Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
A He Said, She Said
WBEZ's Ben Calhoun writes that Gov. Rod Blagojevich's reported refusal to talk with Sen. Dick Durbin about the open U.S. Senate seat demonstrates yet again "the degree to which the governor operates in isolation."Keep Voice Alive
Youth Communication Chicago, a bimonthly teen newspaper that's been in publication for 32 years, may have to close its doors unless the non-profit can raise $160,000 by year's end. At the Huffington Post Chicago, Jonathon Briggs explains why the magazine is important and what students are doing to save it.Clinton's State Team
Some of Obama's foreign-policy experts are wary of Hillary Clinton's impending appointment as Secretary of State. Not because Clinton is unqualified or ideologically incompatible with Obama, writes the Washington Independent's Spencer Ackerman, but because the "loyalists and traditional thinkers Clinton is likely to bring into the State Dept." might not be bold enough.
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