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Ozzie Guillen suspended for Castro comments
Ozzie Guillen was forever causing controversy running his mouth while he was the White Sox manager. But casting doubt on the virility of sportswriters or the intelligence of his critics was small...
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White Sox Humber goes Top 10
A ballgame is a ballgame is a ballgame— except when it's perfect. Then it becomes a cultural touchstone.White Sox pitcher Philip Humber found that out. His perfect game Saturday led to a David...
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The electoral numbers— for now
If the Kentucky Derby wasn’t enough horse race for you, the New York Times has produced a really interesting interactive tool for analyzing the 2012 presidential horse race— an excellent plaything for...
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Chicago's limited welcome mat for NATO
“Welcome, NATO,“ says the disembodied voice, “to the 200 neighborhoods…”The “welcome video” on the “Chicago 2012— Global Crossroads” website makes it sound like NATO delegates will soon...
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NATO's challenge— staying strong, united, and relevant
While the upcoming NATO summit leads most Chicagoans to worry about traffic jams and protest snarling downtown, the alliance’s actual summit business gets little attention.Many Americans know that...
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Americans need to heed Europe
As a fair-sized chunk of the world descends on Chicago this weekend for the NATO summit, a lot of Americans aren’t much interested in news from beyond our borders— even when that news might come back...
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NATO summit boosts police chief's standing with cops
Chicago Police Chief Garry McCarthy may have fundamentally altered his relations with the rank and file, thanks to NATO's high-pressure days in May.When police batons came out Sunday night, just a...
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Etan Patz and innocence lost
Solution of a New York city murder normally wouldn’t peak much interest elsewhere, but the arrest of a suspect in the Etan Patz disappearance makes folks across the country stop, and ponder innocence...
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Arbitrator downgrades fraud at Chicago Fire Department
Decades ago, Ald. Paddy Bauler uttered cringe-worthy words his city is still living down: “Chicago ain’t ready for reform!” Now, a labor arbitrator is confirming the same old saw still applies to the...
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Chicago's IG fires back in firefighter-fraud case
Chicago’s Inspector General is responding to the arbitrator who had blasted him for recommending the firing of firefighters caught padding their mileage reports, a story written about here last...
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Early voting the Chicago Way (Photos)
When you vote, you’re supposed to be free from electioneering. Campaign operatives and sign-wavers are supposed to, by Illinois law, stay 100 feet away from the polling place. No one’s supposed to be...
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Election forecast will test Nate Silver's mettle
With less than 24 hours to go before actual votes replace prognostication, Nate Silver’s election blog fivethirtyeight.com has become comfort food for Obamaphiles. At a time when public opinion polls...
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Behind the curtain at Obama’s party— drafted to wave a flag (Photos)
My wife and I were trooping into the Obama election night event, along with thousands of others, when a campaign advance guy stopped us and asked if we’d like to sit on the stage, behind the...
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Congress now comically contemptible
“How you doin’?”“Compared to what?”It’s an old throwaway line for comics, but the “compared to what” question gives fresh insight into just how unpopular the US Congress has become...
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NY mayor takes aim at Chicago vote
On a day when the NewYork Times spotlighted Chicago's horrendous problems with gun violence, New York's billionaire mayor is targeting a Chicago-area Congressional candidate who has opposed gun...
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Halvorson fires back at Bloomberg ad
"People hate Super PACs," says Congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson. "This may backfire on them."Halvorson's referring to a TV ad she calls "deplorable and full of lies", an ad paid for by...
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Axelrod says Obama faces an FDR moment
When former Obama adviser David Axelrod speaks to a roomful of seniors these days, they mostly want to talk about Social Security, and the President’s proposal to cut future benefit increases....
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New York review, Chicago outrage
My sister—the Chicago-born New Yorker— knew it right away. Her email arrived even before I was out of bed and had had a chance to read the front-page piece in the New York Times Book...
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Chicago students survey Gary's problems (Photos)
David Smith has seen Gary, Indiana like a lot of Chicagoans— from 50-feet up, at 70 miles an hour. Even from the roadbed of I-90, Smith says “I always knew there were problems.”Smith&rsquo...
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Blackhawks celebrate, fans wander
Chicago officials say they learned valuable lessons in throwing a victory parade the last time the Blackhawks paraded the Stanley Cup, in 2010. Let’s hope the Hawks win it all again soon, because...
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