Whet Moser
By Whet Moser
The U. of C.'s admissions department received a lovingly detailed replica of Abner Ravenwood's diary, the fictional professor from the Indy movie. Where'd it come from? Probably somewhere from the surprisingly active community of Indiana Jones propmakers. Read more
By Whet Moser
A spectrographic analysis of Bob Dylan's voice from his early years, through the 1970s, and through his late career suggests he's finally found the scratchy, bluesy voice he heard from the musicians he's always loved. Read more
By Whet Moser
The Bears quarterback is building a legacy of total ambivalence towards his legacy, as argued by a PR pro in ChicagoSide. It's probably costing him a good chunk of money, now and in the future. But it's worth considering it from his perspective: maybe that's a worthwhile price to pay for actual, uncalculated privacy. Read more
By Whet Moser
Charles Evans has been waging a "low profile" war on the Fed's opaque language, its mushy monetary guidance, and its conservative approach to inflation during a period of high unemployment. Today, the Fed embraced much of what he's been arguing for as its current policy. Read more
By Whet Moser
A year before the ex-pastor of Hammond's First Baptist Church committed the Mann Act violation he recently pled guilty to, he appeared briefly in an ABC investigation of Independent Baptist churches... and hung hellfire on the network for questioning the idea that women aren't the reason man is fallen. Read more
By Whet Moser
Death of the newspaper aside, Chicagoans still throw out a lot of newsprint every year—particularly in high-income wards, where it comes in just behind food scraps in percentage of our trash. Read more
By Whet Moser
It's not just Illinois that has a problem with lots of confusing, overlapping, expensive governmental structures; the federal government has built a lot of kludges to get across roadblocks and competing ideologies. Read more
By Whet Moser
If no snow accumulates in Chicago today, it will set a record for the longest stretch in city history without any snow. The Midwest's dry, drought-ridden year might be good for getting outside, but it's crippling Mississippi barge traffic. Read more
By Whet Moser
"People picture life after death in many different ways. We'd like to know how you think of life after death. Here is a card with sets of contrasting images. On a scale of 1-7, where would you place your image of life after death. d. 1. A pale, shadowy form of life, hardly life at all. 2. A life of complete fulfillment, spiritual and physical." Survey says.... Read more