Inexcusable errors by a leading commentator.   By: Mark Glennon*   Prominent journalists usually do at least a little homework before publishing opinion articles, but sometimes, none at all. Consider John McCarron’s piece published this week in the Chicago Tribune under the headline Cullerton’s New Idea to Save Pensions. Mr. McCarron is a long-time leading editorial figure in Illinois, a WTTW regular, and winner of the “prestigious Peter Lisagor Award” for journalism, he says in his bio.   First, Mr. McCarron says Senate President John Cullerton “appears to be scoring higher on the credibility meter” because Cullerton warned everyone last

Kirk met Friday with a White House official to call for removing upper management at Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital, which he said would create a culture of accountability for the embattled facility. http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/kirk-renews-continues-push-changes-hines-va-hospital/fri-07252014-139pm?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed#bmb=1

Common sense from one of our favorite Dems. http://www.suntimes.com/news/martin/28805528-452/rauner-paves-way-for-keeping-tax-rates-the-same.html#.U9PO5qifiLw

Feds say 305 unaccompanied children caught at the U.S.-Mexico border were placed with Illinois sponsors this year, but officials say hundreds more could be at shelters. via Feds’ Immigrant Numbers For Illinois May Not Tell Whole Story | WUIS 91.9.

Double the national rate in June. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-dietrich/illinois-home-foreclosure_b_5621306.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago

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