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Obama/Ayers Update: Obama Campaign Unleashes “Turbas” on WGN Radio Host »

By Steve Diamond on Aug 28, 2008 in 1st Amendment, Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barack Obama, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Linda Darling-Hammond, William Ayers, Woods Fund | 84 Comments

The other night was a surreal experience. 
Chicago is home to a retired conservative University of Chicago professor named Milt Rosenberg who hosts an evening talk show on WGN radio.  WGN stands for “World’s Greatest Newspaper” because it is owned by the Tribune Company which also owns the Chicago Cubs. Jack Brickhouse, the voice of the [...]

Whither the Teachers’ Unions? The Obama/Ayers Link »

By Steve Diamond on Jul 5, 2008 in Annenberg Chicago Challenge, Barbara Jordan, Bill Ayers, Chicago politics, Education, Education Debt, Linda Darling-Hammond, Mike Klonsky, Unions, Weather Underground, William Ayers | 256 Comments

All of a sudden, the American Federation of Teachers seems to have decided it is in their best interest to rise to the defense of Obama and his education advisor Linda Darling-Hammond. In particular, they do not want anyone looking too closely at the long-standing relationship between Bill Ayers and their preferred presidential candidate, Senator [...]

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