A Few Charts That Show How Historic This Cubs Season Has Been
The North Siders haven’t demolished the competition like this in more than 100 years.
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Argyle’s New Street Plan Is Confusing People—Which May Mean It’s Doing Its Job
A three-block stretch of Argyle Street in Uptown has been turned into a "shared street." As Chicago previewed last year, the concept gives pedestrians the right-of-way throughout the street, eliminates curbs, and minimizes street markings, replacing them with differently colored paving stones. Car, bike, and pedestrian traffic is mixed rather than segregated. But according to reports from Streetsblog and … Read more
It’s Been a Long Wait for the Cubs, and These Famous Fans Are Ready
Whether machine politician or Rage Against the Machine guitarist, fans everywhere are ready for the postseason.
10 Stories You Should Read This Week
Illinois’s unappreciated archaeological gem, $150k for a Chicago paleta man, and the beauty of hand-painted grocery store signs
The Cubs Have the Best Defense In Baseball
That was the plan coming in, and it’s worked out—even though their pitching has arguably been a bit worse than it was last year, they’ve given up 50 fewer runs than any team in baseball.
With Homicides Up in Chicago, Attention Turns to Our Diminished Detectives
The number of detectives in the Chicago Police Department has fallen by a quarter in eight years, and they make up a much smaller percentage of the force than in other cities. And it’s been going on for years.
What Does the "Blue Lives Matter" Ordinance Really Mean?
In the fight to extend hate-crime protection to police and other public safety workers, the symbolism outweighs practical implications.
Cointreau Mixology Challenge Event
August 22, 2016—Cointreau is at the heart of creative cocktails. In the spirit of celebrating originality, seven local mixologists met at Barcocina to create artful, Cointreau-inspired cocktails. The evening's most renowned cocktail, “Hanami,” was created by Brandon Phillips from The Duck Inn. Cheers to Brandon and the art of the cocktail. Hanami 2 oz. Cointreau … Read more
How to Write an Anti-Bike Commentary—Without the Nuisance of Actual Thought
A local newspaper this week published yet another anti-cyclist commentary, and it just seemed so…inefficient. The same predictable column has been written hundreds of times, each triggering the same predictable cycle of outrage. Shouldn’t algorithms—machine learning, if you will—be able to write these for us by now? Therefore I humbly offer the following template to … Read more
The Devolution of the Political-Correctness Backlash
What was once a debate about elevating standards in higher education has become a challenge to their existence, and more broadly, an excuse to ignore even the most basic forms of propriety.