Artist Nick Cave’s Favorite Things
TRUTH SEEKER: The internationally-known tastemaker shares 10 stylish items
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Artist Nick Cave’s Favorite Things
TRUTH SEEKER: The internationally-known tastemaker shares 10 stylish items
School Achievement Gaps: High in Illinois, Higher Everywhere
As Chicagoland struggles with education reform, it faces a stiff headwind from income-based educational-achievement gaps that have been growing since the 1970s. What happened? Wealthier parents may have learned a great deal from programs targeted at very poor children.
The Link Between Car Crashes and Street Crime
In the city’s pedestrian plan, authors found a correlation between high-crime areas and lots of pedestrian crashes. But where’s the causation? Indian behavioral economists are dealing with their own, much more deadly traffic problems in Mumbai, and have a theory.
A Hand-Built Model of the CTA and Less Amazing Real-World Transit News
A hand-built electric-train model of the CTA—with homemade model two-flats, laser-cut El railings, and vintage El cars—takes shape; the Peotone airport continues to plod along, even without Jesse Jr.; and will Chicago drivers be ok with BRT?
Probability, Global Warming, and Hurricane Sandy
There’s a lot about global warming we don’t know, and the more specific we try to get, the more people disagree. City planners are betting on the effects in extremely concrete ways, such as on Cermak Road here in Chicago.
A Guide to Wheaton: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play
INSIDER’S GUIDE: The historic western suburb’s charming fall and winter festivities are just a 45-minute Metra ride from Chicago.
Probability, Fantasy Baseball, and FiveThirtyEight
The stat geek’s FiveThirtyEight site is a must-read during campaign season. But interest can turn into addiction, and addiction into abuse. Consume his work in moderation, as part of a healthy information diet, and be wary of people who call it deadly or a miracle drug.
Hurricane Sandy: Five Ways of Looking at the Wind in Chicago
Chicago is remarkably close to the giant Frankenstorm—Hurricane Sandy and a nor’easter—that’s blowing Lake Michigan towards us. We could get massive waves on Lake Michigan and some high winds, while everything else stays pretty clear.
The Trib Endorses Obama—Tepidly Compared to 2008
Four years later, the editorial board criticizes both presidential candidates, and, at one point, teeters on the brink of declaring, “Never mind, we guess we’ll go with Romney.”