Chicago's Chick-Fil-A Fight: Bad Ideas, Bad Puns
The latest from the Chick-fil-A hawks: Mayor Bloomberg gives the thumbs down, and how to ban Chick-fil-A without violating the First Amendment.
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Poverty and Teen Pregnancy: Cause and Effect
No one doubts that teen pregnancy makes rising out of poverty more difficult, and teen pregnancy is more frequent where income inequality is high. But how much is cause, and how much is symptom?
American Violence and Southern Culture
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.
Chicago Alderman's Chick-Fil-A Block Goes National, Pulls in Emanuel
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 Midwest Flash Drought Gets Worse
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.
The Ill Effects of the Long, Hot Summer
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 Tops List of 50 Most Beautiful in Washington; No Illinois Lawmaker Makes Cut
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.
Joe Moreno Gets Pushback on Chick-Fil-A Block
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.
Annals of American Violence: How to Rob a Stagecoach
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.
Gun Control in the Age of Al Capone
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.