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The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Too journalism for journalism like alt-country is too country for country.Posted on January 25, 2021
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Straight to hell, boys.Posted on January 15, 2021
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Break it down for me, fellas.Posted on January 14, 2021
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Donald Trump's supporters are exactly who we thought they were.Posted on January 11, 2021
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Get down on it.Posted on January 8, 2021
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
From the Carpet Capitol of the World to my local Walgreens.Posted on January 6, 2021
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Broken lives, broken dreams, broken record.Posted on January 5, 2021
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Hola amigos redux.Posted on December 19, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hola, amigos! Been a long time since I rapped at ya.Posted on December 10, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sporadic.Posted on December 2, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What we got wrong about rich people in 2020.Posted on December 1, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's a war on for your mind!Posted on November 30, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Like Dalton says, it's gonna get worse before it gets better.Posted on November 23, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Billionaire governor against a selfish public.Posted on November 17, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We're very much in deep trouble.Posted on November 16, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More than 10,000 Illinoisans have died from COVID-19. 10,000.Posted on November 13, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Season in hell.Posted on November 12, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The feckless mayor's maskless police department.Posted on November 11, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unfathomable.Posted on November 10, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
AOC vs.Rahm.Posted on November 9, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pornhubbub.Posted on November 6, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Believe the punters.Posted on November 4, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All the action's on Twitter today, folks.Posted on November 3, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Party like it's 1899.Posted on November 2, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dozens of deaths daily. Plus: Pricey Pot & Bob's Baseball Birdies.Posted on October 29, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ald. Jim Beam and the revolving door. Plus: Today's Worst Person In Chicago and the Headline Of The Day.Posted on October 28, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Southwest Side's second surge.Posted on October 27, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Republicans wear the jacket - the jacket of death.Posted on October 26, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We will now resume regular programming.Posted on October 21, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Winding down - so to speak.Posted on October 13, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'm a good boss.Posted on October 8, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Muster.Posted on October 5, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How the media is blowing the Trump tax story.Posted on September 28, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Accepting the premise is not in the job description.Posted on September 24, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The respondent sicced a dog on me.Posted on September 23, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Do. Your. Job.Posted on September 22, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
What the FOP tells us about the CPD.Posted on September 19, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmnesia.Posted on September 15, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Bears, the census, the virus, the coup.Posted on September 14, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Makes no census.Posted on September 8, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Happy Deja Labor Day.Posted on September 7, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Never give up . . .Posted on September 4, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Code and COVID Chodes, featuring both Today's Best and Worst Persons In Chicago. Plus: Why you should wear a mask outdoors.Posted on September 3, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I was off from the census today and it still kicked my butt. #Phase2Posted on September 1, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For whom the real death toll tolls. Plus: The Status Quo Was Uncivil and Chicago Weather Forecast Is WAP.Posted on August 28, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The virus is in the air, people. Plus: My quarantine brackets are all screwed up. And more.Posted on August 25, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Out here in the fields.Posted on August 20, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The census kicked my ass again today.Posted on August 19, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Little ol' me on Big Jim. Plus: America finally getting real history lessons. And: Senate Republicans admit Trump colluded with Putin. Will still vote for him.Posted on August 18, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump's tip of iceberg, Chicago's Benghazi and census conference calls.Posted on August 17, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Right before our eyes.Posted on August 13, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Counting heads.Posted on August 11, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Helluva job, Brownie.Posted on August 10, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Until everybody pays a fair tax, nobody is paying a fair tax.Posted on August 7, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Right in front of our faces.Posted on August 6, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What a freakin' day counting America. What a freakin' day trying not to die in America.Posted on August 5, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You know this already but the mentally ill, racist, pathological liar who is president is killing a thousand Americans a day. Plus: Union Sundown; More Sticks Please, and more!Posted on August 4, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turn the car around, governor. Plus: Oh Fish!; True-Up Blew Up; No Mercy and more!Posted on August 3, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Census 2020 and COVID-19.Posted on July 31, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not about where in the print version of the Tribune that John Kass's column runs, it's about the bigotry (and Breitbartesque falsehoods) inside the column that Tribune management tolerates.Posted on July 28, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
i'm back! I'm not.Posted on July 27, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Counting people is harder than you think.Posted on July 22, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Off on census duty.Posted on July 21, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Time for Chicago Moms to activate. Plus: The truth about Hamilton and Harrison; the return of baseball . . . media; twentysomethings ruin bars for the rest of us; Italian-Americans sick and tired of everyone else being sick and tired, and more!Posted on July 20, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Columbus statue police riot and the mayor's ongoing communication problem.Posted on July 18, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Smithfield's pork and beans.Posted on July 16, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Coke Coast no want pot shop in backyard.Posted on July 15, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't make me dread the Dreadhead Cowboy. Plus: Knee-deep in fucked and fill out your census.Posted on July 14, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
West Loop tomfoolery, river cruises and the Summer of George.Posted on July 13, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's air has been super filthy this summer. Plus: The saddest call of all.Posted on July 10, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wear a mask, fill out your census form.Posted on July 9, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paycheck Protection Porn.Posted on July 8, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Heartbreaking gun violence is not just a local issue. Plus: What Cops Do & Black Census Response.Posted on July 7, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
I sense a theme.Posted on July 4, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taste of Chicago To-Go.Posted on July 2, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New police chief David Brown is still hayseed enough to say look who's in the big town.Posted on July 1, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In America, bull rides you.Posted on June 30, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More cops on the streets and cloistered editorial boards are not going to end the heartbreaking cycle of violence facing Chicago and other cities. Plus: We Are Florida Now and Washington Post Editor Should Resign.Posted on June 29, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CTU opposes unelected board and elected councils. Plus: Another Heartbreaking False Murder Conviction; McCOVID-19; and Fran Spielman's Bluff.Posted on June 25, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cops to stay in schools. Maybe.Posted on June 24, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The no-outrage machine whirrs back into action. Plus: Fireworks Frenzy; GOP vs. FOP; IDES Director Admits The Truth; and more!Posted on June 23, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Meme's losing streak.Posted on June 22, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State law trumps the police union's contract. Plus: The CTU's Scooby Doo-Doo.Posted on June 18, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Destroying police complaints and who really got arrested during Chicago's protests.Posted on June 17, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's long, failed history of policing and police reform, including police union presidents and the cops who vote for them; horrid police union contracts and the mayors who sign them; our string of rotten police chiefs; and the media's convenient amnesia when it comes to its own institutional failure in covering it all.Posted on June 16, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kass and Korecki are structurally racist.Posted on June 15, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Spreading socialism vs. spreading coronavirus.Posted on June 13, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not about the popcorn.Posted on June 11, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Field Museum workers pissed. Plus: What Gary, Indiana Tells Us About Structural Racism & Alternate Summer 2020!Posted on June 10, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taco Bell, you're up. Plus: Area President Leads Nation's Law Enforcement Agencies Into War Against Truth, Facts, Honesty, The Media & Basic Human Decency.Posted on June 9, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How defunding the police is like free college. Plus: Sly Like A Foxx and That's Fran!Posted on June 8, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A long, failed history of police reform in Chicago. Plus: Kwame Raoul's bandwidth.Posted on June 4, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We don't deserve to re-open.Posted on June 3, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New police chief David Brown - while problematically quoting Marvin Gaye - denies the reality we've all been watching, well-documented history, and the lived experience of too many Chicagoans.Posted on June 2, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPD's rank-and-file just elected one of their worst officers to represent them, and that's a far bigger problem than this weekend's looting.Posted on June 1, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot had at least one fuck to give - and she gave it to the president.Posted on May 30, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago chokeholds. Plus: COVID County Judges, Tootsie Roll Factory Workers, Essential Unionizing, Illinois' Shocking Data Hold, Universal Unemployment Umbrage, and more.Posted on May 28, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kneeling in America. Plus: Today In Herr Trump; CPD COVID-19; Another Nursing Home Death Trap; and more!Posted on May 27, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About the Trib's unemployment agency editorial. Plus: David Brown's Blunder.Posted on May 26, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Weekend hotspots: beaches, bars and churches. Plus: Illinois Unemployment Office Not Working and Hot Dogs Are Hot - And Leveraged.Posted on May 25, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Apparently Chicago isn't getting the meme.Posted on May 23, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicagoans without water face indifferent City Hall. Plus: We've Never Been In Anything All Together - And Still Aren't; The latest tall tales from Illinois' Amazingly Awesome Unemployment Office; and a Church Bulletin featuring the woeful Willie Wilson.Posted on May 21, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Reopening is going great. Just ask Ford, McDonald's, the CPD and the CTA.Posted on May 20, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Getaway day.Posted on May 19, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blood and brats.Posted on May 18, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I can't decide if my favorite phase was the Criminal Phase, the Dumb Phase or the Criminally Dumb Phase.Posted on May 15, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's mystery air. Plus: A reminder that Willie Wilson is not a doctor but is ridiculous. And: J.B. Pritzker is still in denial about his unemployment office and apologizes for his dumb comment about baseball players.Posted on May 14, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' Unemployment Office Remains Amazingly Awesome. Plus: Undercounting Everything, Roseland's Reality & Beer Bummer.Posted on May 13, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' Amazing Unemployment Office and The Ghosts Of Governors Past.Posted on May 12, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago too damn small . . .Posted on May 11, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Coach houses, machetes and John Kass's bravery with other people's lives.Posted on May 10, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nursing home horribleness.Posted on May 7, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Little Village bears the brunt. Plus: Illinois' Amazingly Awesome Unemployment Office.Posted on May 6, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
J.B. Pritzker's odd definition of "backlog." Plus: That's A Protection Program, Alright.Posted on May 5, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The inaugural COVID-19 Landlord Wall of Shame. Plus: More COVID-19 in nursing homes, jails and CPS.Posted on May 4, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago media's weird failure to show any interest at all in vetting new police chief David Brown, who was found by a Dallas Morning News investigation to have played a central role in that department's juking of crime stats. Plus: Illinois Nazis and more!Posted on May 2, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wherefore art thou, Tom Dart? What happened to you? Plus: Rent Is Too Damn . . . Real; and More Bad News.Posted on April 30, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Expendable heroes.Posted on April 29, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Person In Chicago During A Coronavirus Crisis. Plus: Today's Worst Person In Illinois During A Coronavirus Crisis.Posted on April 28, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Company Of The Coronavirus In Illinois. Plus: House Party?Posted on April 27, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
'This is a bloodbath.'Posted on April 24, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Suburban Mask Map; Chicago's Indiana Beach Takeover; Bloodshot Rob's PSA and more!Posted on April 23, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And just to top everything off, Trump is poisoning Lake Michigan. Plus: Suburban Coronavirus Watch (Or, What's The Matter With Orland Park?).Posted on April 22, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A busy day offline.Posted on April 21, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Company In Chicago - and it's not even Hilco.Posted on April 20, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Killing our frontline heroes. Plus: Virtual City Council Reporting; Virtual Community Porn; The President's "Plan," and more!Posted on April 17, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Put a mask on all the talk about reopening the economy. Plus: Toni Preckwinkle's smoke-filled Zoom.Posted on April 16, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Confirming David Brown.Posted on April 15, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hilco Hokum, including aldermanic hackery and more bizarre "reporting" from Fran "Steno" Spielman.Posted on April 14, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Big trouble in Little Village.Posted on April 13, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trax and more.Posted on April 10, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Porn, booze, Mayor Mom and the IDES of April.Posted on April 9, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Essential office supply stores, non-essential driving. curfewed liquor stores, unemployment claims and small business relief all fucked up, and who the media thinks Chicago is (hint: people just like them!)Posted on April 8, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The president of the United States has become the world's most prominent peddler of medical misinformation - with an assist from Dr. Oz.Posted on April 7, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blue Cross to bear, McMasks and more!Posted on April 6, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Namaste, cheating non-essential businesses! Plus: Who opposed Chicago's paid sick leave ordinance.Posted on April 2, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The three finalists for police chief are in. Let's take a look.Posted on April 1, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
General Iron is Today's Worst Company In Chicago - and not for the first time. Plus: Who's Gouging Who, Construction Junction, and more!Posted on March 31, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lichtenfuss and various other things.Posted on March 30, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's your own fault, Chicago. Plus: Beer Nuts.Posted on March 27, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The usual suspects ruin the parks for the rest of us. Plus: Illinois' drug-hoarding doctors. And: Chicago's shooters socially distancing.Posted on March 26, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lightfoot, Pritzker & Trump. Plus: New Police Chief On Hold; Osama bin Gibbs; and Beer Diet Not Cute.Posted on March 25, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The gig economy, the gouge economy and the Bears economy.Posted on March 24, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mood changers.Posted on March 23, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Party like it's 1999?Posted on March 22, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Can they really do that?Posted on March 19, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America failed Patricia Frieson. And now its failing her family - and the rest of us.Posted on March 18, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pritzker may go from hero to goat in one day.Posted on March 17, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
J.B. Pritzker has been communicative, commanding and competent.Posted on March 16, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
March Madness Replacement Brackets: Cook County vs. Northwestern in the Hospital Regional; Bernie Sanders vs. Joe Biden in the Health Care Regional. Winners to face each other.Posted on March 13, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Building a worker cooperative ecosystem in Chicago. Plus: Today's Coronavirus Novel and more!Posted on March 12, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cancel everything, restart the country in six weeks.Posted on March 11, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our (Brewing) Revolution. Plus: Chicago Way Conway, The Chicag O'Way, Today's Coronavirus Novel and more!Posted on March 10, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Uncle Joe, Today's Coronavirus Novel & Failing Journalism.Posted on March 9, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
U.S. to elect a man president again.Posted on March 6, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The discontents of early voting and the Illinois ballot.Posted on March 5, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More Politico Illinois Playedbook.Posted on March 4, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Day in the life of Politico Illinois Playbook: A threefer of journalism malpractice.Posted on March 3, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unpacking.Posted on March 2, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Prepping for The Move continues.Posted on February 26, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Box heroes.Posted on February 25, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paring down my general newsroom vibe.Posted on February 24, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our new favorite smarty-pants Naperville legislator. Plus: Belvidere Brutality; Revolving Randy; Madigan's Mouth, and more!Posted on February 21, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Best Person In Illinois.Posted on February 20, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Busting Politico's fact-free Blago defenses.Posted on February 19, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lincoln Yards' petards.Posted on February 18, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump's brownshirts building on the Obama playbook, written by Rahm.Posted on February 17, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hard seltzer, Sixteen Candles, Hollywood librocisy and a police chief dark horse.Posted on February 13, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't ever change, Lou Mitchell's. Plus: Stanley's Rotting Fruit, The Scheinfeld Show, and more!Posted on February 12, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
General Iron's polluted strategic communications. Plus: The Chicago Way vs. The Illinois Tollway.Posted on February 11, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tollway cookies. Plus: Chicago's Gerald Ford Explorer Plant; Media's White Pot Meets Media's White Kettle; Illinois' Gaming Gamble; Chicago Seinfeld In Lincoln Square, and more!Posted on February 10, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Buy some of my stuff.Posted on February 7, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turtle waxing. Plus: Income Store Runs Out Of Main Product, VH1's Chicago Tattoo Shop Forgets To Ink State Papers, and more!Posted on February 6, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Impotent media vs. criminal president. Plus: State of Lightfoot, Amnesty Illinois, Better Bankrupt Housing, and more!Posted on February 5, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bloodshot resists, pot is a leaf, Joyce Kenner's pool, Danny Davis's latest wacky endorsement, and more!Posted on February 4, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"For a halftime show sponsored by a major soft drink manufacturer, JLo sure seemed thirsty."Posted on February 3, 2020
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fran Spielman vs. TMZ. Plus: Chicago papers heed CPD's needless embargo; Chicago Fire now a coffee shop as well as a soccer team, TV show and actual fire department.Posted on January 31, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beck's call. Plus: Garry McCannabis; Busting Black Migration Myths; Surveilling Bridgeview; and more!Posted on January 30, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPD intelligence, artificial and otherwise.Posted on January 29, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bobby Rush, Ken Griffin, Martin Sandoval, the University of Chicago, the Obama Foundation, Carol Stream (the person, not the town), and more!Posted on January 28, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
