Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Give Us Our Paper Back!

What is going on at the Chicago Sun Times?

Today's Headline:

"County Might Let Pot Smokers Off Easy."

Yesterday's headline, which I can't find online, was something about a killer smirking during the courtroom proceedings while the parents of the victim wept.

Excuse, me, but this is the Sun Times we're talking about right? The same Sun Times that showcases weekly the rabid scrawlings of Mary Mitchell, Rev. Jessie Jackson, and Andrew Greeley? The same Sun Times that for the last two years could have adopted the slogan "The Official Newsletter of the Barack Obama Fan Club?" The same Sun Times whose editorial board has for years taken the leftward position on any and every topic?

Aren't we supposed to try to empathize with, or at least understand, the killer? Aren't we expected to extend patience, if not sympathy, to the potheads?

Just what is the world coming to when the Sun Times expects criminals to be held accountable for their crimes?

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