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Bootleg City: The (Municipal) Political Shocker of the Decade of the Week!

Robert Cass September 14, 2010 4

Mayor Cass tips his hat (and the rest of his wardrobe) to the outgoing mayor of Chicago, Richard M. Daley, and uploads a Nada Surf concert from 2008 for your downloading pleasure

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Sugar Water: Promise Some Peace, Win a Prize!

Robert Cass October 12, 2009 25

President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a decision that instantly created controversy. For one thing, Tina Fey wasn’t even nominated. For another, Obama’s been president less than nine months, and

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Sugar Water: Running Scared From Progress

Robert Cass May 5, 2009 32

I didn’t accomplish much in April. Now it’s May. Oh yeah, I did ask my girlfriend, Aimiee, to marry me, as threatened in my last Sugar Water column. And the answer was no, but

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