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A year after taking the job—and a couple months after being semi-demoted from the day-to-day tasks of the job—the youngest Daley brother steps down from Rahm Emanuel’s old job.

From Chicago’s Mr. Tornado to the muse of cognitive dissonance: the five most interesting (to me) people I wrote about in 2011.

The little slate-colored birds are one of the great pleasures of snowy winter days by the window—and as game theorists, fine examples of Pareto-optimal efficiency.

“White” vs. “what” vs. “wet” and “black” vs. “blargh”: linguistic traps for candidates to avoid. But sometimes a letter will accuse you of bias against Canadians, and only Woodward and Bernstein can save you there.

One possible explanation for why it’s in the mid-50s in Chicago today: space weather! Scientists are looking into the possibility that sunny weather on the sun creates warm winters in these parts.

Los Angeles is about to find out there’s no such thing as free parking, as it embarks on a radical, rate-raising meter scheme. But unlike Chicago, they’re keeping their meters.