New and improved odds and ends

Not really, but I needed an attention-grabber
1. I enjoyed this post by Penn Jillette of Penn and Teller fame. Normally, I don’t take seriously political commentary written by magicians, but this one is worth a read.
2. Today’s John Kass column in the Tribune explains why Rod Blagojevich beat out Paul Vallas for governor in 2002.  I really [...]