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For my entire life, my father (a lawyer) has been working on a case in Chicago (where I grew up) about abolishing political patronage. The case was brought in the classic david-and-goliath way: one man vs the Daley Political Machine. This case has been the driving force behind my father's career. Not in the in-gets-you-jobs way, but in the it-lights-your-fire way. He was asked to summarize the last 35 years of the case for the newly issued Encyclopedia of Chicago. Always understated, he declined to mention the tens of thousands of hours he worked on the case. I'd like it if you would go read about it because I think it's pretty darn neat. I'm not sure what it all means. What the lesson to be learned is. Is it that we're supposed to stick with something that we really believe in, no matter how long it takes? Is it that a just cause is a good cause? I'm searching for meaning in life. Trying to do the right thing, be considerate about my actions and so on, but I wonder if there's ever a cause that I'd pursue to such an extent? I hope so. |
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