If any place breeds power, it’s Chicago. “Clout” and the city have gone together since the early 1900s, when our Irish Catholic forefathers clapped a stranglehold on the levers of authority that they have been loath to relinquish in modern times. Even in recent years, the general pecking order was clear: There was Richard M. … Read more
Amtrak’s stats confirm what you’ve probably already noticed—traffic congestion is terrible, whether you’re in a train or a car. But it’s just as bad for the people whose jobs are on the rails, thanks to the nation’s worst rail bottleneck.
FROM OUR FEBRUARY 1999 ISSUE: In the two decades of leading his South Side parish, Michael Pfleger has taken on crack dealers, liquor advertisers, and now—Jerry Springer
The former inspector general and public-service vet took a position at Sidley Austin, and a teaching gig at the University of Chicago, after losing to Alexi Giannoulias in 2010. But don’t count him out of public service for good.
Chicago now has less than ten percent of the number of taverns as it did in the days of the saloon. Two abstemious mayors, the changing demographics of alcohol consumers, and the spread of liquor licenses to other establishments have done them in.
Alice Clement was an early feminist, foe to mashers, friend of lost girls, movie producer (and star)… and Chicago’s first female detective. Plus: Cora Strayer and Kate Warne, early female gumshoes of the private sector.
The administration’s health policy, in combination with decade-old EEOC rules, has created a media firestorm about religious freedom, with pundits calling it the end of Obama’s chances in 2012. In the real world, it will probably provide a modest electoral boost.
UIUC’s Somnath Baidya Roy wrote a 2010 paper on how wind farms effect nearby surface temperatures. In 2012, it got picked up and used as a cudgel in the climate-change wars.
“Halftime in America”: anti-capitalist, anti-union, anti-Union, and worst of all, anti-Norse. Everyone hates the Super Bowl’s most beloved ad.
OBAMALAND REDUX: A look at new faces in new places as the president gears up for November
