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Norman, me & the “siege” of Chicago, Part II

Posted on August 28, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell It makes me sad when I think about those two classmates, Tom “Tex” Ford and Lloyd Slack, who were killed in Vietnam. Around the second grade, Tom Ford’s family moved to Texas. When they came back to … Continue reading →

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Norman, me & the “siege” of Chicago, Part I

Posted on August 27, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell On the 40th anniversary of my beating and arrest by Chicago cops during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, I find myself wondering if the alienation of Hillary Clinton Democrats who lost to Barack Obama in 2008 is … Continue reading →

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