mcfinley

As much cynicism as I feel for basically, everyone with an agenda, I'd like to give these men the benefit of the doubt rather than fall to a knee-jerk opinion about reverse racism. As was quoted, 27t...

Is Schweighart new to politics? What was perhaps more striking to me was his comment that, "he had no particular awareness of Obama as a politician — much less concern about him — before the former se...

NYC's IRT (A-division/"numbered lines") cars are only 8'9" wide (1 inch wider than CTA) and all feature longitudinal seating. I'll be damned, you're right. You know I lived there for 3 years and nev...

I don't know. CTA cars are definitely shorter, but I don't think they are so narrow to make an appreciable difference in the way people orient themselves on the El. For comparison's sake, CTA cars are...

I don't see the inward facing seats as a Chicago-centric test. Most other major subway lines, i.e. the MTA and the London tube, have inward facing seats. I think there has been more than enough eviden...

Another google search provided me with this map of migration flyways. I knew that a lot of birds flew the length of Lake Michigan going North/South, but I wasn't aware of the Atlantic Flyway shown in ...

I think putting the turbines off-shore may actually improve a wind project's chance of breaking even. I googled this wind map. It would seem that a turbine a few miles out would produce substantially ...

Nobody in my building got a form. I tried calling that 1-866 number, but after getting through the menu, I received an automated instruction to call back in 2 weeks if I still haven't received a surve...

The cubs have an entire roster on the downward slope of their career. Every move they make is going to net diminishing returns. As much as it pains me to give up on "next year", the cubs really need t...

...and not to get too far off topic, completely agree with Jess Nevin's and Slaphappy's comments....

Sadly, I'd have to agree. When I was living in district 10, he was the only republican I voted for. He really was honest, level headed guy. Now that he has bigger plans for his career, it's like the G...

Indicative of the imbalance between federal tax receipts vs. federal spending, the states with the worst fiscal outlook, except for Arizona, also were in the bottom third with regards to federal aid. ...

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I guess I don't see where you come to the conclusion that he just caved and waffled. Inductive Reasoning? Bullshit like this just seems indicative of typical representative governance; too many polit...

Didn't Quinn try to cut the free rides, but Hendon et al blocked the move?...