As one person tweeted, "I will mourn the loss of Kobe Bryant and feel bad for his family while also remembering that the man got away with rape and that the woman he assaulted is now going to have to re-live the horror of it all over again as media and cruel people attack her and venerate him."Posted on January 27, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Working for the weekend.Posted on January 25, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Harmon does right thing for wrong reason. Plus: Juice WRLD & Peddling Pot.Posted on January 23, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bobby Rush, Black Lapdog. Plus: His Amara-like opponent.Posted on January 22, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Oak Park lawyer lands big side job.Posted on January 21, 2020
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The buzz about rent.Posted on January 19, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor lights up council. Plus: The Misguided David Moore; Labor & Lipinski and Oberweis's Overbite.Posted on January 16, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I just had a tooth pulled, AMA.Posted on January 15, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pritzker's 10-minute "interviews." Plus: Local pot to be Union Strong; vertical integration laws already broken; Martwick is a cop; and more!Posted on January 14, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bloomberg's blackless All-In Economy visits the South Side. Plus: State Farm Increasingly The Weird Old Neighbor Down The Street; Embezzler Doesn't Realize Accounting Isn't Politics; Illinois Ag Bat; Serial Prosperity Gospel; Deere's Headlights & The Trib.Posted on January 13, 2020
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cannabusiness.Posted on January 9, 2020
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Local media would like to welcome our new Amazon warehouse overlords. Plus: Lipinski's List.Posted on January 8, 2020
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
An additional idea on the social equity front: Let black men step to the front of these long lines.Posted on January 7, 2020
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago got really high since the last time we spoke. Plus: The National Advancement of Utilities and Whitney Young's Unfirable Principal.Posted on January 6, 2020
The [New Year's Week 2019] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My favorite cat and Maker's Mark.Posted on December 30, 2019
The [Holiday Week 2019] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Holocaust deniers and the Illinois GOP.Posted on December 23, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois Medicaid backlog fix has a backlog.Posted on December 20, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' Impeachment. Plus: Council cannabis clowns.Posted on December 19, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real story of city politics right now is the never-ending campaign of Preckwinkle dead-enders.Posted on December 18, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dual homestead exemptions always a bad look. Plus: California's board women and Minnesota's influx.Posted on December 17, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst People In Chicago are all the journos stanning for a fired city flak.Posted on December 16, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Geography bee trial, Klobucharge, Lincoln Yards clean-up and more!Posted on December 14, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pilsen welcomes new music venue while Logan Square/Avondale says no. Plus: Illinois Medicaid is a shitshow - and it's harming real people.Posted on December 12, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
'Tis the season to get hurt on the job. Plus: Lumps Of Illinois Coal; Patch's Porch Pirates; Accounting For Bribery; Rick Nielsen's Cheap Casino Trick, and more!Posted on December 11, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
AT&T vs. Harvey. Plus: The media's continuing love affair with Rahm Emanuel.Posted on December 9, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lyons insurance broker (and Nazi) running for Congress again. Plus: Navistar Struck; Dollar Generally Racist; Dumping Dealer and more!Posted on December 5, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Looks like CPD picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue.Posted on December 4, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not So Fast Eddie Johnson.Posted on December 3, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Eddie Johnson finally completes the destiny of a Chicago police chief.Posted on December 2, 2019
The [Thanksgiving Week 2019] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Benny, God, Jesus, Rick Perry, Lupe Fiasco, Eddy Pineiro and a cast of thousands.Posted on November 25, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
ISIS and vices.Posted on November 21, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My advice to Tribune employees: Get out now.Posted on November 20, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What does Milli Vanilli, George Carlin, Kevin Smith and Tavi Gevinson have in common? Plus: The latest chapter of the Neverending Red Light Camera Corruption Saga; Sweepstakes Takes; Drug-Testing The Chess Club; Carli "Pink" Lloyd and more!Posted on November 19, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My God, we're talking about Ed Burke, perhaps the ultimate symbol of Chicago's heart of darkness. He deserves our scorn - and a prison sentence. There is nothing about him anyone should miss.Posted on November 18, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
How to report science - a lesson from the Onion.Posted on November 16, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Naperville's Buffalo Wild Wings & The White House. Plus: Pritzker Consolidating Wins and Dorothy Brown's Wrench.Posted on November 14, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shovel those fines away. Plus: Daylight Checking Time; Madman Across Chicago; Who's Got Next's Themes and more!Posted on November 13, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Suburban stories.Posted on November 12, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The missing Marlborough, Illinois Pot 101, Logan Square's Mega Monstrosity, Porn Hubbub and more!Posted on November 9, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My pending root canal vs. Eddie Johnson's retirement press conference.Posted on November 7, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
News never dies.Posted on November 6, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lawyers, judges and money.Posted on November 5, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Will Rogers & Chicago.Posted on November 4, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CTU strike is over.Posted on October 31, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Teachers telling lies - and the racist tax scheme they never talk about.Posted on October 30, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A lifetime achieving . . . whut?Posted on October 29, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CTU strike update, the governor likes likeness, al-Baghdadi's afterlife and other assorted goodies.Posted on October 28, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Weedless - but not taxless - in DuPage, CSO SOL, Madigan Again and more!Posted on October 27, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
While you wait for the next CTU Strike Notebook and Some Lightfoot Budget Stuff, some items on Lake Forest-based (!) Reynolds Wrap, Amazon Care, Chicago's Bankers Building, U of C's controversial $1.4 billion telescope, and Svengoolie's best worst meet-and-greet ever.Posted on October 24, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On the hemp beat. Plus: Chicago's quantum leap, a Chicago tie to Ukrainegate and other treats.Posted on October 23, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
MKE vs. ORD - again. Plus: Chicago TBD.Posted on October 22, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Delight and disgust.Posted on October 21, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
These are talls, man!Posted on October 19, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Geez, if I was a teacher on strike I'd sleep in. There's no school!Posted on October 17, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I've finally reached a position regarding a teachers' strike.Posted on October 16, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About that Sun-Times/ABC7 Chicago poll . . .Posted on October 15, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Navy Pier Flyover Country.Posted on October 10, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A Lake County no-show job now comes with a raise. Plus: Bobby Rush keeps talking smack while getting nothing done for his constituents. And: Now accepting poems about Aurora.Posted on October 9, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is a pot bubble bursting? Plus: Foie Gras Not Fun; The Chicago Index; The Amazing Uilheins; and Russia Is So #Winning.Posted on October 8, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The FBI's half-hearted university fishing expedition. Plus: The Lake Point Tower Condo Defense Brigade (With Cameos By David Axelrod And Alice Cooper). And: The 'SUV Driving Through The Mall' Story Isn't Very Funny Anymore.Posted on October 7, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's Patel Brothers started with an 800-square foot store on Devon Avenue in 1974. Now they - and their extended family - own the largest (and wildly popular) chain of Indian grocery stores in North America.Posted on October 5, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Museum of Ken Griffin's Industry. Which is hedge funds. Plus: News from the Financial Scandal Affairs Desk. Which is really the same thingPosted on October 3, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Out: The American Taxi Services Building. In: a new abortion clinic. Against: Beetlejuice.Posted on October 2, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bears Defenestration, Pat Foley's Deep Thought, Makeup Moxie, Starved Rock, Lollapolicia, Pay 'Em To Play 'Em and more!Posted on October 1, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's killer margarita tax zappers.Posted on September 28, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm ballyhooed and then ignored fund for struggling neighborhoods, spending exactly $0. And: Newspaper disses alderman's lack of mayoral loyalty after years of calling for aldermanic independence.Posted on September 26, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is the Illinois Exodus real?Posted on September 25, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alarming police reform news. Plus: CTA having a bad day, Edison schools bounced out of Chicago, and the building I live in was just sold for $2.2 million.Posted on September 24, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Woodfield Mall's route to a third airport. Plus: Climate plus ca change and Louis Y.U.C.K.Posted on September 23, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who will lose their job first this fall, Eddie Johnson or Joe Maddon? Plus: A millennial place to park pot; Kamala's krappy Illinois list; and Illinois' children of Donor H898.Posted on September 20, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Architecture Biennial's junket journalism problem. Plus: Tony Rezko's son gets in the game; Cubs exploit Addison Russell's concussion; Betsy DeVos's secret visit; and Today's Worst Person From Chicago Is Las Vegas's Cat Lady.Posted on September 19, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
China's Chicago spy trains. Plus: Climate change finally comes to Lake Michigan! And: Huge fucking neutron star discovered. Also: the Lincoln Park camel.Posted on September 17, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Eddy Pineiro did not invent the Internet. Journalism's groupthink narrative problem as told through a game-winning kick.Posted on September 16, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taxes & Me: A 7-11 French Vanilla CoffeePosted on September 11, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today is the greatest.Posted on September 9, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
U of I's new commute and local pols jump in river.Posted on September 7, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Savoring the truth about the early favorite for Worst Bears Take Of The Season, Walter Payton's sweetness, and Scott Mitchell Trubisky.Posted on September 5, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Steve went to the dentist.Posted on September 4, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel doesn't get to say that. Plus: Labor Day Lead; The Truth About That Iconic Lunch-On-The-Girder Photo; and Another Weekend At Benny's.Posted on September 3, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whitney's winning favorite interview.Posted on August 29, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When the Bears banned blacks. Plus: Big Mac's Little Plan; Chicago Puts Giant Collection Of Air Up For Sale; School Lunch Rush; Chicago Company's Spout Doubt; and more!Posted on August 28, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Girl You Know It's True. Plus: Illinois' Secret Prison Deaths; Labor Day Weekend Presumptions; Where Is Illinois' West Nile?; State Legislator Has Never Seen Top Gun, and more!Posted on August 27, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The TIF that ate Chicago.Posted on August 26, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Prison news metrics. Plus: Immigrant Protection Act Loophole; An Illinois Funding First; A Hideous MLB Catastrophe, and more!Posted on August 24, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Area News: Impish Lake, Not Climate Change, Eating Up Chicago Shoreline.Posted on August 22, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real problem with 1619.Posted on August 21, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's future climate is in Kansas. Plus: Our Proud Boy-In-Chief, Krafty Mondy Misdeeds, Ford's Daddy Issues and more, including a college beer sales postscript.Posted on August 20, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sis Boom Beer! Plus: Dick (Durbin) Jokes, Block That Cliche, Neville Mind and more!Posted on August 19, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Captain Tupolev and the Nelson Ottos of America. Plus: Ice Pick Edit Desk, Marijuana Mile and Brown Town.Posted on August 15, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois Republicans vs. Wisconsin Republicans and other contestants in Today's Worst People In The Universe.Posted on August 14, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rod Blagojevich's victims weren't just a children's hospital and some horse track operators (as though that wouldn't be enough). He victimized all of us in Illinois, and got far less than he deserved.Posted on August 13, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's most checked-out book, Chance The Rapper's spicy chicken nuggets, Mitch Trubisky's shitty training camp, a deadly Shedd mystery, Nickelback still sucks and more!Posted on August 12, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
DJ Kool Herc vs. Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, the Blagos, and the Trib's CEO.Posted on August 11, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
By and large, journalists are not really interested in changing, so it's up to you to mentally defend your mindspace and pierce the madness to find the truth.Posted on August 9, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The news from Toni Morrison - and Seymour Hersh. Plus: Blago Bullshit & Ivanka Wanka. And: David Berman Was Alive And Living In Chicago.Posted on August 8, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Clear the air in Little Village. Plus: My dentist drama.Posted on August 7, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Medicaid Mess Mitigated. Plus: Portillo's Plays Match Game.Posted on August 6, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How bad was the Russian hack of Illinois' election system? The state and the feds disagree. Plus: The racist CPS sub shortage & the Cubs ridiculous net fretting.Posted on August 5, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Media usually upset that debates aren't real debates now upset that candidates at debates are actually debating.Posted on August 1, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meet the consultants behind the latest college aid scandal.Posted on July 31, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Suburban parents, city festival organizers and faux hipster businessmen behaving badly.Posted on July 30, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pot, opioids and drownings: Another Debbie Downer Edition.Posted on July 29, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I was told it was a "Chicago-style" ale, so I asked the bartender to drag it through the garden.Posted on July 26, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The FOP's clown show. Plus: Chicago hit-and-runs and Ben Zobrist's dad speaks.Posted on July 25, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Oh Daddy.Posted on July 24, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America's civil cold war. Plus: The false equivalency of memes posted by Illinois Republicans and Democrats; one actually justifies the other.Posted on July 23, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Joebama. Plus: Snapper vs. Rapper; Butterfingers vs. Butterburger; Sox Net vs. Cubs Net; Pilsen vs. Pilsen; and Naperville vs. Pot.Posted on July 22, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Posts pending!Posted on July 19, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodbye, gator. You were a welcome respite in an absolutely horrible sea of monstrous border agent thugs, abortion gag rules, unprosecuted chokeholds and dead judges from another era. You will be missed.Posted on July 17, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Humboldt Park Gator caught, Brown Line Bird still on the loose. Plus: Light that fucking lamp.Posted on July 16, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't forget the dark side of the Humboldt Park Gator. Plus: Alligator Bob Out, Alligator Frank in.Posted on July 15, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Ordinary Americans.Posted on July 13, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodies.Posted on July 12, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gator shots. Plus: Confederacy of Dunces Railroad & Loving Courtney.Posted on July 11, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Behind every great mythological origin story is a crime. Also: Monetize that gator!Posted on July 10, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
So it turns out the Wilmette property taxes of Todd Ricketts, onetime Commerce Secretary nominee, are askew.Posted on July 9, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Millennials killing the cold chain. Plus: Mr. Ed & Seabiscuit; Fox & The USWNT; Michael J. Fox & Hitler; #Democrats & #Republicans; Word Of The Day; and more!Posted on July 8, 2019
The [Fourth of July 2019] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Enjoy today's beer, barbecue and bullshit.Posted on July 4, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Declarations. Plus: Rat Patrol & Beam Blaze.Posted on July 3, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A boat, a bean, a moth, a mayor, a ban, a mystery, a blinded racist tribalist, a musician and marijuana.Posted on July 2, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vice Squad, Cows On Parade, Ghosts On The Highway, Dare Force and Chicago Just Discovered She's "The Other Woman."Posted on July 1, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The year was 1859 when Peoples Gas laid a pipe it is finally removing Friday. Meanwhile, the mayor's inaugural address that year sounds awfully familiar to today ears . . .Posted on June 27, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Genius Bars, Spitgate & Tindall's Tours.Posted on June 26, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Congressman In Illinois. Plus: Today's Worst Chicago Alderman. And: Ford, McDonald's and Hank the Robot.Posted on June 25, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Willie Cochran joins the club. Plus: Civility is a two-way street - and one of those ways can't be with Mitch McConnell or segregationists.Posted on June 24, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Sterling Bay's not-so-sterling diversity record. Plus: Dank Bank Wanks and Racist Rolling Stones.Posted on June 23, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Carrie Austin, Im🍑ment & Crazy Uncle Joe Biden.Posted on June 20, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
GOP wants to ban protests. Plus: Full Terror Assault; Indiana Gas Attack; Against Da Fence; U of C Actually Does Right Thing; Scooter Cooter; Rolling Dead; and Crosstown Mascot Madness.Posted on June 18, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In Chicago, scooters grow on trees.Posted on June 17, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Looks like Sigma Chi Stateville!Posted on June 14, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Federal judge eviscerates Obama Center plaintiffs opposed to Jackson Park site even as he lays bare the politics behind a fait accompli.Posted on June 13, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Post-Ubergeddon. Plus: Taj Obama, Bone Zone, Summers Time and more!Posted on June 12, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Uber's night out at the museum turns into a classic Chicago clusterfuck.Posted on June 11, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Impeaching a Chicago pundit.Posted on June 10, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
When I think of volleyball, I think of North Avenue Beach. Right? Plus: Begrudging Bobby Rush, Rebranding Dorothy Brown, Fencik on Fox, and Chicago's ethics board finally slaps Ed Burke'sPosted on June 8, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CTA derailment, Rahm's new job, nature sucks, cancer chocolate, and Normandy.Posted on June 6, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Springfield's corporate board nothingburger. Plus: State Optical is not Made In Chicago; Rahm returns to Wall Street; and the Trib edit board botches the Dead just months after botching George Carlin.Posted on June 5, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quick hits on the coming Chicago casino, the death of Stanley Tigerman, the plea of Ed Burke, and Chicagoland's yearbook advisors.Posted on June 4, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Best session of the Illinois General Assembly ever?Posted on June 3, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
A superseding Weekend at Benny's.Posted on June 2, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois children are suffering because adults are greedy, selfish pieces of shit.Posted on May 30, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If only Bob Mueller had a little Lori Lightfoot in him.Posted on May 29, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If only the city put downtown first, we could stop the shootings.Posted on May 28, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Boeing's blinded board.Posted on May 23, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago beer bust, with cameos by the Mob, Laura Ingraham and Rahm Emanuel.Posted on May 22, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media is not just buying Rahm's fiction, they're hiring it.Posted on May 21, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inside the Lightfoot inauguration: A special report.Posted on May 20, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dylan, Alabama, Pinocchio, Airport Tinder, Victoria Williams and Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on May 16, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mellon Smalley and the Infinite Badness.Posted on May 15, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's legacy.Posted on May 14, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"The public is nearly always on the losing end of these deals."Posted on May 13, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner's measles.Posted on May 10, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New on the Beachwood today.Posted on May 9, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Please kill me.Posted on May 8, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mega-Medicaid Madness.Posted on May 7, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That Jeopardy! guy, the poor honey bee and some personal news.Posted on May 6, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot evades questions and says questionable things. The Sun-Times just shrugs.Posted on May 2, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot's secret inauguration funding. Plus: Ken Griffin and the mundanity of making money.Posted on May 1, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's tough-guy narrative falls apart.Posted on April 30, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Feathering caps - Ryan Pace's draft, Rahm Emanuel's legacy and The Road to Unfreedom.Posted on April 29, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Good job, everyone. You killed the planet. And Jesus ain't comin' back to save us.Posted on April 28, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When should we declare America an autocracy? Now. It's happened. In America.Posted on April 25, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Toilets, inspectors general and the rotting corpse of American democracy.Posted on April 24, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Which literary character is Dorothy Brown?Posted on April 22, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mueller, the media and mendacity.Posted on April 18, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Say goodbye to Hollywood; lights out at the Heartland. Plus: Barr Time.Posted on April 17, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Kass's alt-right Notre Dame.Posted on April 16, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Detroit edition.Posted on April 15, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Motherfucking journalism as practiced by a U.S. congresswoman and John Oliver.Posted on April 12, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Old Town Aquarium is moving.Posted on April 11, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city is showing once again that it can create new neighborhoods out of thin air when and where it wants to.Posted on April 9, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Add nauseam to the Lincoln Yards fiasco.Posted on April 9, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When is a robust, community-driven process not robust and community-driven?Posted on April 8, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
