Posted at Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall:

ChiTrib follows up on Speaker Hastert's earmark bonanza.

"The complex structure of a real estate transaction in Kendall County last December left House Speaker Dennis Hastert with a seven-figure profit and in prime position to reap further benefits as the exurban region west of Chicago continues its prairie-fire growth boosted by a Hastert-backed federally funded proposed highway."