Events

The President has ordered the military prison at Guantánamo Bay closed within a year, directed intelligence services to abide by the Army's interrogation standards, and directed Justice to review an important terrorism case with an eye towards giving the defendant actual Constitutional protections. If he keeps this up, we could restore our standing in the world in less than 20 years, perhaps. In local news, the Chicago Tribune has picked its favored bidder in the upcoming Cubs sale (without revealing...

First run

Yesterday was also a National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, which is as good a reason as any to republish this photo:

Life goes on: The Chicago Tribune says farewell to Kerry Wood, who has left the Cubs; Meanwhile, the Cubs have gotten into a shouting match with priest who blessed the dugout to remove the Curse of the Billy Goat (it didn't work); Twenty six people have filed papers to run for Rahm Emmanuel's House seat, primary to be held March 3rd; and Almost as exciting as yesterday's events, Lost returns tonight. Now I'm going back to the NPR story about all the stuff we're not shipping from our major ports.

"President Barack Obama." "Former President George W. Bush." Ahhhh.

Or, at the very least, to the reality-based world. And look at all of those people...I'm now totally happy not to be on the National Mall today. More later, sometime in the next Administration.

Only hours remain until the End of an Error.