I'll be back.Posted on April 6, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Prayer lines are open.Posted on April 3, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vote, donut and coffee.Posted on April 2, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How each candidate spent the final weekend of the #ChiMayor19 campaign tells us a lot.Posted on April 1, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chronicling the latest doozies from the Tribune editorial board, including getting George Carlin exactly wrong. Not on my watch, Tribune!Posted on March 30, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beer speaks, people mumble.Posted on March 28, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A Toni Teach-In: Her only work for CPS was a single year as a student teacher, and other juicy morsels.Posted on March 27, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My vote for Lori Lightfoot is not without reservations, but the deeper we go into this campaign the more disgusted I am with Toni Preckwinkle.Posted on March 26, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You know you're in Chicago when two black women run for mayor and race is still an issue.Posted on March 25, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Game break.Posted on March 24, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The limits of Toni Preckwinkle's pragmatism. Plus: Danny Davis's Weird Endorsement & Mending Medicaid's Mess.Posted on March 20, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Release the records: 'The public still does not know the whole story of the Laquan McDonald case.' Plus: Preckwinkle's Housing Stories & Aldermanic Re-Runoffs.Posted on March 19, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lightfoot bandwagon getting crowded. Plus: Let libertarians and conservatives fly on their own planes and the rest of us will get to our destinations safely instead.Posted on March 18, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
10 Non-Campaign Items Including Today's Worst Person In Illinois And More From One Of America's Worst Families.Posted on March 14, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Perhaps no project in his eight-year tenure is as emblematic of Rahm as his pet police academy. But Ald. Emma Mitts might be Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on March 13, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Toni Preckwinkle is doing a fine job of drawing the contrast between her and Lori Lightfoot - to her detriment.Posted on March 12, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Go Oboes!Posted on March 11, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Thomas Friedman and me.Posted on March 7, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hamm's Remembers!Posted on March 6, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The best six weeks of my life were the six weeks I had mono.Posted on March 4, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Personal day.Posted on February 28, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Horny city officially breaks up with Rahm.Posted on February 27, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Election day donuts and coffee.Posted on February 26, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God on the campaign trail; Chance The Rapper not.Posted on February 25, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Last-minute lies in weekend campaign scramble.Posted on February 23, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Believe what the candidates are inadvertently telling you. Don't believe the polls.Posted on February 21, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Call 911 - Lori Lightfoot is on fire.Posted on February 20, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Susana Mendoza finally showed up and wiped the table with Bill Daley and Toni Preckwinkle, disingenuousness notwithstanding.Posted on February 19, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot wins the day, managing to show both fire and cool at the same time, on an issue that continues to haunt Toni Preckwinkle.Posted on February 18, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
In other words, Ken Griffin, Crain's, the Tribune and Daley's relatively few but immensely rich contributors like Chicago just the way it is; the way it's always been. Let's be real clear about this.Posted on February 16, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot wins Valentine's Day while Paul Vallas connects Daley's dots.Posted on February 14, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's all hands on deck, people. Bill Daley is on the rise.Posted on February 13, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
With just two weeks 'til Election Day and early voting underway, the clock is ticking on #ChiMayor19 candidates who still haven't been fully scrubbed.Posted on February 12, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"The numbers are clear - everyday citizens have had virtually no financial impact on the Chicago mayoral race."Posted on February 11, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Toni Time, Daley Dive, Fabulous Forum Photos.Posted on February 7, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood family is reeling.Posted on February 6, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
Joe.Posted on February 5, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The candidates for mayor are not your friends, they're not your parents, and they're not particularly honest either. Another day on the #ChiMayor19 campaign trail.Posted on February 4, 2019
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A somewhat weird day of endorsements in #ChiMayor19.Posted on February 1, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Solis's were 2 percenters, but it wasn't enough.Posted on January 31, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Burke-Daley-Solis-Daley-Mendoza-Daley-Madigan-Reyes-Rahm Axis.Posted on January 29, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The weather news that really matters.Posted on January 28, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Mold-A-Rama, Apple Scrapple & Canadian Goosers.Posted on January 26, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wired: A Chicago Story.Posted on January 24, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Some days in this city are So Chicago. This is one of those days, and it's nothing to be proud of or entertained by. #DannySolis #EdBurke #ChiMayor19Posted on January 23, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State of the Race, Part 4.Posted on January 22, 2019
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State of the Race, Part 3.Posted on January 17, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State of the Race, Part 2.Posted on January 16, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State of the Mayoral Race, Part 1.Posted on January 15, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Real badassery will not get you rich, sorry. That's part of being a badass.Posted on January 14, 2019
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Boinked, doinked, mic'd and psyched.Posted on January 12, 2019
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
(Chicago-based and subsidized) Boeing's Space Force Trump card.Posted on January 9, 2019
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
H-2Bs or not H-2Bs, that is the question for employers in Chicago and beyond. Plus: Surviving R. Kelly resources, Mark Fishman vs. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, and really sad suburban crime stories.Posted on January 8, 2019
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tom Thibodeau, Joe Moore, Michael Madigan, the North Shore, and a 16-year-old Chicagoan you should know about - and whom we should all care about a helluva lot more than the others in this column.Posted on January 7, 2019
The [New Year's Week 2018] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
See you next year.Posted on December 30, 2018
The [Christmas Week 2018] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Benny's antlers, some Christmas stuff and a programming note.Posted on December 24, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Old Grumpy is back.Posted on December 20, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Aldermanic Ballot Bollocks, Elon Musk's Hilarious Tunnel, The Stewart School Lofts, Black Pot Equity, We All Know Those Cops Conspired, and more!Posted on December 19, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Judas Priests, McDonald Delay, #TeamSpiders, Tonight's Boca Raton Bowl, The One Thing That John Wayne Gacy Would Never Admit, and more.Posted on December 18, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Breaking Packers News, Stained Glass Ceiling, NU's Mr. Peanutbutter, Space Myths, and more!Posted on December 17, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Air Raid, freshmen! Plus: Buffalo Bill Daley; Rauner's Recruits; Two Doctors In The Mayoral Race And Neither Practices Medicine, and much much more!Posted on December 14, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Top off.Posted on December 13, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About Amara. Plus: How Chicago's Breweries Are Like Its Murder Rate; Dennis Rodman's Fight To Stay Sober; Last Night's Mayoral Forums and Rahm's Pension Suspension Of Disbelief.Posted on December 12, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Abuse on the Chicago P.D. set. Plus: Editing the New York Times and Today's Inbox.Posted on December 11, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
National Part-time Radio, Snitch Lasagna, Trib's Faking Editorial Cartoonist, Ed Burke's Savior Complex, Juvy Junk, Bitcoin Bust and more!Posted on December 10, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
McHenry County's ICE Machine.Posted on December 8, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Guns are smoking in the trial of the Chicago police officers accused of covering up Laquan McDonald's murder.Posted on December 6, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Only Honorable Excuse For Attending This Event Is If You Were Wearing A Wire. Plus: Cubs Trying To Install Their Own Alderman Just Like The Mob Used To; Grifter Family Dealt Temporary Setback; The Money The Berrios Clan Stole From Taxpayers Vs. The Attempted Theft Of $33 In Underwear That Landed This Man In Prison For 10 Years. Discuss; and The University Of Chicago's Library Gap.Posted on December 5, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New Dick Wolf TV Show Idea: Chicago Backlog. Plus: It's Kaegi Time, Most Ironic Strike Ever?; Abort O'Hare Abandonment Story; Chicagoans Moving To Minnesota; Burger King's Marketing Whopper, and more!Posted on December 4, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago ER.Posted on December 3, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This is Ed Burke.Posted on November 29, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's Sexually Dimorphic Jumbo Yellow Perch. Plus: Chicago's Rats Follow The Money; Chicago Alderman Pleading Guilty Not Even Today's Worst Person In Chicago; and The Disappointing Lack Of Skullduggery Involved In Measuring Michael Madigan's Offices.Posted on November 28, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Signature achievement. #ChiMayor19Posted on November 27, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#SnowDay.Posted on November 26, 2018
The [Thanksgiving 2018] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Everything about this holiday is a lie.Posted on November 21, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's always a past.Posted on November 20, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It'll be a wonder any candidate gets on the ballot for mayor.Posted on November 19, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Unfrozen Fox Lake Accountant. Plus: Chicago Boob Inspector, Horsey Slots, Army Training Sir, and Ex Etiquette.Posted on November 17, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"It's fast cars and whiskey, long-haired girls and fun for all concerned." Plus: The Nation's Slumlord, The Armpit Of Chicago, Trans Substantiation, and The Finest Restructured Meat Product Ever.Posted on November 15, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Susana Mendoza is in. She's the Rahm candidate.Posted on November 14, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois At War: From the Revolutionary War to the bullshit War On Terror, Illinois troops have been there.Posted on November 12, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paul Butterfield, Kerry James Marshall, The Chicago Heights Mob Enforcer Who Got Out Alive, Neonatologist Rocker Rich Krueger, When Chicago TV News Discovered House And, Oh, McRib Is Back.Posted on November 7, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Last night's results reflect 2016 pretty neatly: Democrats won the popular vote, as represented by the House, and Republicans won the Electoral College, as represented by the Senate. People vs. land.Posted on November 7, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blue wave or bust.Posted on November 6, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is Bruce Rauner the worst Illinois governor ever? Plus: Is Donald Trump the worst president ever? And does that make the GOP, now endorsed by the Daily Stormer, the worst major party in America ever?Posted on November 5, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Cohen's mysterious Chicago neighborhood. Plus: Lyin' Rodney Davis, Election Day at the Field, Kill The Pundits, and Ass Action Lawsuits.Posted on November 3, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"Is this thing still going?" I said when I realized there was still something stuck in my arm. "Yeah, they ordered a lot of tests."Posted on November 1, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ed "Chuy" Burke. Plus: Megyn Kelly's disparagement, Chicago's new labor office, and Bruce Rauner's flair.Posted on October 31, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Toni Preckwinkle's secret role in the Laquan McDonald case. Plus: El Chapo Jr.; Boring O'Hare; Rejected Obama Center Designs; and Choose Your Own 7-11 Delivery Adventure.Posted on October 30, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Liars in Illinois. Plus, pizza puffery!Posted on October 29, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When CPD charges those they beat up with, um, beating them up. It's sort of like felony gaslighting.Posted on October 25, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That wasn't a gun in the Cook County judge's pocket, he was just happy to see you.Posted on October 24, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Uncle Dan's Very Chicago Thanksgiving Day Parade and other goodies from my inbox.Posted on October 23, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is Bruce Rauner's "Our Home" a dog whistle? Plus: Harvest Swoon and Galaxy Goof.Posted on October 22, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Which is weirder: The lawsuit by campaign workers against JB Pritzker or Toni Preckwinkle's abandoned security vehicle? Plus: Lori Lightfoot's police board, Jason Van Dyke's venue, Jason Ervin's wife.Posted on October 18, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rich dudes and their toilets.Posted on October 17, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whatever.Posted on October 16, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears owes taxpayers a refund. Plus: City unsurprisingly falls way short of affordable housing goal.Posted on October 15, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
America's most putrid pork polluter is right here in Illinois.Posted on October 14, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley Crowned; Bulls' Official Asset Manager; AFL-CIO LOL; Biometric Burke, Who Own Da Beach?; and Food Desert Debacle.Posted on October 11, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Elon Musk's mysterious car lots. Plus: Opera musicians, city colleges faculty and hotel workers should unite.Posted on October 10, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Honor Columbus today and discover a new beer.Posted on October 8, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
By the way, you're allowed to put ketchup on your Malort.Posted on October 5, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How They Really Got Rich; Today's Worst Person With A Connection To Chicago; Possessing Pilsen; Chicago's History Of Police Violence; Chicago's Slow Growth To Nowhere.Posted on October 3, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More tomorrow.Posted on October 2, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Far from "setting the record straight," unvetted Op-Eds placed for PR purposes undermine reporters and fool readers.Posted on October 1, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump is the light in his world, a half of the heart of his.Posted on September 28, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let the damn sunshine in, Illinois! Plus: Our Home, Our Lead; Our Surveillance State; Our Crime Rates; Our Markham Mayors, and more!Posted on September 26, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This day has gotten away from me. See y'all tomorrow!Posted on September 25, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wendy's prying eyes, Trump screws local CB manufacturer, and CPS bungles nursing corps.Posted on September 24, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Paging Elon Musk: The Navy Pier Flyover needs your help. Plus: Rauner's Latest Lie; Brett Kavanaugh Rehearsing For Thursday's Play; Latest Lead Lines Lunacy; and No Robots In Baseball, Please.Posted on September 23, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jon Burge, the media and the FOP.Posted on September 20, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Add 42 seconds to 16 shots: The remarkable - and remarkably sad - Jason Van Dyke trial. Also in the courtroom: the code of silence and testilying alive and well.Posted on September 18, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel is literally poisoning us.Posted on September 18, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley, Jason Van Dyke, Shizzoner, Banned Trump Rally Songs and twice the mess with CPD & CPS.Posted on September 17, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rescue Cats, Lincoln Park Pirates, Chicago Bears, Really Big Birds and more!Posted on September 13, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#MeToo hits Mayor McCheese. Plus: Today's Worst Person Visiting Chicago.Posted on September 12, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#ChicagoHotelStrike and adserver in space.Posted on September 11, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Palmer House Jiltin'. Plus: Rocky Wirtz's Big Pot Score; Naperville Cake Decorator Presumably Eviscerated.Posted on September 10, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's beer in Texarkana and they're thirsty in Atlanta.Posted on September 6, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The race for mayor just became an epic shitshow. Watch how Chicago works.Posted on September 5, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm is out and I have to do my taxes.Posted on September 4, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Long, sporadic weekend.Posted on August 31, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Jason Van Dyke Interviews. Plus: The #Resistance Will Be Brewed; Lane Tech's Breakfast Club; Willie Wanka; Downtown Horse-Sharing, and more!Posted on August 29, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
Before America to Me and Oak Park-River Forest High School, there was "We're All Racist Now" and Proviso West. Plus: Imperfect Produce Journalism; McCain's Moment Assignment Fulfilled; Downtown Chicago Horse Lanes, and more!Posted on August 28, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McCain's Moment, Hail To The Bus Driver, Oh Canada, and more!Posted on August 27, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fearless Authenticity; The Ugly Truth Of Ugly Produce, Featuring Phat Beets; Mental Illness Is A Death Sentence For Many In America's Jails; Unaffordable Neighborhoods, Affordable Suburbs; Steven Tyler Redux, and more!Posted on August 24, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lithuania in Lemont; Slow Motion Criminal Justice; Hoover Vacuum Family Drama; Steven Tyler vs. Trump, and more!Posted on August 23, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trumpago. Plus: Dio's Estate Sale; Rauner vs. Urban Farming; Rockford Tire Mire; The Overdose Reverser; Poop Nearly Kills Man; Fixing Hooters, and more!Posted on August 22, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fly Like The Eagles, Agent Trump, Hide The Hydrox, Medonna and more!Posted on August 21, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump's planned distractions, Rauner's lost EMT vote, and another privatized public art loss in Chicago.Posted on August 20, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
East Chicago's ongoing agony. Plus: Vic Mensa's reverse bait car and bunch of other stuff!Posted on August 19, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Liars, charlatans and lesser evils.Posted on August 16, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cheap judge reprimanded; Einstein's Nazi death beams; what our eyeballs are worth to advertisers; Taste of Black Chicago; more Catholic Church evil.Posted on August 15, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner incentivizes employers to not hire a 15th employee. Plus: James Montgomery's anger; fatal Wilmette boat explosion; new, condensed therapy; and Trump's impeachable treatment of the Chicago River.Posted on August 14, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel may have declared Chicago a Trump-free zone, but his police department certainly hasn't.Posted on August 13, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Animal rescue edition.Posted on August 10, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's moral center of gravity.Posted on August 9, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wilbur Ross, Kathleen Turner, Alex Jones, Nixon and Booray.Posted on August 8, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The right questions to ask about last weekend's shootings and Rahm's questions to ask about last weekend's shootings. The twain shall not meet.Posted on August 7, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Stopping the violence: Something has to change. That something is the same old economic development strategies, which never change.Posted on August 6, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
