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Posts Tagged ‘Car Salesman’

  • Death By DMV

    Posted April 2nd, 2009 at 2:31pm in Ongoing Priorities 6

    One of today’s great Chicago architects likes to critique buildings by asking: “If this is the answer, what was the question?” It cuts to the chase. Imagine standing before this…thing and applying the above critique. The question becomes: “Can you build me a poorly lit maximum-security prison tower to live in? Absurd, right? Just like the [...] More

  • Morning Bell: Car Salesman in Chief

    Posted March 31st, 2009 at 8:06am in Ongoing Priorities 58

    On April 8, 1952, President Harry Truman ordered Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer to seize and take over operation of most of the country’s steel mills. Truman cited no legislative authority for his actions. Instead, he cited the Korean War. Truman claimed there was a national emergency and his presidential war powers were all the authority [...] More