Our Siri, Ourselves

By Whet Moser

The Siri abortion controversy reveals a lot about information technology and entrenched sexism. Not to mention people, computers, and the uncomfortable, uncanny things that happen when we try to make one behave like the other. Read more

5 Reads on AIDS in Chicago

By Whet Moser

On World AIDS Day, and in recognition of our new contributor Celeste Watkins-Hayes, looks at HIV and AIDS in Chicago from the beginnings of the crisis to the present day. Read more

The CME/Sears Tax Break Goes into a Coma, and Other Alternatives

By Whet Moser

Everyone's mad about the Illinois corporate tax hike, and the state legislature was unable to address CME's beef. One option: just get rid of it. Not just the increase, the whole thing. Read more

Americans Deeply Divided on Whether Occupiers Should Get Haircut, Get a Real Job

By Whet Moser

Why we can't all just get along: the Tea Party and the Occupy movement represent different things, and even basic questions of employment and hygiene are rending the country asunder. Read more

Theo's First Cubs Signing: Don't Mess With DeJesus

By Whet Moser

The Epstein era begins with the signing of David DeJesus, a well-regarded veteran outfielder who gives the Cubs a left-handed bat, a bridge to Brett Jackson, and sabermetric approval. Read more

FutureGen and Edwardsport: More Bumps on the Road to Clean Coal

By Whet Moser

Ameren pulls out of the increasingly expensive FutureGen "clean coal" plant as its 2016 debut looks increasingly ambitious; a similar if less ambitious plant in Indiana nears completion, but only after tremendous cost and political controversy. Read more

Are the Cubs Interested in Albert Pujols or Prince Fielder?

By Whet Moser

Do the Cubs have Prince Albert in the can? How about his younger Brewers counterpart? Probably not, but speculating on bombshell Cubs free-agent signings might be the most entertainment the Epstein offseason gives us. Read more

Maya Lin on Landscape Architecture

By Whet Moser

The great landscape architect, famous since designing the Vietnam Memorial at the age of 21, gives a tour of her work at UIC. Read more

The CME/Sears Tax Break Inches Towards Passage: Where Will the Money Come From?

By Whet Moser

As the corporate tax break for Sears, CME, and the CBOE—accompanied by a modest EITC hike—approaches a vote, here's a look at how the closing of one tax break opens the door for another. Read more

RIP Lana Peters, Stalin's Exiled Wisconsinite Daughter

By Whet Moser

Born to the Soviet dictator, Svetlana Alliluyeva married and divorced powerful men—including Frank Lloyd Wright's engineer—and lived throughout the world. But her final home was a tiny community in central Wisconsin. Read more

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