"[Jeff Bezos] needs to spend roughly $28 million a day just to keep from accumulating more wealth." Plus: Chicago's Sad Mecca Flats Story, The Chesapeake Crab Scam, Artist Transform Our City's Dying Trees and more!Posted on August 5, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Secrets, Madigan's Puppies, Moe's Tavern, Lake Zurich's Paper Clips, Harvard's Clout List, Obama's Endorsements, Mueller's Negotiations, Rockford's Clock Tower and more!Posted on August 2, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Willie Wonka Wilson. Plus: The Nature of Miracles, Ashton Belushi, Chicago's Wet Mayor and more!Posted on August 1, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real Bridget Gainer story. Plus: Lisa Madigan For President; Irving Park's Underground Railroad; Will B3 Sink Rahm's Battleship?; and more!Posted on July 31, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gainer gone and other delights.Posted on July 30, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kreepy Ken Kurson. Plus: Another Daley Deposition Averted; Bruce Rauner's Granite City Goof; LiLo vs. Blago; and more!Posted on July 27, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's unapologetic, institutionally racist sticker shock. Plus: Granite City, Tribune, Posner, Butina, Rauner, Pritzker, Club Lucky and more!Posted on July 26, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"Gentrification has made it very difficult for our [mostly Hispanic] families who lived here and grew up here to stay in this school," the principal of Logan Square's Brentano Elementary says. Plus: Corporate tipping scams, one state's cool-ass illegal tiki bar, the Bionic Wrench and more!Posted on July 25, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Elon Musk is getting desperate. Plus: Dr. Willie Wilson, Lovie Smith's beard, the Gold Pyramid house, and Billy Joel's ideal farewell concert.Posted on July 24, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Assignment Desk: What's the deal with Willie Wilson? Plus: Granite City Stories, Rahm's Repaving, Ivanka's Signature Move, America's Crackers and more!Posted on July 23, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Car title loans, Canadian geese, Michael Ferro's sled and other discontents.Posted on July 21, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump Derangement Syndrome.Posted on July 19, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
See ya' tomorrow!Posted on July 18, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Regardless of the details of Harith Augustus's death, which is sad and tragic in any case, an awful lot of people want change.Posted on July 17, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump, treason, truth and "tough" questions.Posted on July 16, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
71st & Chappell, East Chicago and Elon Musk.Posted on July 15, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inside George Lucas's Star Wars Museum Wars. Plus: Millionaire Matters & Money Honey Dummy.Posted on July 12, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The difficult life behind a South Elgin suicide-by-cop.Posted on July 11, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The multiple media narratives of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Plus: Your TV Is Watching You.Posted on July 10, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm, Rauner and the Ryan.Posted on July 9, 2018
The [4th Of July Falls On A Wednesday This Year] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America rotting from the inside - with a little push from Putin.Posted on July 4, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's sort of week.Posted on July 3, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beachwood HQ will be at half-mast this week to mark the tenuous nature of our pseudo-democracy.Posted on July 2, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Urban opioids.Posted on June 29, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This country.Posted on June 28, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lidia K. Souza has arrived in Chicago and she wants her 9-year-old son back. It's not going well.Posted on June 27, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
'Election-year pandering on steroids.' Plus: Cal (Not Lou) Burke & CSO: Coughing Symphony Orchestra.Posted on June 26, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Now we know the number of separated border children in Chicago: 66. Today, the spotlight shines on one in particular.Posted on June 25, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's border children, the Heartland Alliance and Rahm's Trump-like White House advice. Plus: The National Enquirer, John Kass and #HillarysHealth.Posted on June 22, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Scheming on a thing that's a mirage. I'm trying to tell you now, it's sabotage.Posted on June 20, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Foxconn walk into a bar . . .Posted on June 19, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump's fishy Chicago tower. Plus: The DuSable Museum Mystery & Amazon's Spy Games.Posted on June 18, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
In a city different than this one, a mayor, given control of the school system expressly to provide accountability, could not survive such a record of hurting children as Rahm Emanuel has compiled. In a city different than this one.Posted on June 16, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real news buried in Rahm's deposition. Plus: Crumbling Schools & The Hype o' Loop. And: That's Why They Call It 'Concealed' Carry.Posted on June 15, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We were promised jetpacks, not hyperloops.Posted on June 14, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
International House of Bullshit.Posted on June 13, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Will take best offer.Posted on June 12, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Can Dennis Rodman save the world from a nuclear apocalypse? I'd say the chances are about the same as "rolling a Pippen."Posted on June 11, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I was afraid to call the cops because I feared the man would end up dead.Posted on June 7, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If a mayor fails in a forest and no one hears him, did he really fail at all?Posted on June 6, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Better luck Tuesday.Posted on June 4, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The weird search for Alberto Lopez. Plus: United We Fail.Posted on June 2, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Clear right fucking now.Posted on June 1, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The deportation machine and Chicago. Plus: More Blago Media Malfeasance.Posted on May 31, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Game over, Gainer.Posted on May 30, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Memorial Day Weekend sucks.Posted on May 29, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Back to Benny's.Posted on May 24, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Monologue.Posted on May 23, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Study shows Rahm's mass school closings were every bit the disaster some of us predicted.Posted on May 22, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood covers the #RoyalWedding the only journalistically responsible way.Posted on May 21, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How we treat the disabled, troubled kids and dogs.Posted on May 18, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Oh, Bumble Bee.Posted on May 17, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Week (So Far) In Illinois' Liars Club.Posted on May 16, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Failed species in a mind-boggling universe. Or: From inert goo to Bruce Rauner.Posted on May 15, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Greatest Amendatory Veto Ever.Posted on May 14, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Reese Mathers loves the Beachwood. Plus: Fox Con Air, Thin Blue Cross Line, Seal Team Sex, and ME Chicago.Posted on May 12, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Almost there. Maybe.Posted on May 10, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Working on it.Posted on May 10, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The 200th episode of The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour has been scheduled - and you're invited.Posted on May 8, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Details to come.Posted on May 7, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Lost weekend.Posted on May 6, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Foxconn farce will kill us all.Posted on May 3, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rolex rat.Posted on May 2, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Waylaid.Posted on May 1, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When your 12-year-old son faces racism in Little League on the Southwest Side. Plus: White House Correspondents Sinners.Posted on April 30, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Justice Media Project will be presenting at Hack Night on Tuesday. Plan accordingly.Posted on April 28, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red State.Posted on April 27, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Draft dunce. Plus: Digg Me Out, Fighting Facebook, Smoking Out Gun Nuts, and Texting Rahm.Posted on April 26, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Van Dyke docket. Plus: Assignment Desk, HMU!Posted on April 25, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Madigan's Magical Machine.Posted on April 24, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"It's meant to honor those killed in a POW camp. It was created to symbolize unity. Yet, now, a symbol of a regime that espoused white supremacy is comfortably situated inside a [Chicago] cemetery surrounded by a black community."Posted on April 23, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Quickie.Posted on April 21, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A golden age (of sorts) for Chicago journalism? Plus: Graybangers; AmazonHQ2-Fer; Sister Faculty; Garden Party; Toni Time; The Dorothy Brown Show; The Aristocrats; Today's Worst Person In Chicago; and April Hope, Soul Sucker.Posted on April 19, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Get ready for the beatdown of your life.Posted on April 18, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Weeks of Chicago Rock.Posted on April 17, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reminder: Trying to "sell" Obama's Senate seat was the least of Blago's crimes. And he got a major break when it came to sentencing. So don't believe the apologists - including a significant portion of the media.Posted on April 16, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
But I tried, didn't I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.Posted on April 15, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The deader side of Sears.Posted on April 13, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Broken record.Posted on April 12, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tribes.Posted on April 11, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
'Journalists have been remarkably accepting of their buyouts and layoffs.'Posted on April 10, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hyperlocal weather.Posted on April 9, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Time to disrupt the comedy club model.Posted on April 7, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's new ghost school, Judas Priest's metal tears, a new old hole in the soul, Chicago Krylon, and more!Posted on April 6, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment settlement spin zone.Posted on April 5, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
From foul line to picket line at Loyola Chicago.Posted on April 4, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sun-Times investor group includes at least one woman - and she just got hired by the Sun-Times.Posted on April 3, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The representation of women remains Pretty Prehistoric.Posted on April 2, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
News flash: God has not been fixing Loyola games.Posted on April 1, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Spring break at Dr. Nick's Bucktown timeshare.Posted on March 28, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fair to partly gloomy.Posted on March 27, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our Ramblers coverage began on our December 10th sports podcast, when I asked our very own Jim "Coach" Coffman: "Is Loyola good?"Posted on March 26, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago teens march for their lives.Posted on March 24, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media never knows when enough is enough.Posted on March 22, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Postprimarypartum.Posted on March 21, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The audacity of dickheads.Posted on March 20, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Campaign notebooks. Plus: Emergency Doctor!Posted on March 19, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Let's Go Hobos! Starring Jonah Hill as Bo Rambler. Plus: We Killed Some Folks.Posted on March 17, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media consensus about Chris Kennedy's debate performance is wrong. Plus: The Great School Walkout of 2018 and Today's Worst Company In Chicago.Posted on March 14, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Incontrovertibly documented: Bruce Rauner is a serial liar.Posted on March 14, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Swainson's Warble, Pander Bears, Yerkes Observatory and Hate.com.Posted on March 8, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gun law not working right in Cook County. Plus: Dart's backtrack. And: Good riddance to The Loop.Posted on March 7, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A look back at unbelievable CPS class size assertions, Chicago's lost G8 summit, Nixon's 1974 visit and more!Posted on March 6, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And the Chicago Oscars go to . . .Posted on March 5, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Looking back at The Homan Square Papers, Obama's FOIA Fail, Tronc's Top Tribbie & Arby's Chicago-Style Beef Dip.Posted on March 4, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Running on change is running on empty.Posted on March 1, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taxpayer-funded spokespeople shaped false messages for the media while veterans died.Posted on February 28, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The mayor's new arena is just the latest project built on laughably false projections. It's a familiar script, and now the DePaulia has the wonderfully ugly facts.Posted on February 27, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Aramark's Black History Month is not going well.Posted on February 26, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Awesome Show Notes.Posted on February 25, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My sticky paws were into making straws out of big fat slurpy treats.Posted on February 22, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune's selective memory on succession politics.Posted on February 21, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Big Soda's Cook County deceit + Fran Spielman's #MeToo backlash = Today's Two Worstish People In Chicago.Posted on February 20, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Garry McCarthy loses the sighted vote. Plus: Feeling John Kass's pain.Posted on February 15, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Behind the Bling. Plus: a nation's last whimper.Posted on February 14, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why do I instinctually suppose East Chicago residents just got screwed (again)?Posted on February 13, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The (quick) return of the sick call narrative. Plus, Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on February 10, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dibs heroes and zeroes.Posted on February 9, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Person in Media.Posted on February 8, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Creepto currency. Plus: Ferro's Fabulous Folly; The Insane Amazon-Boeing Axis; Today In The Paradise Papers.Posted on February 7, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shills, cruel jokes and CPS turnarounds.Posted on February 6, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The problem with Super Bowl Fever.Posted on February 5, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
It's a Beachwood Super Bowl: no double-dipping.Posted on February 4, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New lawsuit seeks to pry Chicago's Amazon HQ2 bid from Rahm Emanuel's cold hands.Posted on February 1, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where have you gone, comfort peacock? A nation turns to you.Posted on January 31, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"See you tonight, freedom fighters/beer drinkers/hip shakers!"Posted on January 29, 2018
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Don't look away. Plus: Prehistoric Chicago, Doomsday, Rahm's Rules, and The Beachwood Radio Network.Posted on January 27, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ft. Teddy Bear.Posted on January 25, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Backwards Bridget. Plus: How to pronounce "Chicago Politics," and what is still Made in America.Posted on January 24, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Catching up with the month in Chicago rock; Stephen Baldwin on the South Side; Facebook bullshit; and more!Posted on January 23, 2018
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How to build Trump's wall - every year.Posted on January 19, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
'A fair tax system will be lost without public pressure.' Plus: White Mystery Alert & Lake Michigan's Ice Sculpture Beach.Posted on January 18, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama library responsive to wealthy white people, but not poor people of color - just like his presidency.Posted on January 17, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On Martin Luther King Day, appearing on WVON radio, Gov. Bruce Rauner refused to call David Duke a racist - and punted on President Trump. Nice goin'.Posted on January 16, 2018
The [MLK Birthday 2018] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Redeeming the soul of America.Posted on January 14, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Challenging Berrios - and his powerful friends like the mayor and the president.Posted on January 10, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst People In Illinois: Chris Kennedy, J.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, Joe Berrios, Fritz Kaegi's former fund co-managers, and spokesperson Monica Trevino.Posted on January 9, 2018
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Skatin'.Posted on January 8, 2018
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"This is evil. It would be more humane to just line them up against the building and shoot 'em as compared to taking away what little they had and then expecting them to fend in this cold for themselves with nothing," says priest about City of Chicago.Posted on January 4, 2018
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hmu, reducks.Posted on January 3, 2018
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
2018 squad goal.Posted on January 2, 2018
The [New Year's] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The best countdown of 2017. Plus: The best movie of 2017. And: An important reminder for 2018.Posted on December 31, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's homeless shelters are packed. "It's life and death out there."Posted on December 28, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A start in East Chicago.Posted on December 27, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's real Moe's Tavern. Plus, journalists still failing to reckon with American reality.Posted on December 26, 2017
The [War On Merry Christmas] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The war is over - if you want it to be.Posted on December 24, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago has basically lost the population of Buffalo in African-American residents over the last two decades.Posted on December 22, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's Clean Sweep.Posted on December 21, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The United States as tax haven.Posted on December 20, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America killing more civilians under Donald Trump. Plus: Chicago's clouted airbnb ordinance unsurprisingly isn't working.Posted on December 19, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Caterpillar and business journalism.Posted on December 13, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meanwhile . . .Posted on December 12, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meanwhile . . .Posted on December 7, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Federal judge: We can infer Rahm Emanuel's law department intentionally withheld documents - again.Posted on December 6, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Glass, plate, window, insulated lighting, wire, negative energy.Posted on December 5, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The University of Illinois' new City Colleges of Chicago transfer program strikes out.Posted on December 4, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Luis Gutierrez retired 10 years ago. Plus: Pioneering gay drummers, Special Olympics flag football, the Big Mac creator's lousy plaque and more!Posted on December 1, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Remembering 16 Shots. Where was Rahm?Posted on November 30, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Are serial killers walking Chicago's streets?Posted on November 29, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deporting America.Posted on November 28, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's law department isn't ready for reform.Posted on November 27, 2017
The [Thanksgiving 2017] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gobble, gobble, motherfuckers.Posted on November 21, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What a shitshow.Posted on November 20, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Go to the Fall Record Label Fair. Or meet me at Cafe Mustache.Posted on November 18, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Junk food journalism.Posted on November 17, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Revisiting "A Modest Transit Proposal."Posted on November 16, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Laquan McDonald grand jury disappoints, to say the least, but sadly does not surprise.Posted on November 15, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Donna Brazile's bullshit.Posted on November 14, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago skyline after climate change really kicks in.Posted on November 13, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Tax havens alive with the sound of music.Posted on November 11, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Offshore hush-hush.Posted on November 10, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rich people are ruining it for everybody. Plus: Chance & Obama. And: Cairo Calling, featuring Today's Worst Person In Illinois.Posted on November 9, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Just how much money is held offshore? Hint: ENOUGH TO SOLVE ALL OUR PROBLEMS.Posted on November 8, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
North State Street.Posted on November 6, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Baby Bean.Posted on November 6, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Now, the Papers on demand!Posted on November 3, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Iron & Wine.Posted on November 2, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About those gummy bear incentives . . .Posted on November 1, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cop calculus.Posted on October 31, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chiller Theatre.Posted on October 30, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Smorgasbord.Posted on October 28, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ain't that a shame.Posted on October 26, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cardboard City, Beancapades, Elvis Cobain.Posted on October 25, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Laquan who? Amazon, that's who!Posted on October 24, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I've been sick, people.Posted on October 23, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Touch and go.Posted on October 3, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dead inside.Posted on September 29, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Save Puerto Rico & Mexico; Hugh Hefner Was A Monster; Families for Depression Awareness; and more!Posted on September 28, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Making movies.Posted on September 27, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Renegades of Funk.Posted on September 26, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sticking to sports.Posted on September 25, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shooketh.Posted on September 22, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pancakes, booze, art.Posted on September 21, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Forgive yourself. And drink local.Posted on September 20, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You matter always. Overthrow the status.Posted on September 19, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A call for help from Chicago's Rohingya Culture Center.Posted on September 18, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
