How a Chicago tombstone-maker’s wooden toy set inspired one of the great computer scientists of our time, and how Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel resulted in the invention of Lincoln Logs… by his son.
As area physicians and legislators grapple with the long-term impacts of concussions, one Northwestern doctor admits much of it remains mysterious
The last living witness to the Lincoln assassination tells all, or at least all that he can remember, on the mid-century game show “What’s My Secret?”
The BGA manages to get the total bill for the police detail that the veteran alderman and, uh, Finance Committee chair has had since the Council Wars years. It’s even more than you might have guessed.
Ed Klein, the former editor of The New York Times Magazine (1977-87) and foreign editor of Newsweek, was in Chicago this week to conduct interviews for his latest biography—this one focusing on Barack and Michelle Obama and their friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett and their interactions in the White House…
MAKING STRIDES: Our man wonders why he endures the mental and physical grind of long-distance running. Then, one nasty spring day, in a stinging horizontal rain, the answer comes to him
The debt ceiling debate has widened the progressive-centrist rift in the Democratic party, as liberals vent their frustrations at the president. In practical terms, it’s misplaced.
The city’s overnight homeless services get axed, as Division of Family and Support Services faces layoffs. But don’t entirely blame the city—the fraying of the social safety net starts at the top.
Two studies, one by the CDC and another by a Loyola prof, find that suicide rates correlate with U.S. unemployment rates and mass layoffs, respectively. A third has similar findings for Europe, but also suggests traffic fatalities decrease during times of economic hardship, which may explain local trends.
While Rep. Randy Hultgren thinks Speaker John Boehner and his lieutenants did a masterful job in this messy debt-ceiling debate, in the end, the freshman Republican congressman didn’t vote Boehner’s way—he was one of five members of the Illinois delegation who voted “no” on the legislation…
