Today, we’re launching a new feature on a separate page called Quickpoints.
There we will provide very brief commentary, questions and discussion on breaking news topics in Illinois. We often see things for which an initial reaction is entirely appropriate – something more preliminary than the fuller analyses we provide in our regular articles. There’s far more in the news than we can react to in detail, and we certainly don’t claim to have answers on all the issues we see raised. Quickpoints is for those things.
We want it to be interactive. That means we want you engaged as commenters. We have many informed readers here who we hope will be active on Quickpoints, especially those who don’t see the world as we do.
We will continue to put on our fact-based research and articles on our main page, as well as links to other sources. That’s why we put Quickpoints on a separate page. It might seem a bit unusual at first, but it’s important to make the distinction by having separate pages.
As with comments on our other articles, please keep it substantive. Gut reactions and name-calling are of no interest, and we have no tolerance for uncivilized, derogatory discourse.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Looking forward to civil clean factual conversations. Thank you
Yep, I read all the comments as well.
Great work by Ted and Mark and their staff.
Keep it up!
Very smart market positioning by the focus on readers as participants. Engage your audience and the interest for this site will expand considerably. Comments here are often as interesting, if not more so, than the columns. The reactions to your reporting and coverage are important and will attract an even wider audience going forward. This will not be a welcoming or comforting site for professional politicians. Good!
I look forward to conversation without gut reactions and name calling.
That would be a fresh breath of air.
So kinda like extended-tweets? I approve.
Good. But do feel free to state any suggestions or concerns, both you and other readers.
If you keep it from getting nasty I’m in