The GOP is looking to take a majority in the Senate, and Claire McCaskill was seen as a vulnerable Democratic incumbent. So how did they end up with a loose cannon like Todd Akin? With a lot of help from McCaskill. Read more
Despite watching the Tigers get all the headlines in the offseason, the Sox remain above them in the standings thanks to two strong Comeback Player of the Year candidates in Adam Dunn and Alex Rios. Plus: in praise of Dewayne Wise. Read more
On Chicago Tonight, the CPD head lays out his rationale for no longer offering individual-recognizance bonds to gang members for misdemeanor offenses. Read more
Thanks to Mitt Romney's choice of running mate, the Objectivist author is back in the political spotlight again, emphasizing the influence fiction can have on the realities of governance. Read more
The great Paul Tough goes from Roseland to Washington to figure out what Barack Obama has done about poverty; a fine-grained look at a bureaucratic housing nightmare; and the latest on the MF Global debacle. Read more
Adam Dunn is in the running for a very rare feat, reserved for only those who walk, strike out, and hit home runs a lot; as bad as the Cubs have been this season, they're actually a decent team in the Friendly Confines. Read more
An attempt to put some real numbers behind a fake stat that compares violence in Chicago unfavorably to that in Afghanistan's war zones offers mixed results. Read more
Two centuries after the incident, which took place around what's now Roosevelt and 18th Street, we're now fighting over whether it was a "battle" or "massacre" and what that means. Read more
Barack Obama has been polling well recently, with just a couple months to go until the election. Will Paul Ryan push him over the edge? Or will voter turnout, and new voting laws, pull him back? Read more
When the Cubs picked up Chris Volstad, he looked like an unlucky pitcher with some talent. This year, he's just been awful, 0-9 in 12 starts. His biggest problem? The better he needs to pitch, the worse he gets. Read more
