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02/10/12

Alice Clement, Cora Strayer, and Kate Warne: Badass Female Flatfoots of Old Chicago

Alice Clement, Cora Strayer, and Kate Warne: Badass Female Flatfoots of Old Chicago Alice Clement was an early feminist, foe to mashers, friend of lost girls, movie producer (and star)... and Chicago's first female detective. Plus: Cora Strayer and Kate Warne, early female gumshoes of the private sector.

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02/10/12

The Birth Control Issue Is a Winning One for the Obama Administration

The Birth Control Issue Is a Winning One for the Obama Administration The administration's health policy, in combination with decade-old EEOC rules, has created a media firestorm about religious freedom, with pundits calling it the end of Obama's chances in 2012. In the real world, it will probably provide a modest electoral boost.

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02/09/12

A Night of Discerning Drinking

A Night of Discerning Drinking Chicago magazine writers, editors, and readers gathered last night at Bucktown hot spot Duchamp to celebrate cocktails and budding mixologists.

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02/09/12

How to Merge an Airline and Other Business News

How to Merge an Airline and Other Business News Just making the coffee at the world's largest carrier takes a whole beverage committee; Mayor Emanuel on the long-delayed O'Hare express; the ethics of shoppping; and more.

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02/09/12

Guinnessometrics: Saving Science and Statistics With Beer

Guinnessometrics: Saving Science and Statistics With Beer A Roosevelt University economist looks into the scientific and statistical legacy of W.S. Gosset, aka "Student," Guinness's legendary Oxford-educated brewmaster and scientific-paradigm-shifter.

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02/09/12

How an Illinois Prof's Paper on Wind Farms and Microclimate Became a Macro Story

How an Illinois Prof's Paper on Wind Farms and Microclimate Became a Macro Story UIUC's Somnath Baidya Roy wrote a 2010 paper on how wind farms effect nearby surface temperatures. In 2012, it got picked up and used as a cudgel in the climate-change wars.

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02/08/12

How Clint Eastwood's Patriotic Chrysler Ad Is Secretly Anti-Everything

How Clint Eastwood's Patriotic Chrysler Ad Is Secretly Anti-Everything "Halftime in America": anti-capitalist, anti-union, anti-Union, and worst of all, anti-Norse. Everyone hates the Super Bowl's most beloved ad.

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02/08/12

Indiana: Right-to-Work Again

Indiana: Right-to-Work Again Our Rust Belt neighbors are a beachhead for right-to-work laws in the industrial Midwest. But it's happened before, when the pols and capitalists who birthed the modern conservative movement passed a similar law that lasted for nine years.

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02/08/12

"Gang Signs" in the Chicago City Sticker: A Rorschach Test

"Gang Signs" in the Chicago City Sticker: A Rorschach Test Does Chicago's new city sticker depict the signs and symbols of the Maniac Latin Disciples? Or is it an annunciation of the city's public safety officials? It's as much in the eye of the beholder as anything.

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02/07/12

The Case of the Missing 1.2 Million: This Is What Happens When Baby Boomers Retire

The Case of the Missing 1.2 Million: This Is What Happens When Baby Boomers Retire Thanks to Clint Eastwood and a positive jobs report, there's some very cautious optimism about the economy. But behind the scenes, there's a lot of math and yelling about who's employed, who's not, who wants a job, and who's done with working.

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