When baseball unleashes your inner nerd
In Kansas City, there are two kinds of Royals fans: The moose-callers and the librarians. The moose people look like they're having a ton of fun, but they're sort of...
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You call that an insult?
Donald Trump may be a master of the art of the deal, but when it comes to lobbing an insult, he is a mere grasshopper. Make that a mere yellow-bellied,...
How about a town hall do-over, Mayor Emanuel?
Now that (a little of) the dust has settled in the Dyett High School controversy, and now that Mayor Rahm Emanuel has floated a few of the bigger items from...
Thousands of volunteers, forever moved by Katrina
I'll never forget that first drive into New Orleans after Katrina. Our caravan of military vehicles and SUVs carrying first responders from all over the country rolled stop-and-start along a...
Chicago bans plastic bags, sort of
Here's a scoop: Dog owners know more about plastic bags than just about anyone. Grocery bags, newspaper bags, Ziplocs and Baggies. Any experienced dog owner can tell you in two...
Hey, CTA: Watch your language!
Excuse me, but I have a little gripe with the CTA's new "courtesy campaign." It's not the effort itself. Overall, I love it that Chicago's transit system has listened to...
On Mississippi’s Blues Trail, you figure out what ‘blues’ means
Most would say it's the humidity that makes the Mississippi air feel so thick. I believe it's the ghosts. Ghosts haunt Mississippi with stories, lifetimes of stories — told with...
How to catch up on the pension crisis (if you haven’t been listening for the past 10 years)
Explain this pension thing to me, please. As the newest member of the Tribune Editorial Board, I knew coming in about a month ago that I was enrolling in a...
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