Hump Day Roundup: Bye Bye Berny
Bernard Stone takes his quotables and goes home; this Bud’s for Cubs fans, the baseball not so much; a look inside Lane Tech, and more.
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Chicago Runoff Apathy, Wisconsin Voter Passion, and Political Reform
Madison turns out half its registered voters–by conservative estimates–to vote for a state Supreme Court justice, as Chicago’s aldermanic elections drag to a quietly eventful finish. Plus: towards a culinary theory of Chicago politics.
Lousy Parenting: One Family’s Experience with Head Lice Removal
Nothing sends a family into a fury like Pediculus humanus capitis—a.k.a. head lice
Don't Panic About the Cubs' Attendance
Cubs fans are always worrying about something. Since we’re not far into the season, and nothing terribly exciting has happened so far, this week they’re worried about low attendance. (For a Monday afternoon game.) But attendance is the last thing the Cubs need to worry about.
Former Chicago Athletes: Where Are They Now?
What do star athletes do after their playing days are over? We tracked down a onetime Bears cornerback who’s now a practicing dentist and a missionary; a former Blackhawks star who copilots jetliners; an ex-Cub who became a jazz trumpeter; and more
2008: The Chicago Way. 2011: The Madison Method.
It’s election day here in Chicago–again! And the best game in town… actually isn’t in town. It’s up north. Between the Packers, Scott Walker, and Paul Ryan, Wisconsinites are living in interesting times.
The Derrick Lemon Timeline
Sixteen years ago, Derrick Lemon watched as his brother was dropped out a window of the Ida B. Wells housing complex. Today, at the age of 24, Lemon was sentenced to 71 years in prison for shooting a man in 2006.
Solis Announces Lead Pollution Ordinance on Day Before Election; Morfin Cries Foul
Alderman Danny Solis, in a runoff tomorrow for the 25th Ward seat, sent out a press release today announcing that he had drafted an anti-lead pollution ordinance requiring any “facility emitting lead at levels that are higher than… EPA standards… [to] cease operations immediately.” The release states that “new information” about “high lead levels” impacting a Pilsen elementary school prompted him to act…
The Myriad Gene Patent Case: Who Owns Your Disease?
Today the court of appeals for the federal circuit court is hearing arguments in the Myriad gene patent case, aka Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. It’s the latest development in the attempt to patent the human body, a long story that’s touched the lives of Chicagoans and won’t go away any time soon.
How the Bulls' Derrick Rose Went from Good to Great
THE TIPPING POINT: This season the soft-spoken Chicago native has blossomed into one of the most dazzling basketball players on the planet. Here’s how he did it