Tonight’s No Exit Cafe/Drinking Liberally event canceled
As you can imagine, tonight’s event is canceled due to inclement weather. We’ll let you know when it is rescheduled.
Filibustery
This new website examines the current state of the filibuster. Check it out.
Del Valle endorsed by Latino county commissioners
From the Chicago Sun-Times: He may be behind in the polls and in fund-raising, but on Friday, City Clerk Miguel del Valle picked up the endorsements of both Hispanic commissioners on the Cook County Board. “He knows what it takes to build healthy neighborhoods, to bring vibrancy, to put people to work,” Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” [...]
Lecture Tonight at East-West University
Tom will present a lecture titled “We’re Deep in Debt – What Would Keynes Do?” as part of the East-West Perspectives lecture series on Tue., Jan. 18, 2011 in the Fourth Floor Auditorium at East-West University, 816 S. Michigan Ave., in Chicago. The event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. followed by the lecture at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free, and the event is open to the public.
Spectrum Culture
Since nothing breeds change like ambitions born of discontent, maybe, if he rattles up enough readers with notions of a better way of living, Geoghegan will eventually succeed in bringing us a few steps closer to his European dream. That would be nice. And even if he doesn’t, we’ll start to think twice about defining happiness and well-being via GDP statistics – a definite and resoundingly human step in the right direction.
The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, Historical Cases and Practical Arguments for Reform | The Nation
The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, Historical Cases and Practical Arguments for Reform | The Nation.
Christian Century Recommended
To be called a “European socialist” is a political smear these days, but Geoghegan, a Chicago labor lawyer, offers a spirited defense of the European political model. He focuses on Germany, a country that is more competitive in the global market than the U.S. and that offers its workers much more in wages, health care, [...]
I’d rather be Parisian
Economic instability, coupled with the realization that “quality of life” is on the skids in North America, has given rise to an I’d-be-happier-elsewhere feeling evident in two new books.
