richard epstein is drafting the protect our parks appeal to save jackson park from private development by the obama center. the same email said the logan foundation grant money has already run out when i thought they had promised funding all the way through the legal process. it's impossible to say how futile or hopeful the lawsuit is. we were talking about how to not become resigned, to see what good will remain if obama makes his center here in our park. we see how nature finds every niche possible to live and thrive, despite roundup and development. the department of natural resources may fail to protect nature. nature will return wherever it is possible. that's not law, and not human utility-- it's nature. hope is a human characteristic. after hope and change, and roundup, nature is what remains.