‘War-torn’… ‘out of control’: What a year for Chicago bashing
Chicago stinks. Or at least that's what you'd think if you listened to some commentators in recent years. There was Rachel Shteir's memorable smackdown of Chicago in the New York...
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Cubbie Chicago: An illustrated tour of key locations on all sides of the city
The Cubs are not a North Side team. Their spirit inhabits all of Chicago -- from north to south to west to the lake. As a founding club of the...
10 things you might not know about Cubs-speak
The Chicago Cubs, headed to the playoffs with the best record in the major leagues, have contributed many memorable quotes, catchphrases and nicknames to American English. As we explore Cubs-speak...
The Trump 42 — who he follows on Twitter
It's not yuuuuuge. The number of people and groups on Twitter that are followed by Donald Trump is only 42 — compared to the 11,404,667 following him, as of Friday....
What if America’s whole history were as bizarre as this election?
There has never been a U.S. presidential campaign like this one. Never one so bizarre, insult-packed and fact-free. But what if all of American history was like this election? (Cue...
10 things you might not know about terrorism
As we approach the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, terrorism remains a major concern in American life and a hot-button issue in the presidential campaign. While radicals plot...
10 things you might not know about Fox News
A sexual harassment lawsuit by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has set off an outpouring of similar accusations against network founder Roger Ailes, leading to his ouster as CEO....
10 things you might not know about Chicago newspapers
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley once declared, "A newspaper is the lowest thing there is." But this city's newspapers have seen plenty of high points too. As Tribune Publishing is...
10 things you might not know about predictions
A year ago, who would have predicted Donald Trump as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee? Certainly not Harry Enten, who wrote for the FiveThirtyEight website that "Trump has a better...
More semisecret Chicagoans, including a Fox News superstar
Tribune readers are the smartest. A week ago, we presented a list of "semisecret Chicagoans" — people not normally associated with our city who have lived here at some point....