Why is America so much more violent—in particular, so much more homicidal—than other developed countries? One vein of history and social science suggests that its roots are in the South, and the British borderland culture that it originated in.
Joe Moreno’s stance against Chick-fil-A, and his announcement that he’ll use aldermanic privilege to block a Logan Square location, makes national news… and gets bad reviews, even from passionate supporters of gay marriage.
The intensive drought has become more intense, nowhere more than in Illinois—in the span of a week, most of the state went from severe drought to extreme drought, the worst decline in the 12 years the USDA has been using its current monitoring system.
This year has been unusually hot and dry, approaching records if not breaking them. And that heat pervades everything, from roads, to nuclear power plants, to food prices, to traffic fatalities.
Chicagoan Max Engling, a 25-year-old former model and Republican staff assistant for the House Administration Committee, topped The Hill’s eighth annual list of 50 most beautiful people working on Capitol Hill. Only one other Illinoisan, a Democrat and policy aide to a Washington state congressman, made the cut.
The 1st Ward alderman has said he’ll use aldermanic privilege to prevent the Bible Belt chicken shack from opening a location in Logan Square, following the CEO’s comments on gay marriage.
A handy how-to guide for road agents, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune. Carry a sawed-off shotgun; always get the jump on the driver; don’t bother searching pockets; and always, always be sure to make facetious remarks.
The most notorious gangland murder in the city’s history kicked off an early round of gun control at the state and national level, leading to a messy but beloved Supreme Court decision.
The West Side neighborhood has 34 homicides in the past 12 months, by far the most of any community area. But it’s also the largest community area in Chicago. What happens when you break down the numbers a bit?
After announcing on Friday that her last column would run on August 6, the Sun-Times’s Stella Foster, who has been writing “Stella’s Column” (the successor to the legendary “Kup’s Column”) since December 2003, told me in a telephone interview Monday that it was her decision to retire…
