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    <title>The Barbershop:        Dennis Byrne, Proprietor Recent Posts</title>
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    <description>Chicago author and Chicago Tribune op-ed columnist blogs about today&amp;#039;s political and public policy issues.</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>Pat Fitzgerald for Illinois governor. Or Chicago mayor.</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:38 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney for Northern Illinois, blazed a trail right into the slammer for an entire catalogue of the state&#8217;s politically corrupt. Now that he is retiring after an unprecedented (for Illinois) decade of integrity, he said at a press conference on Thursday that he would like to remain in public service of some... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/pat-fitzgerald-for-illinois-governor-or-chicago-mayor/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. attorney for Northern Illinois, blazed a trail right into the slammer for an entire catalogue of the state&#8217;s politically corrupt. Now that he is retiring after an unprecedented (for Illinois) decade of integrity, he said at a press conference on Thursday that he would like to remain in public service of some... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/pat-fitzgerald-for-illinois-governor-or-chicago-mayor/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>The left, including Obama, abandons women in Afghanistan</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 11:45:15 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Want to see a real &#8220;war on women?&#8221; Wait until 2014 when U.S and NATO forces effectively leave Afghanistan to the whims of the bloodthirsty Taliban. The savagery will make the alleged Republican sins against women — as politically motivated Democrats have charged — pale in comparison. The Taliban&#8217;s strict enforcement of Sharia law, or Islamic law, has resulted in what can... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/the-left-including-obama-abandons-women-in-afghanistan/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Want to see a real &#8220;war on women?&#8221; Wait until 2014 when U.S and NATO forces effectively leave Afghanistan to the whims of the bloodthirsty Taliban. The savagery will make the alleged Republican sins against women — as politically motivated Democrats have charged — pale in comparison. The Taliban&#8217;s strict enforcement of Sharia law, or Islamic law, has resulted in what can... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/the-left-including-obama-abandons-women-in-afghanistan/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Another statistical link between abortion and breast cancer disclosed </title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 13:17:59 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[What better place is there to measure whether breast cancer and abortions are related than in China with its one-child-only policy? Some did just that and found evidence that induced abortions indeed are related to an increased risk of breast cancer—a risk that increases when a woman has more abortions. This finding was published in... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/another-statistical-link-between-abortion-and-breast-cancer/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[What better place is there to measure whether breast cancer and abortions are related than in China with its one-child-only policy? Some did just that and found evidence that induced abortions indeed are related to an increased risk of breast cancer—a risk that increases when a woman has more abortions. This finding was published in... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/another-statistical-link-between-abortion-and-breast-cancer/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Calculate your public pension</title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:24:41 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Want to know how your own private sector pension plan compares with a similar job in the public sector. Go here  to figure it out. You can name your imagined public sector job, your average salary and your retirement date. Let&#8217;s run an example for, say, a teacher in Illinois. Using hypothetical salary numbers, let&#8217;s... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/calculate-your-public-pension/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Want to know how your own private sector pension plan compares with a similar job in the public sector. Go here  to figure it out. You can name your imagined public sector job, your average salary and your retirement date. Let&#8217;s run an example for, say, a teacher in Illinois. Using hypothetical salary numbers, let&#8217;s... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/calculate-your-public-pension/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>War of 1812 (remember?) bicentennial events listed</title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 13:26:05 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Yes, the war was fought here, in Chicago Just a fortnight until the bicentennial of the beginning of the War of 1812, and it hardly gets a notice. It might be America&#8217;s most forgotten war, but clearly it was one of the most important wars in our nation&#8217;s history. Find out why by going to... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/war-of-1812-remember-bicentennial-events-listed/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Yes, the war was fought here, in Chicago Just a fortnight until the bicentennial of the beginning of the War of 1812, and it hardly gets a notice. It might be America&#8217;s most forgotten war, but clearly it was one of the most important wars in our nation&#8217;s history. Find out why by going to... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/war-of-1812-remember-bicentennial-events-listed/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Twenty great jobs that don't require a college degree</title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 12:50:49 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[CareerCast, an online job board, has put together a list of good jobs that don&#8217;t require a college degree. Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with a college degree, but some young people might have concluded from all the ballyhoo about the need for a college degree to pursue a career path that they&#8217;ll eventually regret... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/twenty-great-jobs-that-dont-require-a-college-degree/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[CareerCast, an online job board, has put together a list of good jobs that don&#8217;t require a college degree. Not that there&#8217;s anything wrong with a college degree, but some young people might have concluded from all the ballyhoo about the need for a college degree to pursue a career path that they&#8217;ll eventually regret... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/twenty-great-jobs-that-dont-require-a-college-degree/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Obama's past behavior not an issue, but Romney's is?</title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 04:03:27 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Word that billionaire Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts planned to bankroll a campaign ad that highlighted the  race-baiting by President Barack Obama&#8217;s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., has occasioned  wide-ranging and well-publicized denunciations, even from the apparent Republican nominee Mitt Romney. For some, Obama seemingly cannot escape his past. Same for Romney. Allegations that Romney bullied... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/obamas-past-behavior-not-an-issue-but-romneys-is/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Word that billionaire Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts planned to bankroll a campaign ad that highlighted the  race-baiting by President Barack Obama&#8217;s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., has occasioned  wide-ranging and well-publicized denunciations, even from the apparent Republican nominee Mitt Romney. For some, Obama seemingly cannot escape his past. Same for Romney. Allegations that Romney bullied... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/obamas-past-behavior-not-an-issue-but-romneys-is/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Why Wrigley Field must be destroyed</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:14:24 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great read about why the Cubs won&#8217;t win until they tear down Wrigley Field. The real &#8220;curse&#8221; isn&#8217;t Billy Goat, but the ball park itself. I always thought it was a dump anyway, offending the sensibilities of certain fans who regarded the place as some sort of shrine. A shrine for losers, if... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/why-wrigley-field-must-be-destroyed/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a great read about why the Cubs won&#8217;t win until they tear down Wrigley Field. The real &#8220;curse&#8221; isn&#8217;t Billy Goat, but the ball park itself. I always thought it was a dump anyway, offending the sensibilities of certain fans who regarded the place as some sort of shrine. A shrine for losers, if... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/why-wrigley-field-must-be-destroyed/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Barack Obama wins World War II</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 20:48:31 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Well, no. But President Obama does equate what he has &#8220;accomplished&#8221; with the achievements of presidents as far back as Calvin Coolidge. Check this out: Many of President Obama’s fervent devotees are young enough not to have much memory of the political world before the arrival of The One. Coincidentally, Obama himself feels the same... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/barack-obama-wins-world-war-ii/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, no. But President Obama does equate what he has &#8220;accomplished&#8221; with the achievements of presidents as far back as Calvin Coolidge. Check this out: Many of President Obama’s fervent devotees are young enough not to have much memory of the political world before the arrival of The One. Coincidentally, Obama himself feels the same... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/barack-obama-wins-world-war-ii/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a><div class="feedflare">
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            <title>Pro-Choice Activist Gets Prison for Sending Pro-Lifers Death Threats</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:08:53 -0500</pubDate>
            <dc:creator>Dennis Byrne</dc:creator>
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            <description><![CDATA[Death threats don&#8217;t always come from the right, as this article in LifeNews.com points out. Father Frank Pavone , director of Priests for Life, made this observation: Pavone added, “From the point of view of my work as a pro-life leader, I also take this opportunity to point out that violence and threats of violence... <a href="http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2012/05/pro-choice-activist-gets-prison-for-sending-pro-lifers-death-threats/" class="more-link">Read more &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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