A must-read Sun-Times report finds the upset 2010 winner has been sued for $100,000 in child support payments, just as the suburban rep has established himself as a voice of his caucus on television and in the House on the debt-ceiling debate. Which isn’t going any better.
James Warren argues that Barack Obama will come out of the debt-ceiling negotiations as the “adult in the room.” But right now the kids in the room seem to be winning the debate.
It’s often said that Washington is “Hollywood for ugly people.” With that caveat, and given the agonizing stalemate over lifting the debt ceiling, it’s a nice distraction to look at the “50 Most Beautiful People in Washington” list, published annually since 2004 by the oh-so-serious The Hill, which covers D.C. in minute detail. At number five, the highest ranking local is…
Stumbling across a well-organized archive of pictures of downtown Chicago, Lawndale, Pilsen, and more throughout the decades leads me astray for an afternoon.
Salim Muwakkil of In These Times takes a look at how the widening income gap manifests itself within Chicago’s African-American communities, and the cultural divides it exacerbates.
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?
