Jack Schaap Gives the Creepiest Sermon You'll Ever See, and Maybe the Second-Creepiest

A year before the ex-pastor of Hammond’s First Baptist Church committed the Mann Act violation he recently pled guilty to, he appeared briefly in an ABC investigation of Independent Baptist churches… and hung hellfire on the network for questioning the idea that women aren’t the reason man is fallen.

A Look at Chicago, Through Its Trash

Death of the newspaper aside, Chicagoans still throw out a lot of newsprint every year—particularly in high-income wards, where it comes in just behind food scraps in percentage of our trash.

Chicagoans of the Year 2012

With recent headlines too often focusing on shootings and assorted bad guys, it’s high time to single out some people who have made good—no, amazing—things happen in Chicago this year. They include a low-key philanthropist, a community-minded playwright, an innovative jazzman, a dedicated educator, and a young teen and a pediatric surgeon linked by acts … Read more