Robert W Mclean

Vehicle overturns on rain-slickened Route 20 at McLean

Elgin

Car overturns: A 23-year-old man was treated at Provena Saint Joseph Hospital after his car went out of control on rain-slickened pavement on Route 20 east of McLean Boulevard Friday morning, slid off the highway and turned over. Driver Phoxay Tayarath was charged with driving too fast for conditions after the 5 a.m. crash.

Criminal damage, domestic charges: Robert W. Julien, 29, of the 600 block of Wellington, Elgin, was charged with felony criminal damage to property, as well as misdemeanor counts of domestic battery, interference with reporting of domestic battery, and aggravated assault Thursday in Elgin. Bail was set at $40,000 and he was given a June 15 court date.

Ran from police: Lamarr George, 22, of the 1200 block of Amanda Circle, was charged with a misdemeanor count of obstructing a police officer. He is accused of running from an officer investigating a burglary Thursday in Elgin. Bail was set at $2,500 and he was given a June 13 court date.

Cocaine possession: Leonard B. Holling, 47, of the 400 block of Bluff City Boulevard, was charged with one count of possession of a controlled substance. He is accused of having cocaine in his possession Thursday in Elgin. Bail was set at $30,0000 and he was given a June 16 court date.

Car marked.: A car was vandalized Friday, with three large letters written on the windshield in silver maker on the 900 block of Radclyffe Court. The owner said the car had been struck with eggs four times before.

Walkout theft: Two men stole an oscillating fan from the Sears Outlet Store on 822 Summit St. On Friday morning the two walked into the store and asked employees about the fan. They took the box and simply walked past store employees without paying for the item. One suspect is white, in his early 20s, about 6 feet tall, short hair, with tattoos on his upper chest and neck. The other is white, about 6 feet tall, with short brown hair, with tattoos on his chest and neck. Their vehicle was believed to be a black Toyota sedan with the first two license plate digits 45.

Carpentersville

Drug possession: Jose M. Villagomez, 23, of Chicago, was charged with possession of a controlled substance after an arrest Thursday in Carpentersville. Bail was set at $20,000 and he was given a June 15 court date.

A Country Of Vast Designs by Robert W. Merry

This blog is composed of short reviews of books I have read, dating back to August of 2009 when I began tracking my literary consumption. Though non-fiction will feature prominently, fiction will be chronicled here as well, particularly fantasy and science fiction. As I average six books a week, I hope to someday cover most topics of interest to me and my readers. If you have any recommended reads germane to a particular book, please pass along your recommendation as a comment on that post. The United States, for all its virtues, has had a history troubled by dark episodes. There certainly wasn't much glory to be spread around during the massacre of the Indians native to the continent. And for all its fetishizing, the Civil War was a conflict between the interests of powerful elites who cared about money far more than they cared about justice. But for all that there are periods in which all countries wish that they had been better, there are times when corruption is so systemic, when those with whom one does business are so universally dirty, that a dark outcome is inevitable. James K. Polk , the president who essentially delivered unto the United States the whole of the Southwest, was a product of this corrupted environment. Mr. Merry, a historian, encapsulates the Polk presidency, its wars, its policies and its times. And in doing so, he captures a man who did more to shape modern America than many who have followed him. From a gruesome operation he endured as a child, to the awesome challenges he faced as President, life never seemed to come easy to James Polk. Born into the slaveholding South to relatively prosperous parents, a sharp mind and his keen ambition carried him to the White House in 1844, only three administrations prior to Abraham Lincoln's. Mr. Merry's steady hand paints a portrait of a pragmatic president who, charged by a belief in the uniqueness of America , was eager to secure his nation's prosperity both economically and militarily. Though Mr. Merry touches on some of his fiscal policies, much of this work is dominated by Polk's maneuverings which provoked a war with Mexico , a war that, at a cost of considerable lives, proved to be decisive for America. After all the bloodshed, the northern victors annexed from Mexico and Spain territory from Texas to California, more or less defining the modern boundaries of the country.

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