This is in response to an article in Crain’s Chicago Business about Illinois’ failed attempt to collect sales tax for internet sales (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110910/ISSUE01/309109981?plckCurrentPage=1&sid=sitelife.chicagobusiness.com ).  The idea is bad in itself, but it is overshadowed by some of the dumb comments by readers who have a warped idea about taxes and how to grow a regional economy.

If you’re going to report the news, report the news.  Don’t crop a picture of “the poor 13 year-old who got shot by police”, who in the full picture is “throwing down” (making) gang signs.

Unarmed is undesirable and unfashionable on today’s North Michigan Avenue.

Earlier this year, I wrote about a Chicago Police officer getting killed (http://wistechnology.com/articles/7572 ). Because the Chicago media did not cover it the way it should have been covered, I thought it would be appropriate to comment on it. There was no outrage.

The Magnificent Mile sometimes called the Mag Mile is Chicago’s premier shopping and tourism center.  With stores rivaling Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and Fifth Avenue in New York City, it is the destination for world shoppers.  It’s a place where if you are from out-of-town, you go for the premium stores, the highly-acclaimed restaurants and the first-class hotels that provide the full impact and ambience of Chicago, a world-class city.