February 2013

It's well known that a portion of high-profile ambassadorships (around 30 percent, usually) go to big-money donors or powerful friends of the president. And two Penn State profs have calculated, broadly, how much it costs and where each is likely to go. But Chicago's Louis Susman proves that you can get there by being a bit of both. Read more

The reassignment of desk cops to patrol includes a strengthening of "saturation units," a compromise strategy between the CPD's old, controversial gang-strike units and McCarthy's philosophy of community policing. Read more