Whet Moser

The northsiders grabbed the biggest name on the managerial market. By the numbers, he's very good. But what do the numbers say about his worth?

When a still-uncaught perp killed seven Chicagoans with cyanide-laced Tylenol in 1982, Halloween was nearly fear-mongered out of existence.

At the mathematical limits of it, most poverty would vanish. But under merely generous assumptions, not as much as you might think.

The franchise quarterback everyone loves to hate is guiding a strangely conservative passing attack—and is getting beaten by his statistical composite.

The paper's Springfield bureau chief, with almost 20 years on the job, steps down after a story on the candidate's business dealings creates a complex tempest.

In the 1970s, an experiment with a negative income tax in the Indiana city led to positive outcomes. It's a policy that's seen renewed interest during the Great Recession.

How two Bulls stars got to where they are, why CTA buses come in bunches, and the rough road for Millennials in Chicago.

A couple years before Playboy launched, Hef tried his shot at cartooning with "a rowdy burlesque of Chicago manners and morals."

A topographer, theater designer, and self-taught artist from Rock Island captured the now-forgotten plumage of the 1893 World's Fair.