The Wild Card Race, Steve Bartman, and the Terrors of Sports
On last night’s historic baseball action, “Catching Hell,” the 2003 NLCS, pitch counts, mob mentalities, and the wonders and terrors of sports.
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Chicago: The Nation's Worst Commute, Best Commute, and 11th Most Frustrating Commute
Chicago remains among the worst cities in America in “lost time and wasted fuel” because of our congestion. But we spend less time in the car than many of our metropolitan peers, which is great… but that short time is spent seething.
The Tevatron Is (Almost) Dead, Long Live the Tevatron
Fermilab’s legendary particle accelerator gets shut down at the end of the week, a bit shy of its 30th birthday. Due to budget cuts, it’s the end of an era in American physics. But the Tevatron was on thin ice from the beginning—and it’s left us a lot of data to explore.
The Incredibly Short Shelf Life of a Fox News Political Freakout
Mike Quigley’s innocuous comments at an American Islamic College conference—all part of a day for a typical pol—are picked up, batted around, and dropped by Bill O’Reilly and colleagues.
The President and His Mother-in-Law: Once a Lovely Notion, Now Material for Opponents' Jokes
In 2009, Michelle Obama asked her widowed mother to leave her beloved South Shore bungalow to move with them to Washington. Back then, the country, no matter political affiliation, was taken with this family, and there seemed to be a general feeling of good will and admiration for the Obamas as they established an extended family in the private White House quarters. These days, not so much…
Can Rahm Emanuel Fix Chicago's Problems?
THE NEW MAN ON FIVE: In his first few months as mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel has moved at breakneck speed to tackle long-neglected problems and drag a torpid bureaucracy into the 21st century. But the biggest battles lie ahead. Does he have what it takes to save the city?
Behind the Scenes at the Rahm Emanuel Photo Shoot
In August, under gray skies threatening rain, the new mayor met us on the roof of City Hall for his cover photo shoot. Check out the behind-the-scenes pics below.
Mayor Rahm: The First 100 Days—A Photo Gallery
Scenes from the mayor’s first few months in office
The Ongoing Poverty of Pembroke, Illinois
The downstate community of Pembroke is in the news again for its poverty, as it has been for over four decades. Studies and plans come and go, but it’s remained rural, agricultural, and barely developed—which is its next plan for the future.
More Theories of Brown and Blue Line Depression
Means of commute, compared, from slow zones to 5000-series cars. Plus: a modest request to go Mass Mohair on an old-school, art-deco Electroliner.