Meet the Chicago Man Who Planned to Nuke the Moon
Chicago inventor Leonard Reiffel worked with Carl Sagan to see what would happen if an atomic bomb hit the moon. Valuable research! But a bit of a PR risk.
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Anthony Rizzo's Contract Shows How Baseball Does Business Today
Forget expensive star free agents. Now, teams need protect their great young players from ever being on the market.
Pat Brady Holds Nothing Back in a Frank Q&A
The outgoing leader of Illinois’s Republican party has a few parting shots on the GOP’s policies, politicians, and its chances of success in 2014.
If Chicago's Lost Its Way, It Can Look to Harold Washington to Get It Back
Chicago is defined by the Daleys, while Harold Washington is more famous for who he was than what he did. As the current mayor’s numbers slide among African-Americans, he can take some lessons from an underrated mayor.
Before They Were Stars: The Entertaining, Uncannily Accurate Scouting Reports of Cubs and White Sox Notables
Kerry Wood’s “serious, arrogant look”; Carl Everett as his own worst enemy; and, of course, A.J.
Would a Successful Chicago Casino Require a Terrible Building?
Atlantic City (and the state of New Jersey) bet big on an innovative, spectacular new casino that broke all the rules of casino design and amenities. And it went bankrupt in less than a year.
When Trolling Cyclists Goes Too Far
Doorings are dangerous—they regularly injure cyclists in Chicago and, occasionally, kill them. They’re also easily preventable with barely a thought. So why pick a fight over it?
Can Sports and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Reduce Crime in Chicago?
Chicago’s “Becoming a Man” project aims to teach students how to deal with anger before it becomes crime, and it’s recently been substantially funded by the city. Here’s how it works.
The Sloth Bear Cubs at Brookfield Zoo Are Pretty Cute (for Sloth Bears)
These adorable cubs are more bear than sloth.
Crime Follows Temperature In Chicago
A look at five million crime reports over twelve years in the city suggests that homicides, and other crimes that you’d expect, become more common when Chicago warms up.