They're not the only ones.Posted on September 16, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Words and guitar.Posted on September 14, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Midnight oasis.Posted on September 13, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meeting of Styles!Posted on September 12, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Superheroes.Posted on September 11, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pilsen.Posted on September 8, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Zombie Dogs, Hurricane Cats and a Second City of Ants.Posted on September 6, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All condiments matter.Posted on September 5, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shit's fucked up.Posted on August 31, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Welcome to the Combine, Governor Rauner. Your table was waiting all along.Posted on August 30, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Democrats own state's first school voucher program.Posted on August 29, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I mustered some stuff.Posted on August 28, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A work in progress.Posted on August 25, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner's Big Top.Posted on August 24, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump's wars.Posted on August 23, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bark at the moon.Posted on August 22, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Eclipse Fest.Posted on August 21, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where we're at.Posted on August 18, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Heather Heyer's mother is the president we don't have.Posted on August 16, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inside Charlottesville - and the president's heart.Posted on August 15, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Re-enacting history.Posted on August 14, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Region report.Posted on August 12, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago food making us sick.Posted on August 10, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For completists.Posted on August 8, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Lyin'.Posted on August 5, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Real Rauner, Real Madrid.Posted on August 3, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hands off LaCroix and Taco Bell, bitches!Posted on August 2, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Governor Oops.Posted on August 1, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Kass's (latest) deplorable column.Posted on July 31, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Assignment Desk: Ask Rahm Emanuel to drink from the most lead-filled fountain in the story.Posted on July 28, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Early Warning: Humboldt Park Mini-Con.Posted on July 27, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Foxx's trials and Rauner's desk.Posted on July 26, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crane Kenney strikes (out) again.Posted on July 25, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Same old shit, just a different motherfucking night.Posted on July 24, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
More like Pokemon No Fest.Posted on July 23, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Groove armada.Posted on July 20, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodnight Chicago, Harajuku and the Homer Opera House.Posted on July 19, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The baloney Chris Kennedy and Bruce Rauner are selling.Posted on July 18, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The best laid plans of mice and men . . .Posted on July 17, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Life during wartime.Posted on July 14, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Stay tuned.Posted on July 13, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In the end you negate everything that was good in the first place.Posted on July 11, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inmate voting, budget myths and a Lilo vs. Blago flashback.Posted on July 10, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A state budget morality play in multiple parts.Posted on July 7, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let's face it: Bruce Rauner is a very bad man.Posted on July 6, 2017
The [Fourth Of July 2017] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Placeholder.Posted on July 3, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What's English for illegal?Posted on June 29, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk.Posted on June 28, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Blue Ribbon Glee Club came, saw and conquered. Then we all joined in and sang right back at 'em.Posted on June 24, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The party playlist is in pre-production, people.Posted on June 22, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This just in.Posted on June 20, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's happening. Bring a map - of anything.Posted on June 19, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago now has a gourmet marshmallow cafe. I'm not sure how I feel about this.Posted on June 17, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Keep Union weird.Posted on June 15, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beachwood Fest! Starring Adam West and the Blue Ribbon Glee Club.Posted on June 14, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
White opioid users vs. black drivers.Posted on June 12, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Muddy Waters nine stories tall.Posted on June 9, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The police reform agreement that isn't. Plus: Fran Spielman's alternate reality.Posted on June 8, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Love the El, hate the CTA.Posted on June 6, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's phony police reform, Rauner's phony everything, and phony arguments about the 606.Posted on June 6, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm hits the trifecta - failing at all three of his jobs.Posted on June 5, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Behind #BudgetlessBruce's budgetlessness.Posted on June 2, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Budgetless Bruce. Plus: Kennedy and Pritzker have the same problem.Posted on June 1, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner kills 911 legislation as the band plays on.Posted on May 31, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How can we forget the true meaning of Memorial Day when the media reminds us every year that we've forgotten it?Posted on May 30, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chris Kennedy to introduce exciting new phase of campaign!Posted on May 26, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Democracy dies behind a paywall, early voting, bad journalism and a Top Gun sequel.Posted on May 25, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's CPS graduation policies get even follier.Posted on May 24, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poor Cubs rip off Mesa taxpayers.Posted on May 23, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pritzker takes page from Rauner's cynical playbook.Posted on May 22, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hancock renaming ritual. Plus: Sanford & Dylan.Posted on May 19, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
ICYMI.Posted on May 18, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Ferro is giving us all tronchitis.Posted on May 17, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Yesterday's Tronc news tomorrow, hopefully. Plus other stuff.Posted on May 16, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
J.B. Pritzker shows his gubernatorial chops.Posted on May 15, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Me and Zero request you in the Mercedes.Posted on May 12, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If only the state didn't sew Rahm's mouth shut, he could have alerted everybody to the extent of CPS's financial distress.Posted on May 11, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snowden: "This FBI Director has sought for years to jail me on account of my political activities. If I can oppose his firing, so can you."Posted on May 10, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPD's nonexistent moonlighting policy. Plus: The false gang rifle narrative, and how to tell who is lying about that Preckwinkle-Rauner phone call.Posted on May 9, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Made in Chicago: Prick Blades.Posted on May 8, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Newborn lemur; $30,000 3BR on South Lowe; a brief visual history of Black Muslims in Chicago.Posted on May 6, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A huge owl-like creature that looked to be six feet with glowing red eyes. People threw rocks at it.Posted on May 4, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Malort: Tonight's the night you fight your dad.Posted on May 3, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fly Lufthansa.Posted on May 2, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Who are we to question Ryan Pace?Posted on April 29, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Road to ruin.Posted on April 26, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Valerie Jarrett's NEIU commencement speech should be titled "How It Often Takes Public Shaming To Motivate Leaders Showered With Unmerited Praiseworthy Media Coverage To Do The Right Thing."Posted on April 26, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reminder: Even the reformers in Illinois are crooked. Plus: Sigma Alpha Oopsilon; Bruce Rauner's Subscription Superstar; and Beardstown Bullshit.Posted on April 25, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let the people go!Posted on April 21, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Contractor Factor. Plus: Why You Should Fear Sinclair Media, Today's Worst Person In Chicago Not Named Todd Ricketts, and more!Posted on April 20, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Consulting the city council on ethics. Plus: What's up with CPD News Affairs staffing?; Rauner, abortion and e-mail "interviews;" more Sean Sphincter; and why blaming Hillary Clinton is wrong.Posted on April 19, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vaunted local columnist unaware of Sean Sphincter. Plus: God & Chicago, South Shore evictions, ex-CBOT chair dodging divorce payments, and party buses on water.Posted on April 18, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner is lyin' again. Plus: A taxing Tax Day report, the old new American story, before Dao, and millennial St. Louis.Posted on April 17, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New police union president off to a portentious start.Posted on April 14, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's police officers have just doubled down against reform.Posted on April 13, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Even Hitler wasn't dragged off a plane.Posted on April 12, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
United we fall.Posted on April 11, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's reformy police video release policy exposed as fake.Posted on April 10, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When the CHA doesn't think some kids are "poisoned enough" to merit intervention.Posted on April 7, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's new plan for high school kids not very well planned.Posted on April 6, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's racist insurance premiums. Plus: When Does Rauner Get The Trump Treatment? and The DePaul Arena Shell Game, Continued.Posted on April 5, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bike lanes vs. violence. Plus: Cops vs. life; the lottery vs. transparency, ethics.Posted on April 4, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't look to Ronnie & Rosty for a romantic model of tax reform.Posted on April 3, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner's latest victim: Chicago Wilderness.Posted on March 31, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pop Is Dead Again. Heroin Chic. Build Comiskeyville. Rahm's Infrastructure Bust. More Bears Garbage. And more!Posted on March 30, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where's Rahm's desegregation plan? A way forward. Plus: Fun personal notes.Posted on March 29, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Burke's Rules, The Not Ready For Prime Time Democratic Players, Museum Blues, Chicago Spangled Spanier, Rahm's Predatory Pricing Policy, and The Problem With Weathercasters Continued.Posted on March 28, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's yellow-bellied meteorologists. Plus: Right museum, wrong location.Posted on March 27, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inside the mind of the greatest artist of all time.Posted on March 24, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The problem with anecdotal leads, as exemplified by today's Tribune.Posted on March 23, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Saving Sears.Posted on March 22, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Build Peotone already, for godsakes.Posted on March 20, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Look at my resume.Posted on March 17, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Daley.Posted on March 16, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rachel Maddow has been pulling this shit for years.Posted on March 15, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Editor's note.Posted on March 13, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
So, yeah, corrupt media.Posted on March 10, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exploits.Posted on March 9, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard Simmons, Kyle Schwarber and Edward Snowden together.Posted on March 8, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pacing.Posted on March 7, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Programming note.Posted on March 6, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Here's some stuff.Posted on March 3, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America, delete your account.Posted on March 1, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Normalizing.Posted on February 28, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Reminders.Posted on February 25, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No proper column.Posted on February 22, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Aldermen stake claims to Rahm's property tax rebate slush fund.Posted on February 21, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Debbie Nelson, office worker from Orland Park, your Twitter feed is full of adorable pandas, and I don't mean to punch down, but you are Today's Worst Person In Chicagoland.Posted on February 20, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Punxsutawney, Illinois.Posted on February 18, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Skilling in Edgewater, Hooter's in Cicero, Pepe in the White House, Boeing on the line, Immigrants at home, poison on the Far Southeast Side, Evanston in Apple, hate groups in Illinois, and more!Posted on February 16, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Flynnghazi. Plus: Peter Roskam plays Telephone (badly).Posted on February 14, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rascally Roskam. Plus: Grammy Whammy & What Hitler Couldn't Do.Posted on February 13, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Empty statements, empty pockets. Starring the Wall Street Journal and Susanna Hoffs.Posted on February 12, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
From condoms to Lysol.Posted on February 10, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's minimized minimum wage. Plus: Serial liars, journalism and the Muslim Ban hearing.Posted on February 8, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
United Airlines We Stand? Plus: The police union's fake news.Posted on February 7, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I don't mind saying once again that David Kidwell's red-light reporting has been absolutely remarkable. In fact, I rejoice in saying it! Inspiring and important. Journalism!Posted on February 6, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Person Within Two States Of Chicago.Posted on February 3, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Punching Nazis.Posted on February 2, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
White Christians are killing us.Posted on February 1, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Thank the lawyers, kill the printer-makers.Posted on January 31, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"The BBC World Service reporter's social media accounts were probed despite him having traveled to Chicago's O'Hare airport from London Heathrow while holding a British passport."Posted on January 30, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump, Trump, Trump.Posted on January 26, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Extra Value Tax Meal, Bruce's Bears & Minnesota's Turnaround Agenda.Posted on January 25, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About Chicago's missing Trump signs.Posted on January 24, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kellyanne Conway's clown show and the normalization of deceit.Posted on January 23, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inauguration reporting from Jonathan Pie.Posted on January 20, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chelsea Manning delivered "one of the most cited and valuable archives in journalism."Posted on January 18, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's critics right again.Posted on January 17, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
CPD, DOJ, Rahm, Obama, McGruff and Flukey Stokes.Posted on January 14, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's newest Public Enemy No. 1.Posted on January 12, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Weren't we all just talking about the importance of facts?Posted on January 11, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Price of Pork.Posted on January 10, 2017
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's red-light cameras screwing you again.Posted on January 9, 2017
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"A careful review of Obama's major human rights decisions shows a mixed record. In fact, he has often treated human rights as a secondary interest - nice to support when the cost was not too high, but nothing like a top priority he championed."Posted on January 6, 2017
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trolls, white people, presidents, democracy.Posted on January 5, 2017
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The greatest hits of retiring state Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago, natch).Posted on January 4, 2017
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How not to write about transparency.Posted on January 3, 2017
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
A list to check twice.Posted on December 24, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm releases e-mails he denied existed, from account Tribune editor used.Posted on December 22, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Building a new high school in Englewood is really a way to close high schools in Englewood.Posted on December 21, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The show must go on - unless you're homeless.Posted on December 19, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Louis Farrakhan, Donald Trump and the times that try our souls.Posted on December 18, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All colleges are for profit.Posted on December 16, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fudge my school. Plus: Slick Willie Cochran.Posted on December 15, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ald. Willie Cochran, not the sharpest tool in Rahm's shed, indicted.Posted on December 14, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
An atheist who did God's work. Plus: Another Football Fatality, Rahm's Flavor Favor and The Utter Failure Of Humanity To Do Its Job.Posted on December 13, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Officer Gamekeepers, Opa Whoa and Early Admission.Posted on December 12, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
City of secrets.Posted on December 10, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS violates inspector-client privilege.Posted on December 8, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A year ago, it looked like Rahm might not survive.Posted on December 7, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
City, media, judge ruin food truck fun.Posted on December 6, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
I still believe in facts, but facts alone are not enough.Posted on December 4, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Someone invented the blanket.Posted on December 2, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blanket tomb.Posted on December 1, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's (unlikely) deposition. Plus: Rahm's Restaurants.Posted on November 30, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Two (mystery) guns and a cop.Posted on November 29, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Every single Trump voter owns this.Posted on November 28, 2016
The [Thanksgiving 2016] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Featuring rhino penises, gummy cocks, dirty nails, greasy turkey anuses, long-acting birth control and Donald Trump.Posted on November 24, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sliding into despotism. Plus: Dan Webb's web & a suburban Illinois school bus company's crash record.Posted on November 23, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today in The Resistance.Posted on November 22, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You are not alone.Posted on November 21, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goody bag.Posted on November 18, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Life during wartime.Posted on November 16, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Neo-Nazis in the White House.Posted on November 15, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Basically, if you're not an able-bodied white Christian heterosexual male, you have great cause to be scared out of your wits.Posted on November 11, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Two encounters.Posted on November 9, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Election Day Chicago: Logan Square Voting Fucked Up; Clarence Mudd, Sprinklicious; and inevitably, Su Nueva Lavanderia.Posted on November 8, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paging Russia! We have an assignment for you.Posted on November 7, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Happenstance.Posted on November 3, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"This can only end with maximum pain."Posted on November 2, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Good morning, Cleveland.Posted on November 1, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"There isn't going to be room for us bums."Posted on October 31, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Off exploring the inner workings of Old Style. And the Cubs.Posted on October 28, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Smash-and-grab in Cleveland.Posted on October 27, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dispatches from clever Cleverland.Posted on October 26, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lying is a slippery slope.Posted on October 25, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Face value Cubs tickets deemed more unethical than slushy TIF funds and the existence of Ed Burke.Posted on October 24, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rickettsville: Gentrifying the gentrified.Posted on October 22, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's secret Ebola zone.Posted on October 20, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump and Cubs pinatas.Posted on October 19, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cook County's neglected children. Plus: Deplorable Peter Roskam & Rahm's Budget Hall of Mirrors.Posted on October 18, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
