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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The greater flow of life

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: The greater flow of life:


The greater flow of life

No reason for doom and gloom here in Chicago. Spring is in the air, Derek and the Bulls are streaking and the Cubs are getting ready for another World Series run.

Yes, I know that Judge Hyman just tossed out the civil rights suit, filed by Local School Councils, that sought to block the Chicago Public Schools from closing 17 schools in mainly African-American neighborhoods. But he also left an opening for the case to be refiled. If that fails, we can try again in federal courts.
“The deeper issues that underlie this lawsuit will not disappear anytime soon,” he wrote. “Yet before the court today is a narrow question involving the legal sufficiency of the amended complaint. As such, the answer is dry, cold, removed from the greater flow of life.”

"Removed from the greater flow of life," my ass.  I'll tell you what's removed from the greater flow of life, your