Balanced OpEd about violence in Chicago

[J.R.@A&M]

"So the tangle of pathology, as it has been called, tends to be self-perpetuating.
No one has come up with a way to untangle it that is practically plausible and politically salable. More police would help. So would ending the drug war. Better schools hold some promise. Economic development is indispensable. Neglect will only make things worse."

I call this balanced because it doesn't use the useless term "gun violence".

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... z389yK508p

This is the correct link (when I paste it). Can't seem to make it come through as an active link -- likely because I am web-challenged. [There is a space between the last character in the URL and the closing bracket [/url]. This caused the problem.]

[Jumping Frog]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articl ... 23380.html

This is the correct link (when I paste it). Can't seem to make it come through as an active link ...

Fixed link.

[RoyGBiv]

It's perhaps balanced if one accepts his stats at face value.

HOWever... The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates

When I read the original article yesterday (I forget how I got there) I could smell the stink coming off all the garbage numbers.