In bloom.Posted on October 16, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's staff gets Cost of Living With Rahm Adjustments.Posted on October 14, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Teenage Illinois black dude voting for Trump now famous. Plus: Naperville's ghost neighborhoods and Geofeedyatothecops.Posted on October 13, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Making art, journalism and a living.Posted on October 12, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why Chicago's kids are in a bad mood today.Posted on October 11, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The world's most interesting website.Posted on October 10, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Body camera bunk.Posted on October 6, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Scoundrels, scaliwags and the Cubs: Part 2.Posted on October 5, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city council and Cubs tickets: A Chicago story.Posted on October 4, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Reminder: Rauner is with Trump.Posted on October 2, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whole Foods opens in Englewood.Posted on September 29, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Was Trump more effective in Monday night's debate than he's getting credit for?Posted on September 27, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
ConAgra played Bruce Rauner like a dime-store fiddle.Posted on September 25, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's cop plan leads us back to where we already are.Posted on September 22, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Working on it.Posted on September 21, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Roast Bears beef.Posted on September 20, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Forrest Claypool's merry auditors.Posted on September 19, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Media, Trump, Cubs, Riot Fest, Race, Sky.Posted on September 17, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shout it from the rooftops.Posted on September 16, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Welcome, Duracell!Posted on September 15, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#TrumpsHealth.Posted on September 14, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Undocumented Education, Right-Sizing CPD, America's Best Writer, Corruption On A Curve and Debate Moderation.Posted on September 13, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Portion control.Posted on September 12, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Cook County's road trip. Plus: Heroin, We Have A Problem & Ferro Warning.Posted on September 10, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All the action is on Twitter today - 24 hours of Donald Trump, Matt Lauer, Rahm Emanuel, John Kass, and the nation's shittiest journalists.Posted on September 8, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Footchases and funding.Posted on September 7, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm annexes city's elite.Posted on September 6, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Body cams and Bobby Rush.Posted on September 3, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How many CPS students have been lead poisoned? The city won't say.Posted on September 1, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A profession stubbornly gorges on cyanide day after day while the antidote sits on the shelf. Plus: Venetian Night self-immolates.Posted on August 31, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fired law clerk about to become Cook County judge.Posted on August 30, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The very Chicago story of Jewel's Bus Co.Posted on August 29, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Corn con.Posted on August 28, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lori Lightfoot, The Guarantini & Braelin: The Next Speidi.Posted on August 25, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Forrest Claypool and Frank Clark are Today's Worst People In Chicago.Posted on August 24, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Least amusing administrative law judge ever.Posted on August 23, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The police board on trial.Posted on August 22, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
FEMA has not yet arrived.Posted on August 20, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The gods of High Life.Posted on August 18, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner's ground game vs. the Bears' ground game.Posted on August 17, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
AG to CPD: Hand over e-mails to CNN.Posted on August 16, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm: Crooked cops nor the system that creates them are to be ostracized.Posted on August 15, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Corruption Night's first pitch. Plus: Chicago Foodies & Jamila Woods.Posted on August 13, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sun and alcohol.Posted on August 11, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Newspapers don't need defending. Plus: Thomas Friedman, Trump and the Just Joking People. And: Governor Baloneyvich and his uninformed media enablers.Posted on August 10, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago's prison band can't save him.Posted on August 9, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More irregularity.Posted on August 8, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nothing but heroes.Posted on August 4, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Catching up.Posted on August 3, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Freedom (From Police) Square. Plus: Preckwinkle & the President.Posted on August 1, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trumpism vs. Clintonism.Posted on July 27, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We can lock up Hillary later. First, this.Posted on July 26, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Like Michael Madigan, we need Hillary Clinton on that wall.Posted on July 23, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The gross malpractice of the city's law department.Posted on July 22, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Disappearing Homan Square and soft-pedaling an Illinois Trump delegate's racism.Posted on July 21, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The only one looking good at the RNC this week is Lucifer - and that includes Michelle Obama. Plus: Redaction Rahm and his invite-only Happy Hour.Posted on July 20, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
RNC 2016: Come for the white supremacy, stay for Scott Baio's sparkling intellect.Posted on July 19, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The fundamental understandings of Ed Burke and Bruce Rauner.Posted on July 18, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago staples.Posted on July 16, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Double Door, donuts and douchebags.Posted on July 15, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm waits for DOJ, which doesn't want him waiting.Posted on July 14, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fran Spielman denies Rahm buried the Laquan McDonald video.Posted on July 13, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chris Rock, Newt Gingrich, Ja'mal Green, and the truth about the Cubs.Posted on July 12, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
President of Chicago plastic cheese company devastating communities.Posted on July 9, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Community conspiring to prevent Rahm Emanuel from reforming Chicago police. News at 11.Posted on July 7, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A taste of Chicago's reptiles, painkillers, spongy snake cakes.Posted on July 6, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who's (Best) Friend of the Parking Lot now?Posted on July 5, 2016
The [Fourth of July] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
We dronedPosted on July 2, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gubernatorial culture shock.Posted on June 27, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Guess which alderman is Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on June 24, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The DOJ has contacted more than 400 residents who have made complaints or statements online or to a phone hotline, talked to members of 80 community organizations, visited all 22 police districts, and met with 150 police officers and 34 IPRA investigators.Posted on June 23, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wrigley Plaza coverage fouls off.Posted on June 22, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Voters wanted a turnaround artist, not a Turnaround Agenda.Posted on June 21, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's most interesting website.Posted on June 20, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
CPD: Chicago Politics Department.Posted on June 18, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayoral security cynicism.Posted on June 16, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
IPRA's new catch phrase: "You're almost fired!"Posted on June 15, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Kass doesn't recognize his own bark of bigotry.Posted on June 14, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner: No matter the human cost, making it less expensive for companies to maim workers is worth it.Posted on June 11, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The principal narrative. Plus: Chicago underwater.Posted on June 9, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Principally speaking.Posted on June 8, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Donald Trump, Sammy Sosa, R. Kelly, Sturgill Simpson and Dairy Queen.Posted on June 7, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's missing Ps. Plus: Walstate & The Deporter-In-Chief.Posted on June 6, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Butterflies and bees.Posted on June 4, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Non-tronc edition: Job Sprawl & Cop Chop.Posted on June 3, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unpaid leave day.Posted on June 1, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Code of silence now valued at $2 million in Chicago.Posted on May 31, 2016
The [Memorial Day 2016] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
America 2016: Coke, Trump, Walgreens and watermelons.Posted on May 28, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Ferro's latest (dis)honor. Plus: Moving Justin Dearborn, Patrick Soon-Shiong's Artificial Intelligence, and California Screaming.Posted on May 27, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Ferro is a Golden Lion.Posted on May 26, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dumb Digital Doomsayers and Ferro's War.Posted on May 25, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CueCat is both dead and alive.Posted on May 24, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Parochial Potholes of TSA Theater. Plus: The Footpenis Building & Deb Mell Still Hasn't Visited The South And West Sides, Maybe Ever.Posted on May 21, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
City attorneys would admit to being the Zodiac Killers if it meant they could keep Rahm off the stand.Posted on May 20, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Fourth may be with us.Posted on May 19, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Residences at Trib Tower.Posted on May 18, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Neither Mel Reynolds nor Sinead O'Connor is funny. Plus: Wrong-way RickettsvillePosted on May 17, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The actual flight is now the shortest (and most comfortable!) part of flying.Posted on May 16, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Reporters' dumb question, Rahm's worse reply.Posted on May 14, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is this the most interesting website in the world or what?Posted on May 12, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Headline wonder.Posted on May 7, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Head games, head taxes and tax heads.Posted on May 5, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not gonna happen.Posted on May 4, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why so few civilian complaints against police get investigated.Posted on May 3, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The donor-media class vs. the rest of us.Posted on May 2, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's mic drop.Posted on May 1, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The wheels are coming off at Beachwood HQ.Posted on April 28, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Readers lose.Posted on April 27, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Coming soon: Headlines like "610 Schools To Stay Open!"Posted on April 26, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Today? Plus: Hastert History: DeLayed Gratification.Posted on April 25, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Trib: Prince wholly derivative; rap a passing fad.Posted on April 23, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dig if you will a picture.Posted on April 22, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mixed grill.Posted on April 21, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Are the Blackhawks the Cardinals?Posted on April 20, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Full-time tuition for part-time faculty who work full-time. Plus: Lucas Mucus; Securing Airport Freedoms; and Ken Skunkin'.Posted on April 19, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Eddie's Johnson's mission. Plus: Bring on the watermelons!Posted on April 18, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rohingya refugees here. Plus: Introducing the Weekend Pizza, Hot Dog and Italian Beef Reports!Posted on April 16, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A bad omen for the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force report.Posted on April 15, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not happening today.Posted on April 14, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Confirmed: Homan Square is a black site housing the disappeared.Posted on April 13, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A Guardian transparency lawsuit has revealed the second person known to have died in police custody at Homan Square. And the discrepancies in the reports are stark.Posted on April 12, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More Homan Square horrors the Chicago media will ignore.Posted on April 11, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Introducing Weekend Jukebox and Weekend Protest. Plus: DREAMERS in a dreamland; What is it about society that bothers you?; and the 1994 crime bill.Posted on April 9, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mossack Fonseca, y'all. Plus: About Denny Hastert - Who Knew What When?Posted on April 8, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune breaks through Hastert's hush money, hush hearings.Posted on April 7, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For example, we might ask what kind of world we live in, where we can pay for $7 million worth of state-of-the-art digital technology at the White Sox baseball stadium, but we can't pay for computers in our classrooms.Posted on April 6, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Top Kop, Rahm's Airport Run & Andrew Dice Trump.Posted on April 5, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The weekend wacky weather that wasn't. Plus: The Panama Papers.Posted on April 4, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Lightning strikes, maybe once, maybe twice.Posted on April 2, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today in Top Cop: Bring the broom.Posted on April 1, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Help us, DOJ, you're our only hope.Posted on March 31, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How not to regain trust in the CPD. Plus: Boeing's Bilious Baloney.Posted on March 30, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Police chief blues deja vu.Posted on March 29, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's gonna Rahm.Posted on March 28, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago team secretly plays in secret basketball tournament.Posted on March 26, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Week in Rahm. Plus: Chicago Newsroom; Trib Op-Ed vs. Snopes; Chicago [Hearts] Trump.Posted on March 25, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On point.Posted on March 24, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hate-covering music festivals.Posted on March 23, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cleaning up Illinois.Posted on March 22, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner crosses the Trump rubicon.Posted on March 21, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Sexual assault case in the south suburbs a textbook example of how high schools are even less equipped to handle rape allegations than colleges.Posted on March 19, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Here we go again. #QuintonioLeGrierPosted on March 18, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Diffing Sanders & Radioactive Rahm.Posted on March 17, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The people have shouted.Posted on March 16, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gatekeepers, miracles, objectivity, narratives, scoundrels and Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on March 15, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Ferro, Donald Trump and stuff.Posted on March 14, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Unforeseen circumstances, talking Trump and a bunch of other stuff.Posted on March 11, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Help us, Judge Darrah, you're our only hope!Posted on March 10, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama kills FOIA reform. Plus: Trib Chatter.Posted on March 9, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quentin Young vs. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. #UniteBluePosted on March 8, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tribune logic: Changing the makeup of school board members will lead to the status quo.Posted on March 7, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
What Trump told Oprah in 1988.Posted on March 5, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trump vs. the Pritzkers revisited.Posted on March 4, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Two-Party Partisan Problems (or Are We All Trumpettes Now?).Posted on March 2, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Questions for new Tribune publisher/editor Bruce Dold.Posted on March 2, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dear Hollywood: Chicago investigations that should be made into movies.Posted on March 1, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Albert Einstein, Blair Hull and naked baseball players.Posted on February 29, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Situation no win.Posted on February 27, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Everybody's look-ing for-ward to the week-end.Posted on February 26, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That time when Rahm and his team pimped out Bettie Jones's family for public relations points.Posted on February 25, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tribune Publishing's new CEO is basically not allowed to speak truthfully about the company unless under oath.Posted on February 24, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Ferro's footprints on the Sun-Times and handprints on the Tribune.Posted on February 22, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago high school graduate rates are bogus, man.Posted on February 22, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Old Post Office is the new Block 37.Posted on February 20, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kensington Griffin, The Big McCheese, Secord Still Sucks, Rahm's Better Late Than Never Policy, and The Accomplice.Posted on February 19, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner bumps into Bruce Dold at Springfield magic shop.Posted on February 18, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner in Wonderland: A second budget address before passing the first.Posted on February 17, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Re-engineering CPS finances, Chinese stock exchange, and Obama's immigration raids.Posted on February 16, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'm off ranking the presidents in order of war criminality.Posted on February 15, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Sigma Alpha Ick. Plus: Wrickettsville.Posted on February 13, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Speaking of the CPD's lineups, files and batteries . . .Posted on February 12, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's big bad bond deal. Plus. the sounds of CPD's silence.Posted on February 11, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gawker exposes, again, the MSM's mendacious mindset. Plus: Bernie Bucks, Loosie Lunacy, Buncha Pussies, Middling Mat Latos, and Sears Slipping Away.Posted on February 10, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' three-strikes law is foul.Posted on February 9, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Genius Bar for urgent MacBook repairs.Posted on February 8, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Welcome to Super Bowl weekend: Jilted taxpayers, broken-down players, warlords and Coldplay. Pass the chips!Posted on February 6, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Markets shudder and a city weeps as Michael Ferro assumes control of Tribune Publishing.Posted on February 5, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bad news for Chicago journalism: It looks like we're stuck with Michael Ferro for a long, long time.Posted on February 4, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm hides the ball, not the gall.Posted on February 3, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
As defense lawyer, former Chicago police chief never saw an honest report.Posted on February 2, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The massive institutional failure that is the Chicago Police Department - aided and abetted a series of mayors and state's attorneys.Posted on January 30, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The governor continues to play chicken with human lives.Posted on January 29, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner's elephants and cornfields.Posted on January 28, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The state of the state is worse.Posted on January 27, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who killed Quintonio LeGrier? You and me. Plus: Rauner's Ruinous Rap.Posted on January 26, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If you do your reporting deeply enough, you can write/speak with authority - that's objectivity, because the facts are incontrovertible.Posted on January 25, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Gamer Don Rumsfeld & Flint's Chicago EPA Administrator.Posted on January 24, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rolling it over into the weekend.Posted on January 22, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blow your cover.Posted on January 21, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Rauner Schools.Posted on January 20, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Meta-Person In Chicago.Posted on January 19, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where the Trib stood on MLK.Posted on January 18, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Cedrick Chatman, an iPhone box and Pat Camden.Posted on January 16, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago police trophies. Plus: City treasurer two-times MLK breakfasts.Posted on January 15, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Central Committees Foxxy Lady, Generally Inspecting The City Council and Twitter Hates Me.Posted on January 14, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm doing MLK breakfast alone? Losing black prop pastors faster than Jimmy John's delivers. Plus: CPD's systems fail and today's Tribune hate-read.Posted on January 12, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner has a list - and a girlfriend in Canada.Posted on January 12, 2016
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Barack Trump.Posted on January 9, 2016
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The devil's advocate, IPRA and the devil.Posted on January 8, 2016
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Podcast programming.Posted on January 7, 2016
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm: What we've just seen is not possible.Posted on January 6, 2016
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chock full of non-Papers.Posted on January 5, 2016
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Even Chicago's integration is racist.Posted on January 4, 2016
