Episodes

  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-14-24: The media helped Donald Trump get reelected

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-14-24: The media helped Donald Trump get reelected
    Nov 14 2024
    My computer this morning, along with everything else I’m reading, is loaded with news about Donald Trump creating a new White House administration. What I’m not reading, because it’s not being reported anymore, is news about how the newspapers and those talking heads on television helped Donald Trump get reelected. For the end of his […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-7-24: So many things are so bad with the Bears

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 11-7-24: So many things are so bad with the Bears
    Nov 7 2024
    Maybe it’s good news, that vote for President. Maybe it’s bad. Depending on whom you voted for, you’re happy or sad. But finally, at long last, we all now know who will be the next occupant of the White House. But we don’t know, and what I am worried about, is who will win the […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-31-24: Here I go again, booing Halloween

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-31-24: Here I go again, booing Halloween
    Oct 31 2024
    I walked around my neighborhood early this morning before catching the bus that brings me here and I’m still thinking about the Halloween things I saw. Chunky things they seemed to me. Ugly, fake skeletons, coffins, and graveyards dug into charming little gardens alongside the sidewalks in front of some beautiful apartment buildings and private […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-24-24: Too much bias in newspaper coverage of Mike Madigan trial

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-24-24: Too much bias in newspaper coverage of Mike Madigan trial
    Oct 24 2024
    It’s three days now into the Mike Madigan trial and the headlines are in big print on the front pages of Chicago’s biggest newspapers. In the Tribune, for instance, “The Michael Madigan Trial” alongside a big picture of Madigan, his briefcase and his lawyers leaving the courthouse, what they’re calling racketeering case underway. Competing with […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-17-24: It is long past the time for City Hall to return the Columbus Monument

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-17-24: It is long past the time for City Hall to return the Columbus Monument
    Oct 17 2024
    With happy smiles, beautiful balloons, and tooting trumpets, more than 1,000 people gathered on State Street three days ago to celebrate the Columbus and Indigenous People Parade. Some of them to watch it, others to watch and join the parade. The Columbus people have been hoping, and waiting, and waiting for City Hall to return […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-10-24: If jurors find Mike Madigan guilty, will some of the reasons be the headlines and pictures?

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-10-24: If jurors find Mike Madigan guilty, will some of the reasons be the headlines and pictures?
    Oct 10 2024
    It’s been 2 1/2 years since Mike Madigan was indicted by a federal grand jury on 23 counts of criminal behavior during 36 years as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. One of the most, if not the most, powerful and popular Chicago politicians ever. For 2 1/2 years, he’s been ever-so-painfully awaiting his […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-3-24: The New York Times is once again beating up on Chicago

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 10-3-24: The New York Times is once again beating up on Chicago
    Oct 3 2024
    I have some bad news to report this morning. The great New York Times – The uppity, uppity New York Times – is once again beating up on Chicago in its most popular Sunday edition. This last Sunday, The New York Times delivered to the world a special section entitled The Restaurant List. Twenty pages […]
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  • Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 9-26-24: Should there be a ShotSpotter in Chicago? My opinion is yes

    Walter Jacobson’s Perspective 9-26-24: Should there be a ShotSpotter in Chicago? My opinion is yes
    Sep 26 2024
    So, in Chicago, those now well-known ShotSpotters have run out of time. Their contract with the city has expired and Mayor Johnson says he will not renew it. But there’s a chance it may be back anyway because some members of the City Council are working on bringing it back. The ShotSpotter is a multi-million-dollar […]
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