Cook County is the third-largest producer of CO2 emissions in the country by county, according to the Vulcan Project out of Purdue. Why? Our emissions are pretty well-balanced, but old houses and apartments mean that it takes more fossil fuels to live here than in similar cities.
WHAT I WAS THINKING: The honorary Chicagoan and leader of the popular airline discusses the AirTran acquisition, baggage fees, and more
An extremely modest proposal by the state of Illinois to start noting when and where bicyclists get doored by parked cars brings out the usual chest-puffing from the anti-bike brigade.
I imagine having a famous actress, comedian, and monologuist for a mom would be pretty weird, but it makes “the talk” a lot better.
Plus the end of streetwear, Chicago’s peregrine falcons, a table inspired by the heartland forerunner of Legos, a reuse plan for Prentice Hospital, and more
QUOTED: Is the legendary magazine productive or unproductive for women?
Let me tell you a story. A man was leaning up against a building. A friend of his asked, “What are you doing, holding up the building?” “Yes,” the man answered. “Don’t be silly,” his friend said. “Come over here.” So the man walked over to his friend and the building fell down. Which … Read more
Now that the digital-lending service Overdrive is set to get along with Amazon at long last, you’ll soon be able to check out books on your Kindle.
How Alan Keyes’s substantial–but not 100 percent total–loss to Barack Obama–explains the world, or at least birthers and the sudden political popularity of Donald Trump.
The Objectivist writer’s most loved tale is an obscure 1901 Chicago novel about the building of a grain elevator, wheat monopolies, and those dastardly union men. It’s no “Atlas Shrugged,” but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