The [Christmas 2015 - New Year's 2016] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The King, Jesus, a bag of dicks and Lovie Smith.Posted on December 24, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Like the Beastie boys said, it's (dash-cam) sabotage.Posted on December 23, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood Radio Hour is back - X2!Posted on December 22, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trumped up poll.Posted on December 21, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chi-Town Rising renamed Taste of Privatized Chicago.Posted on December 19, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Cubs, the Cadillac Tax and the Code of Silence.Posted on December 17, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Homan Square-Laquan McDonald axis.Posted on December 16, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The top row of letters on my keyboard have become as reliable as Pat Camden's statements at crime scenes.Posted on December 15, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The judge was the best friend of Garry McCarthy's wife.Posted on December 14, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Schemer has a Field day; Chicago puppets do not.Posted on December 12, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When you've lost Ronnie Woo-Woo, you've lost the city.Posted on December 10, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The rubber stamp city council was misled.Posted on December 9, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More cop stuff to come.Posted on December 8, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm wears the sweater and the jacket.Posted on December 7, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel is on the clock.Posted on December 5, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
While I continue to burrow into the fast-moving events surrounding the Laquan McDonald case, here are some additional posts to divert your attention.Posted on December 3, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Firing McCarthy: Right move, wrong reason.Posted on December 2, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What you may have missed over the long holiday weekend.Posted on November 30, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
16 shots, hell no you can't shop.Posted on November 28, 2015
The [Thanksgiving 2015] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Malcolm London explains it all.Posted on November 26, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's booty call.Posted on November 24, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm unwittingly makes another argument for an elected school board.Posted on November 23, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Look who owns the world's largest ketchup bottle now.Posted on November 21, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Memo to the governor: Indiana is not a model state. #SyrianRefugeesPosted on November 19, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why I want to hug a woman in a hijab today.Posted on November 18, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You have a better chance of winning the Illinois Lottery - and getting paid - than a terrorist has of slipping into the United States posing as a refugee.Posted on November 17, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel's shifty CPS-CPD shell game.Posted on November 16, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Two paths to go by, but in the long run . . .Posted on November 14, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
City council a no-drone zone.Posted on November 13, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' link to nationwide attorney-client surveillance scandal.Posted on November 12, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago gets tough on non-existent attacks on military personnel.Posted on November 11, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The governor, in effect, has just compromised with himself. Plus: Vetting Ventra, Paper City & The Suneiform-Times.Posted on November 10, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Outrage everywhere. Plus: CTA's Bus Boo-Boo; Rauner's Golden Fucking Rule; Pushing Ventra; and Paper Principals.Posted on November 9, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
In Rauner's world, Illinois cannot afford to provide services to the elderly and disabled until it enacts term limits.Posted on November 7, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Say it ain't so, GI Joe. Plus: UNO In Ruino & CPD's Zack Thwack.Posted on November 6, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Media blames everyone but themselves for the GI Joe narrative.Posted on November 5, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nice voir dire.Posted on November 3, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Code Red: The most substandard person in the state is the governor.Posted on October 31, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Scary creatures: Bob Fioretti, Dennis Hastert, Obamacare.Posted on October 30, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A city council property tax hike notebook featuring some of the planet's worst aldermen.Posted on October 29, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Keeping Rahm budget coverage weird.Posted on October 28, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's dips, Rahm's lips.Posted on October 27, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The connection between Peoples Gas and SUPES.Posted on October 26, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Alternate media universes.Posted on October 24, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beachghazi.Posted on October 23, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hey, CTA, call me sometime when you have no class.Posted on October 22, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snow removal machine.Posted on October 21, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
O'Hare's "Fly Quiet" program might as well not exist. Plus: Cubs Curse Finally Decoded!Posted on October 20, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More breaking Homan Square news for the Chicago media to deny.Posted on October 19, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
New Beachwood Cubs music video! Plus: The Hunt for MLB McMarketing.Posted on October 17, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dorothy Brown is going down. Plus: The real Dennis Hastert.Posted on October 16, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dorothy Brown on deck.Posted on October 15, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barbara Byrd-Bennett not fondly remembered in Cleveland.Posted on October 14, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Working against the clampdown.Posted on October 13, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Selective e-mail releases show SUPES scandal is merely a political problem to Rahm, not a learning moment.Posted on October 12, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's lame bet rejected. Plus: Meet the Chicago-area man who has upended the race for U.S. Speaker of the House.Posted on October 10, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barbara Byrd-Bennett inscribes herself into the Chicago Testament.Posted on October 9, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Keywords: Bruce Springsteen, Deacon Blues, Homi Bhabha, Kevin Coval, Mark Grace, Rod Beck, Sarah From The Real World Miami, The Chicago Board of Exchange, The Ricketts', Wicker Park, Wrigley Field.Posted on October 8, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Schrodinger's Medicaid. Plus: Bro, Cubs, Bro.Posted on October 7, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real case against Garry McCarthy - and it's not about gang violence.Posted on October 6, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Chicago Private Schools.Posted on October 5, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Ask yourself why modern newspaper sports sections don't look like Grantland.Posted on October 3, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Corporate tax breaks don't work. Rahm caught fibbing again. The bystander president strikes again.Posted on October 2, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago welcomes a corporate criminal.Posted on October 1, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The calendars and e-mails of United Airlines, Bruce Rauner, Rahm Emanuel and Hillary Clinton.Posted on September 30, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If Danny Solis or Mark Brown says your mother loves you, check it out.Posted on September 29, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Chicago Perpetrates Stupidity.Posted on September 28, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Redmoon puts its shingles out.Posted on September 26, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kane commentary coming.Posted on September 25, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Uber 311.Posted on September 24, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Has this really been the way we want to see rape cases reported?Posted on September 23, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What it takes for a cop to get fired.Posted on September 22, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Day-to-day.Posted on September 21, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Blackhawks have soiled themselves. Plus: Forrest Cesspool!Posted on September 19, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New CPS cast, same CPS shitshow.Posted on September 18, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
With great regret considering the topics on my agenda, I have to attend to other business today.Posted on September 17, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For those scoring at home, that leaves net jobs gained on today's items at 177 - and the biggest losers are blacks in North Lawndale, not whites in Schaumburg.Posted on September 16, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crisis management is exhausting.Posted on September 15, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The $2.45 billion Bears are 0-1 and stealing our money.Posted on September 14, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
9/12 Nation.Posted on September 12, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
9/11Posted on September 11, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's racist DUI checkpoints probably aren't about DUI.Posted on September 10, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ousted United Airlines CEO Jeffrey Smisek tries to remain in an upright, unindicted position.Posted on September 9, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Saint Forrest Sets An Example, Charter Barter & Going To An Eviscerated School. Plus: The Garbage Mayor.Posted on September 8, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Segregation is no accident. Plus: From Israel to Illinois. And: Weekend BeachBook reads.Posted on September 6, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Yes! Yes! This is what it's all about.Posted on September 4, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wooly.Posted on September 3, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Grown men playing political games with children.Posted on September 2, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Rahm Emanuel Budget Hearing Trilogy: Episode 1.Posted on September 1, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About that goofy, cheesy Sun-Times Blago editorial.Posted on August 31, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Exclusive: When the corpse flower will bloom.Posted on August 29, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bullshit is everywhere.Posted on August 28, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Day-to-day.Posted on August 27, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The upside-down premise of the Trib's pension perk story.Posted on August 26, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
East Chicago-bound and down.Posted on August 25, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chuy's commission looking better and better.Posted on August 24, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Vortex.Posted on August 22, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Jordan's unrecognizable likeness.Posted on August 21, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Blago could learn from Redflex.Posted on August 20, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune is only sorry that everybody on the planet is reading that hurricane column wrong.Posted on August 18, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Obama Library scam.Posted on August 18, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Drives and showers.Posted on August 17, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hurricane McQueary.Posted on August 14, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Weep for Woodlawn.Posted on August 13, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McRib, Toby Keith, Arlington Park and quite possibly much more!Posted on August 12, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More Patrick Kane inanity. Plus: Governor Raunervich, CPS's Special Budget, and College Kops.Posted on August 11, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reporting on the Patrick Kane investigation is already off the rails.Posted on August 10, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Everything returns Monday.Posted on August 9, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A bunch of things happening at once.Posted on August 6, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blackhawks laughing all the way to the bank. Plus: Rubber Stamps, Pension Pickups, Lies & Politics At Our CPS.Posted on August 5, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blackhawks net $10 million from the city.Posted on August 4, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Guidance.Posted on August 3, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Lollapalooza up your schnozzle.Posted on August 1, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rocky nudges, Rahm winks.Posted on July 31, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rocky Wirtz should be ashamed of himself.Posted on July 30, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Chicago Ald. Will Burns and the Hammond police have in common.Posted on July 29, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blame Blago.Posted on July 28, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Journalism stories.Posted on July 27, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Making the Medill-Milwaukee mural.Posted on July 25, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our incredible Infrastructure Trust. Plus: The sad saga of Pilgrim Baptist Church.Posted on July 24, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm names new interim schools chief. Plus: The State of United Airlines.Posted on July 23, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A buttload.Posted on July 21, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meigs Avenue. Plus: CPD's no-snitch code.Posted on July 21, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Just what Rahm promised: More of the same.Posted on July 20, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Heat, corn and cabals.Posted on July 18, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Saint Forrest.Posted on July 17, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Now Rahm wants to run CPS like the El.Posted on July 16, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS swaps spit. Plus: School Colors; Taste of Journalism; Antonio Brown P.S.Posted on July 15, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hello, Taste of Cleveland! Plus: CPS & El Chapo and Miming McCarthy.Posted on July 14, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Welcome to Chicago - You'll Have To File A FOIA For That*.Posted on July 13, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Me Time; Greece, The Musical; Mmmm, Ponderosa; Bubble Wrap Blasphemy; Grateful Road House.Posted on July 7, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
American Beauty.Posted on July 4, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bang bang.Posted on July 3, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Affecting the classroom.Posted on July 2, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's mysterious pension payment. Plus: James Meeks pines for flash cards.Posted on July 1, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
D(ebt)-Day. Plus: Phillies disappear Cubs; Heinz disappears Kraft.Posted on June 30, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Choosing Chicago.Posted on June 29, 2015
The [Rainbow] Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Nino Knows Best. Plus: Wrong-Way Rahm, Nature Is Agnostic, Pride Ride, and The Nature of Change.Posted on June 27, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Party!Posted on June 26, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rocky Mountain High. Plus: Sarah Palin is no REO.Posted on June 25, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Party at Jr.'s. Plus: Toni Stroger, Accretive Accountability, and Fucking Golden.Posted on June 24, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't save Ferris. Plus: CPS Cash Credibility Crisis & Naive Nate Silver.Posted on June 23, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm wears the jacket for CPS. Plus: Mumford & Bums.Posted on June 22, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The greatest bar this world has known has ceased to exist.Posted on June 18, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Third-class rally in world-class city. Plus: Keep Your Hands Off Corey Crawford; Rick Telandersaurus; I Can't Listen To Chicago Sports Radio Anymore; Fire David Brooks; and Free Congressional Research Now!Posted on June 17, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That's hockey, baby!Posted on June 16, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In case of victory, break glass.Posted on June 15, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
GradRateGate continued. Plus: Mark Halperin is the worst.Posted on June 13, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Lieraq.Posted on June 11, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hastert's bail out. Plus: Millennial marketing monsters & the park district's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on June 11, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Leaks & Lightning.Posted on June 10, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More open than a 7-Eleven.Posted on June 9, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The truth about testilying. Plus: Blackhawks South & The War on Walgreens.Posted on June 8, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The surveillance president strikes again. Plus: The Blackhawks, Remix Chicago, The Preakness and the Lido Deck.Posted on June 6, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Explore Minnesota!Posted on June 4, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Obama library perfectly represents the cynicism of our president and our mayor.Posted on June 3, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm elects school board, places bet.Posted on June 2, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Springfield dinner show getting rave reviews.Posted on June 1, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Flyovers and outsourced wars.Posted on May 30, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gathering string.Posted on May 29, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago even waived its security deposit when the NFL came to town.Posted on May 28, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS synergies.Posted on May 27, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS is a rogue nation.Posted on May 26, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Reminders.Posted on May 23, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Madigan's millionaire tax vs. Minnesota.Posted on May 22, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
SUPES to nuts.Posted on May 21, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McDonald's vs. The Media.Posted on May 20, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The longest prison term in the U.S. for someone wrongfully convicted. Plus: Illinois & Israel; The Andromeda Strain.Posted on May 19, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune inaugurates its drama queen.Posted on May 18, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
NSA Blackmail, Zip Code Kids, Black Hole Homan, Ed Debevic's Tower and other discontents.Posted on May 16, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's faulty food safety.Posted on May 15, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hot road dogs, flying spiders, United exploits and other junk.Posted on May 14, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All of Rahm's junk in all of the wrong places.Posted on May 13, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago lands presidential propaganda palace. Plus: Roadside Rahm.Posted on May 12, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
SWTF SWAT. Plus: Oxy Poxy, Mail Call, Hyatt Housekeeping.Posted on May 11, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Bruce Almighty, Garry Rigged and Forrest Preserved.Posted on May 9, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Police states and constitutions.Posted on May 8, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Stuff happens.Posted on May 7, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The shit hits the fans.Posted on May 6, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Seven percenters, giant eyeballs and Potbelly's new spokesman.Posted on May 5, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Stuff.Posted on May 4, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's Chicago is history.Posted on May 2, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Draft Town.Posted on May 1, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
War president says violence is not the answer.Posted on April 30, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm and Rekia.Posted on April 29, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When Chicago's whites rioted.Posted on April 28, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois' French Revolution in reverse.Posted on April 27, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Aramark, Anita, Claypool, Rauner, Starbucks and Hermene.Posted on April 25, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Friday stuff.Posted on April 24, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rekia Boyd is just the latest stain on Anita Alvarez's terrible record.Posted on April 23, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rekia Boyd reaction: Bewilderment shifts from judge to prosecutors. Plus: What one of the defense attorneys tweeted at me.Posted on April 22, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reading the Rekia Boyd ruling.Posted on April 21, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fine offerings!Posted on April 20, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Barbara Byrd-Bennett is a symptom, not a cause.Posted on April 18, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
RFP: The Ballad of Barbara Byrd-Bennett.Posted on April 17, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
