The James Logan Courier

By Rick Pearson and Ray Long
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

CHICAGO — In a display of political bravado, disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, challenging national Democratic leaders to reject the appointment of an African-American to the seat that propelled Barack Obama to the White House.

The defiant move tests the resolve of Senate Democrats who said they would not admit anyone appointed by Blagojevich, who is facing impeachment after being accused of trying to sell the Senate seat for personal gain. And it reveals to a nation celebrating Obama's victory the underbelly of Chicago's race-based political scene.

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864–December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.

Introduction
He was born in the medieval centre of Bilbao, the son of Félix Unamuno and Salomé de Jugo. As a young man, he was interested in the Basque language, and competed for a teaching position in the Instituto de Bilbao, against Sabino Arana. The contest was finally won by the Basque scholar Resurrección María de Azcue. Unamuno later doubted that Basque would endure another century, but the momentum given by Basque nationalism has in fact helped keep it alive, even though only 20% of Basques speak the language.

Read Miguel de Unamono's Tragic Sense of Life, free from Project Gutenberg.