The Chicago Speed Camera Debate Accelerates
The Tribune calls into question City Hall’s data on red-light cameras and traffic fatalities, as the mayor gets a priestly cameo in the fight for extending the system to speed cameras.
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Howard Dean on Ilya Sheyman, the Presidential Campaign, Iran, and More
He served as governor of Vermont from 1991 to 2003. He ran for the Democratic nomination in 2004 and became infamous for the scream that ended his presidential hopes. He pushed a 50-state strategy as head of the DNC that helped Barack Obama win the presidency. And he morphed from traditional Democrat to full-fledged Progressive. So it’s not surprising that Howard Dean, 63, is drawn to Ilya Sheyman…
Great Lakes Ice Declines Precipitously
Great Lakes ice cover hit its lowest level in recorded history this year. Most of that can be attributed to the unusually warm winter, but over the past four decades the trend is towards substantially lower ice cover.
Daylight Saving Time: Way More Complicated Than Just Setting Your Clocks Back
Daylight Saving Time and time zones have caused controversy (and an identity crisis) in Indiana for decades. For a few years now, the state’s been on DST and off “Indiana time”—and it’s been good for business, if not for the environment.
Derrick Bell, Barack Obama, and Andrew Breitbart: Breaking Kayfabe
The latest figure to arise from the president’s past is a controversial Harvard Law prof, captured in grainy video by PBS and popularized by the late provocateur Andrew Breitbart. Bell was indeed radical—but he spent most of his career in conflict with liberals. In lies a much more rich tale than a few minutes of pseudo-scoop tells.
Week 22: The Rest of Your Life
Bed rest. Just say the words and women cringe. Then they offer to bring over lasagne. Sarah’s been having crazy pains all over her body, especially in that special contraction zone, which makes O.B.s awfully nervous—and ours, the unflappable Dr. Harth, finally told Sarah that if working was causing her pain, then stop working. So she has…
This Time, the Illinois Primary Matters
The Illinois primary has suddenly become interesting—in fact, it may be the “stopper” this year, putting away the race for Mitt Romney if he solidifies his momentum and does well. Plus: the brilliant Bears quarterback who gave Mitt his name.
Massive Solar Flares and Bumps In the Universe
A coronal mass ejection is headed our way. It doesn’t look like it’ll do much damage—like the one that took out a Chicago-San Francisco transcontinental telephone line back in 1972—but it might get the northern lights down this way.
Is Trying for the Olympics and Failing Better Than Actually Getting Them?
Some people are still sore about Chicago not getting the Olympics, a wound re-opened by the G8 mess. But in trying and failing, we might have won by losing.
A Profile of Chicago Hacker Jeremy Hammond, and the Police Work That Captured Him
Hactivist Jeremy Hammond, practitioner of not-so-civil disobedience, gets busted by the feds… for the second time in his young life. It’s practically a replay of his first arrest.