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Chicago Is Known For Good Steaks, Expensive Stores And Beautiful Architecture. Unfortunately, The Windy City Also Enjoys A Reputation For Corrupt Politics, Violent Crime, And Some Of The Strictest Gun Control Laws Anywhere In The Country.

Whether It's A Sitting President When I Was An Impeachment Manager, Or A Republican President Who Has Taken Liberties With Adherence To The Law, To Me The Standard Is The Same.

A Critical Component Of White House Scandal Defense 101 Is Rallying The Partisan Base. This Keeps Approval Ratings In Territory Where The Wheels Don't Start Falling Off. The Way To Achieve This Goal Is You Go Negative And You Don't Let Up. If You're Always Attacking Your Accusers, The Debate Becomes One Of Democrat Vs. Republican, Rather Than Right Vs. Wrong. Anyone Who Questions The Legality Of The Decision To Wiretap Thousands Of Americans Unlawfully Is Attacked, As Either An Enabler Of Terrorists Or A Bitter Partisan Trying To Distract A President At War.

Taking Privacy Cues From The Federal Government Is - To Say The Least - Ironic, Considering Today's Orwellian Level Of Surveillance. At Virtually Any Given Time Outside Of One's Own Home, An American Citizen Can Reasonably Assume His Movements And Actions Are Being Monitored By Something, By Somebody, Somewhere.

People And Organizations Other Than Doctors Increasingly Are Assuming Power To Decide Which Medications To Prescribe Or Procedures To Undertake. More And More, Decisions About Personal Healthcare Are No Longer Made By The Treating Physicians In Consultation With Their Patients, And Based On The Doctors' Expertise.