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Actually he'll come out of prison in his mid-30s to early 40s. As statistics show, people at this age rarely return to a violent lifestyle....

There are lots of good record stores in Chicago. I actually do most of my buying from Reckless and Permanent, but thats because I buy mostly Rock. Dusty Groove is the only one that is worthy of ment...

Rich Roeper is not a movie critic. He likes every crappy movie ever made. Its an insult to Roger Ebert that he is carrying on the show. A.O Scott is a movie critic. He should take over the show fo...

Unfortunately Bike to Work Week coincides with a forecast of rain all week. Does not bode well....

CeaseFire evaluation is actually available today. Its a really extensive report of all that the program does and what works about the program. http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/ceasefire....

Spook, I agree completely with the need for indigenous organizations. Thats one of the biggest selling points on CeaseFire for me. They subcontract out to small indigenous organizations in the commu...

Luke: Conflict Mediation + Public Health strategy = groundbreaking work. I know conflict mediation has been done before, its the two together. Prevention work, I couldn't agree with you more. But ...

Sucks up money? the highest point in CeaseFire's funding was just over $6 million. That is less than 5% of the current proposal. Thats about 5 minutes of Iraq War funding. Doesn't challenge the st...

Spook, there is no "unaccounted for" money tied to CeaseFire. All money has been accounted for after a careful audit of all operations. There have been several articles in the Trib and Sun-Times cov...

Why not just fund CeaseFire??? Its violence prevention program that has been proven to work and which Blago cut last years for political reasons. It only cost $5-10 million per year. Instead we get...

Don't forget Kstarke Records at 11?? N. Western....

I agree Seanfeld, lots of government apologists here. People need to read some George Orwell and see where we're heading here. Between Bush and Daley, we're heading there quickly and easily....

Yes, people need to read this. Print it out for your alderman to read. There have been other reports like this too. This is one of those public policies that on its face seems like a good idea, but...

I agree with spook. being progressive takes empathy. empathy is something that usually works against committing acts such as this. ...

OMG, the RedEye printed something stupid! What a surprise! Seriously "tankboy", stop wasting our time. ...