech last month at Ohio State, "people could see that women came in all sizes and shapes, we didn't look alike, and we didn't talk alike. . . . Now, there I am all alone, and it doesn't look right."

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the land, which, as we know, wields a tremendous power and has a significant responsibility. With but nine seats, there is no room for the Court to be a forum for "symbolism." We know there are capable women lawyers in the world for the Court. Obama is free to pick one of them. But by no means does he have to. And it would be a very bad idea to make the Court an experiment in bean-counting rather than excellence and committment to the Constitution.

Exactly, which is why the likes of Roberts, Scalia, Alito and Thomas have no business there. Not to mention Bork, whom, I'm sure, Ms. Lopez is still upset didn't wreak havoc on the court over the past 25 years.

More Food

If you haven't checked out the Atlantic's new food section on their website, you really should. Currently there is an article by Alinea's Grant Achatz.

Food Inc.

This looks great. Comes out limited release on June 12.