The president turns 50 on August 4th, and plans for his party on the day before have been in the works for months. Still, with Obama in the throes of the debt-ceiling crisis, there’s the possibility that the whole thing may get canceled or delayed…
Civil unions for same-sex couples were legalized in Illinois on June 1—a day that launched celebration, action, and overwhelming emotion for Chicagoans joined by a historic law. “I never thought I would have these rights,” said one.
The new film about the former Alaska governor surprises Roger Ebert by going after the Republican establishment. It shouldn’t be a shock: that’s exactly what’s going on with the debt ceiling, and in American politics.
Two former Chicago newspapermen teamed up in 1950 to give you the lowdown dirt on the city if you were on the make or just making trouble. Chicago’s a lot less lurid than it used to be, but some things haven’t changed.
TMZ reports that Sears doesn’t want Old Navy muddling the market for its upcoming Kardashian Kollection. Which raises the question: is there such a market? And if there is, wouldn’t it be better off muddled?
The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy: the sudden, late-Friday collapse of budget and debt-ceiling talks has liberals hoping that the Tea Party will force President Obama into a progressive corner.
A Chicago developer makes a compelling case that Bill Davies’s plans for the Old Main Post Office are wildly impractical. But I demand the Death Spire now.
The mayor goes with the University of Chicago’s elite private school, getting testy when asked about it… and perhaps reveals his greater political ambitions.
NOAA takes the long view of the heat wave; the CTA buckles under the heat, causing Red Line delays; and a brief discourse on heat wave denialism with regards to sabermetrics.
Illinois’s unlikeliest House rep has put himself front and center in the high-pressure debate over the debt ceiling and budget cuts. But by pulling his colleagues to the right, is he guaranteeing that a less conservative solution will pass?
