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ex-Chicago Tribune editorial board member, journalist & political junkie whose natural habitat is wild outdoors. Enjoys flashbacks of Peace Corps-Zambia/Africa.

Sep 30, 2020, 8 tweets

Soooooo... who needs a palate cleanser after last night's debate debacle? Me too. No hot takes here. We'll start with something from our news pages, a terrific explainer of Day of the Dead, then I'll share what's on our @chitribopinions pages / thread follows

... forget about politics for a minute and brush up on your #DayoftheDead / #DiadelosMuertos knowledge chicagotribune.com/news/ct-day-of…

... ok then. Before last night's debate, @cptime took a look at Trumpism and who might carry its anti-ideology ideology forward. chicagotribune.com/columns/claren…

... columnist @EricZorn is following the Kyle Rittenhouse case and explores the 17-year-old's efforts to avoid extradition to Wisconsin, where he would be moved to an adult jail and bonding out would not be a given. chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-z…

... Christopher Z. Mooney, a polisci professor at UIC, lays out how delays in completing the U.S. Census could put Illinois on a path toward giving the GOP control of redistricting for the 2020s. chicagotribune.com/opinion/commen…

... and @alisakaplan3 of @Reform4Illinois keeps the focus on Illinois politics, advocating that any ethics reform must address how our state pols can shift campaign money around so easily. chicagotribune.com/opinion/commen…

... as always, find all of our op-eds, editorials, columns, reader letters, cartoons and endorsements (plus plenty about that blasted debate) at chicagotribune.com/opinion/

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