Christmas Around the World at the Museum of Science and Industry, Circa 1978
Croats, Lithuanians, Belarusians, and Koreans talk about their holiday traditions as part of the MSI’s seven-decade Christmas Around the World tradition.
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2011: The Safest Year of Flying Yet
Evidence of progress from the annals of airline crash statistics. Plus: why Alec Baldwin should have put his cell phone away, and why reading about airline disasters or pretending that I’m in a Galaxie 500 video makes me feel safer.
Days of Rage vs Days of G-8: Fighting Protesters With Neoliberalism
To head off a second Days of Rage when the G-8 and NATO come to town in 2011, Rahm Emanuel proposes to hike protest fees… just like the first Mayor Daley did. But at 1968 prices, $1000 is practically a bargain.
Gary Kimmel, Dentist to Sex Traffickers, Wants Back in the Tooth Business
In 2009, a Chicago dentist went to prison after pleading guilty to laundering money for a Detroit pimp who used Kimmel’s apartment, cars, and dental office. The pimp was put away for 25 years. Dr. Gary Kimmel is out, and wants his old job back.
The Arrest of Sam Hurd and the Trials of Drug Sentencing
The Bears’ receiver and special-teams captain faces a maximum of 40 years and a $5 million fine if he’s convicted of drug trafficking. But if his football predecessors in the drug trade are any indication, expect a lighter sentence.
Will Regrowing Your Teeth Replace Fillings?
THE SUPERTOOTH SQUAD: Researchers at the UIC College of Dentistry are trying to turn fillings, crowns, bridges, and dentures into relics of the past—by harnessing nature to grow and implant new teeth
Chicago Gangs, the Emanuel Money Engine, and the Future of the Chicago Machine
What Rahm Emanuel’s ties to big business, and aldermanic ties to local gangs, tell us about the evolution of the Chicago Machine from Hinky Dink to the present day—and what the Machine of the Future might look like.
"Chicago Story": Annals of Failed Cop Shows About Our Town
An ambitious show in a singularly unambitious era, it was Chicago Hope plus Chicago Code… plus half an hour. Then it disappeared from existence.
Deep Inside Chicago's Deep Tunnel
The Feds and the state get impatient with Deep Tunnel, forcing the state into an agreement to get it done on time—by 2029. Here’s how it’s (sort of) responsible for the Asian carp crisis, and why it might be inadequate for a future of climate change.
Republicans for Rahm? His Night at the Economic Club
Rahm sold out the Hilton Chicago Hotel’s International Ballroom Monday for a speech before the Economic Club. On the dais surrounded by such captains of industry as Lester Crown, Thomas Wilson, Gregory Wasson, Glenn Tilton, the newish mayor started out shaky, occasionally flubbing his lines, his voice rising to resemble his predecessor’s. His reception by the black-tie members of the club and their guests, was chilly at first…