SUPES sandwich. Plus: Is CPD breaking the law by not releasing a dash-cam video?Posted on April 16, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune continues to misfire on its Burge coverage. Plus: Ed Burke is half-right about strip clubs & Daft Town USA.Posted on April 15, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Odds and ends.Posted on April 14, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richie and Rahm's Excellent O'Hare Adventure.Posted on April 13, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Piss-Poor Starts, Ties That Binder, Loose Structural Change.Posted on April 11, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Flying the safety-impaired skies, whacking Walgreens workers & the smallness of the Ricketts family illustrated again.Posted on April 10, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our permanent crisis.Posted on April 9, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The City of Magical Thinking.Posted on April 8, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Election Day Notebook featuring Rahm's secret campaign, Mary Schmich's Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary and who I think is on The List.Posted on April 7, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Chicago doesn't have a pot to piss in.Posted on April 6, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Changing Indiana's heart - and Rahm's.Posted on April 4, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's lying secret government. Plus: Mediocre sports hacks, aldermanic bouncers and more!Posted on April 3, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Robert Rubin is with Rahm. Phil Ponce voted early. Chuy meets the son he never had.Posted on April 2, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fire Phil Ponce.Posted on April 1, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Debate prep.Posted on March 31, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You've never really seen it all in Chicago because money does wonders for cynics' imaginations.Posted on March 30, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's Flamin' Hot Cheetos are on fire.Posted on March 28, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How we know Rahm lost last night's debate.Posted on March 27, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's torturous consistency and other discontents.Posted on March 26, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Road House, Rostenkowski and Royko.Posted on March 25, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ten for Tuesday, including Why Is Chuy So Happy?Posted on March 24, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Me vs. the Illinois Department of Revenue.Posted on March 23, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The schemes, scams, hypocrisies and evasions that are killing satire in Illinois.Posted on March 21, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama library follies. Plus: America's most important Twitter timeline right now.Posted on March 20, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Amnesty to Rahm: Let us in to Homan. Plus: Rahm's brackets.Posted on March 19, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Aaron Schock waves goodbye; lessons for everyone.Posted on March 18, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The day after a televised debate, the host channel should broadcast a definitive fact-check of what they broadcast the night before. That might even get more viewers than the original program.Posted on March 17, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tonight's predictable debate. Plus: Homan Squared.Posted on March 16, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Shamrock Shakedown Edition.Posted on March 14, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's neighborhoods. Plus: COD PR.Posted on March 13, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inhuman behavior.Posted on March 12, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paperwork, printers and proselytizers.Posted on March 11, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not a cover-up, it's a feature. #HomanSquare #CarolMarinPosted on March 10, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm, Brian Williams, and Jays Cutler and Mariotti.Posted on March 9, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Big Willie on the block.Posted on March 7, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mmm, squab.Posted on March 6, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Conroy vs. the Chicago media. Again.Posted on March 5, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Another day, another Guardian story about Homan. Eleven so far.Posted on March 4, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
You should know better, Chuy. You grew up here. You're not supposed to sell-out until after getting elected. Plus: Rauner's Ex-Ministers.Posted on March 3, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Local media complains about CPD lies and evasions, then gets beat by a reporter from Brooklyn and sides with CPD lies and evasions. Without asking a single question.Posted on March 2, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Moody's, Mell and the Mayor.Posted on February 28, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Health insurance terrorists strike Illinois; Rahm's bad bad landlords list.Posted on February 27, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why Chuy will win as unknowingly revealed by the panic-mode Trib.Posted on February 26, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wide awake.Posted on February 25, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our rigged, racist election.Posted on February 24, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our fictional campaign.Posted on February 23, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
We'd like to thank the Academy.Posted on February 21, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patti Blagojevich is back! Bruce Rauner attempts murder! Barack Obama designates bullshit!Posted on February 20, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Late takes.Posted on February 19, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fact-checking Politico's article on Rahm and education. Plus: Rauner budget preview!Posted on February 17, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Same column I've written for eight years.Posted on February 17, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The discontents of journalism, politics and U2.Posted on February 16, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Brought to you by mugs of Old Style and adults behaving badly.Posted on February 14, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Coming next: complicated feelings about David Carr.Posted on February 13, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our mayor is held to lower standards than a Little League coach. Plus: The punditry has been trite and parochial; there are other kids involved too who don't live here.Posted on February 12, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Once again, I wasn't watching the same mayoral debate as local reporters.Posted on February 11, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real Rauner, the real Rahm, the real Rush.Posted on February 10, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Redeterminate this!Posted on February 9, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It happened again - you went to sleep in 2015 and woke up in 1920!Posted on February 7, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I went downtown today to get fingerprinted.Posted on February 6, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That wasn't a debate, it was a game show. Plus: The real state of the state.Posted on February 5, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dear Chicago: Stop whining about your fucking side streets. Grab a shovel and some neighbors and do it yourself. Christ.Posted on February 4, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A baby, a bozo, a jerk, a firebrand and a stiff - yup, that's Neil Steinberg alright.Posted on February 3, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The hullabaloo over Plow Tracker escapes me.Posted on February 1, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Super Bowl Is A Circus On Mars. This Year's Super Bowl Is Peak NFL. Beyond the Square Pool: The Game, The Bets & The Depravity. Plus: All-In On The Seahawks, The Lies Of Roger Goodell and Katy Perry's Complete Maximum Evil.Posted on January 31, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner's private equity blueprint for Illinois. Plus: The Danny Davis Shitshow & Rahm's Trust Fund.Posted on January 30, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Two candidates have bought their way into this race: Willie Wilson and Rahm Emanuel. Neither should be deemed credible.Posted on January 29, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm moderates debate.Posted on January 28, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"And which one of you nice gentlemen is Dock Walls?"Posted on January 27, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ernie Banks sure made a lot of white people feel better about themselves by never complaining. On the insidiousness of race.Posted on January 26, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mayor Trendy spices up Super Bore Sunday.Posted on January 24, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Friday lineup.Posted on January 23, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The many civics lessons of Rahm Emanuel - with exhibits.Posted on January 21, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Mike Ditka Shitshow makes a clown of Bob Fioretti.Posted on January 21, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
U of C trauma and Rahm's Enron guy.Posted on January 20, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Top 10 Reasons Hiring John Fox Is Actually Kinda Cool.Posted on January 17, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If the Obamas want to do what their foundation says, they'll choose UIC. If they want to assist a private institution in its bid to take over more public land and expand its elitist footprint, they'll choose U of C.Posted on January 16, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who is Avis LaVelle?Posted on January 15, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama Library Follies and Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on January 14, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Inauguration blues.Posted on January 13, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A peaceful transfer of power but a great disturbance in the Force.Posted on January 12, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Allah made him funny. Plus: Save Sledding & Lashing Out At Lupe.Posted on January 10, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On the recovery curve.Posted on January 9, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#JeSuisCharliePosted on January 7, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How Rahm Emanuel is both vulnerable and inevitable. Plus: Media Redlining; Cops vs. Civilians; and Convicted In Cook County.Posted on January 6, 2015
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Send whiskey.Posted on January 5, 2015
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special New Year's Would You Rather Edition.Posted on January 3, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Katy Perry, North Korea, Cat Stevens, Jerry Angelo and David Orr.Posted on January 2, 2015
The [New Year's Day 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Happy nuke year!Posted on January 1, 2015
The [New Year's Eve 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Salty dogs.Posted on December 31, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crucial new comments!Posted on December 30, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Firing on some cylinders. Plus: Today's Worst Mall in Illinois.Posted on December 29, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The year's most emblematic Chicago news story.Posted on December 27, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Incidental.Posted on December 26, 2014
The [Christmas Day 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Santa in Chicago.Posted on December 25, 2014
The [Christmas Eve 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Xmas dinner conversation. Plus: The Illinois GOP's War on Christmas continues!Posted on December 24, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
People I wish would just quit it this week.Posted on December 23, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Even in holiday mode, the Beachwood delivers.Posted on December 22, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Santa's sweatshop.Posted on December 20, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Confirmed: Rahm's red-light cameras are making the city more dangerous.Posted on December 19, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A few of my not-favorite things. Plus: Cuba and Clausen.Posted on December 18, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cutler and Cuba.Posted on December 17, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exclusive: Rauner's famous musical act.Posted on December 16, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Illinois GOP's War on Christmas.Posted on December 15, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's not every day you get to say this, but at least you're not Angelina Jolie.Posted on December 13, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Comptrolling. Plus: Sweet Home CPD.Posted on December 12, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How media patsies enabled CIA torturers.Posted on December 11, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Kass and the Tribune editorial board willfully unimpressed with the Torture Report shaking the world.Posted on December 10, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CIA and Kirk Hinrich.Posted on December 8, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Kass, Jay Rockefeller and Richard Posner ruining my day.Posted on December 8, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
CPS inflates its own grades.Posted on December 6, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who polices the Chicago police? The police.Posted on December 5, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
American Tone Poem II.Posted on December 4, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kids of aldermen and Medline execs take precedence over kids waiting four more years until their parents can earn $13 an hour.Posted on December 3, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How about a mandatory minimum of reporting? Sun-Times's "Gun Shy" is Fact Shy.Posted on December 2, 2014
The [Thanksgiving 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pirate skulls and bones.Posted on November 26, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
American tone poem.Posted on November 25, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pedestrian signs a hit - with drivers running them over.Posted on November 24, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Forget the Packers; beat Lovie!Posted on November 22, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Yada, yada, in production.Posted on November 21, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Save the Screw, Nuke the Luke.Posted on November 20, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Out with the arena, in with the Lucas. Solves two problems. Plus: 10th District Zen, The U of I's Easter Basket, and Cook owes Chicago.Posted on November 19, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmper Room.Posted on November 18, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"We thought we had beat the machine. Ah, we didn't really know Jane Byrne."Posted on November 17, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
You get the official beer you deserve.Posted on November 15, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm doubles down on his lying.Posted on November 14, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's new school report cards are like Jay Cutler's contract.Posted on November 13, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Serving veterans in a frigid economy.Posted on November 12, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'm not sure the Bears' organizational failure is the worst one in town.Posted on November 11, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Bears make book.Posted on November 10, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Somebody govern in poetry, please.Posted on November 8, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's coming, people.Posted on November 7, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Best post-election analysis anywhere is on the way.Posted on November 6, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Come to Jesus, Pat. By Thursday.Posted on November 5, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mock the vote.Posted on November 4, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Contrary to our local scolds, they came to watch Nik Wallenda live, not to watch him die.Posted on November 3, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Rahm Bilandic's War on Halloween.Posted on November 1, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Everything's in progress.Posted on October 31, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's scary elevators. Plus: Ald. Scareston.Posted on October 30, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-light Rebekah strikes again.Posted on October 29, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Karen and Toni's guy. Plus: Rahm's Swabs & UNO's Silence.Posted on October 28, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My profession is full of idiots.Posted on October 27, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
CPD swabbies on the CTA's deck.Posted on October 25, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ballin'.Posted on October 24, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times saga.Posted on October 23, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune's RahmNation. Plus: The city treasurer's love triangle.Posted on October 22, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times's Great Suburban Sell-Off. Plus: When Quinn And Rauner Were Both Right; Bad Legacy Media Habits That Won't Die; and Why Rahm Might Be Right About Police OT.Posted on October 21, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Usually Patrick Collins doesn't investigate you until after you're elected governor.Posted on October 20, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The public-private adventures of Rahm and Rauner. Plus: Jeff Tweedy divvies up Taste and Divvy tastes like Tweedy.Posted on October 18, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dear God, someone please make Metra stop. Plus: Chicago is a zero-party town.Posted on October 17, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Metra: Still Ass-Backwards. Plus: Civic Federation confirms Bruce Rauner is a liar.Posted on October 16, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lite Govs, Forrest Fires and Red X Rahm.Posted on October 15, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Missing Karen Lewis already.Posted on October 14, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city's red-light program embodies the administration of Rahm Emanuel.Posted on October 13, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
But seriously, maybe the most awesome thing I've ever seen on local TV.Posted on October 11, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Until it all comes to fruition, please enjoy these fine features!Posted on October 10, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-Light Rahm's Yellow Lights & Another NRI Gun That Didn't Smoke.Posted on October 9, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Another non-smoking gun. Plus: The Department of Aldermen Strikes Again; Our Torturous Mayor; and Jim Oberweis Clowns The South Side (Again).Posted on October 8, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner is a pathological liar, but the latest NBC Chicago/Sun-Times report is grossly unfair.Posted on October 7, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Robert Kuzas, Jesse White and Walter Burnett, you are Today's Worst People In Chicago.Posted on October 6, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
I would be more interested in both spectacles if a blindfolded Nik Wallenda walked across the Great Chicago Fire Festival.Posted on October 4, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blind faith.Posted on October 3, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPD is spying on your cellphone. Plus: Olympic Bid Bills Still Coming Due and Rahm's Rigged Red-Light Refunds.Posted on October 2, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sun-Times shames suicidal man to sell papers. Jim Oberweis shames himself trying to buy black votes.Posted on October 1, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Raunocchio and Rahmocchio's phone follies.Posted on September 30, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Onside and off.Posted on September 29, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Is here.Posted on September 27, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Production values.Posted on September 26, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Resourcing Rahm. Plus: Raunocchio Strikes Again & Pot vs. Gambling.Posted on September 25, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner: Just another empty Carhartt jacket.Posted on September 23, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America's Real Fifth Column. Privileged Parent Power. Really Early, Really Often.Posted on September 22, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Voters need to know if their potential governor is a monster.Posted on September 22, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Cardinals, commissioners and candidates.Posted on September 20, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The congestion that I get.Posted on September 19, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner Can't Handle The IDOT, That's Donne!, Signs Of Chicago's Bizarro Times, Obama's GOOPY Secrets, and more!Posted on September 18, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rascally Rahm and Bongripper Brucey.Posted on September 16, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Depression, corporal punishment and the band that won Riot Fest weekend.Posted on September 16, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago transit by Howard Jones.Posted on September 15, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's own Orange Revolution is on.Posted on September 13, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
DCFS is a mess, as always. Kids' lives are in the balance.Posted on September 12, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CHA, CNN & CYA.Posted on September 11, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fact-check, please.Posted on September 10, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Santa Rauner is a bigger pander bear than Blago.Posted on September 9, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Just like the white-winged dove that Bruce Rauner just shot dead.Posted on September 8, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Blue whales, blonde ambitions. Plus: Bruce Rauner's Trash Van.Posted on September 6, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The National Park Service vs. the Cubs.Posted on September 5, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times's portal conceit, NBC Chicago's muddy makeup, Rahm's checkbook & IL's Medicaid mess.Posted on September 4, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I've read stories like this forever and thought, "I don't see part-time job on that resume."Posted on September 3, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turning out corporate-compliant zombies whose only value as humans is their economic output. Brought to you by Rahm Emanuel!Posted on September 2, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Rich continued to bank on the misery of the Poor this week, with almost total impunity. Happy Labor Day!Posted on August 30, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Either way, Nanci Koschman couldn't win.Posted on August 29, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nanci Koschman vs. Jane Byrne. Plus: Chicago Begetting, Discovering The Discover Card & Bruce Rauner's Freak Show Act.Posted on August 28, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't worry, it's all just a hologram.Posted on August 27, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner's Wranglers, Seinfeld Chicago and A Lost Magritte.Posted on August 26, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Case of Chicago's Most Notorious Missing File.Posted on August 25, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Rahm's parade route, the outrage in your face and the fourth law of thermodynamics.Posted on August 23, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Finally, Quinn and Rauner both tell the truth.Posted on August 22, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Twinkie as metaphor for America as a discount country whose branding has been destroyed by a death-spiral strategy of quick-fix liquidation. Or something.Posted on August 21, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel may indeed be the murder mayor given his mental health policies.Posted on August 20, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
One more time: Judy Baar Topinka did it.Posted on August 19, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm has turned safe havens into scary hovels.Posted on August 18, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
EDM did not murder 112 Chicagoans last night.Posted on August 16, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm, Quinn and Kanye's DJ in trouble. Plus: Why Jerry Reinsdorf is a loser.Posted on August 15, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's only hope is to buy $10 million of popularity.Posted on August 14, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-light camera program crumbling. Plus: Losing The Lottery.Posted on August 13, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Robin Williams vs. Rahm Emanuel. Plus: Pat Dowell vs. Bud Billiken, McPier vs. FOIA, and Dick Durbin vs. the South Side.Posted on August 12, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
David Vitale, God's Special Creature. Plus: Wanna Save Lives? Build Peotone. And: The new Council Wars.Posted on August 11, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Featuring This Weekend's Worst Person In Illinois.Posted on August 9, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Harold's Chicken Shacks are wack. So is the news.Posted on August 8, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State Troopers Deployed By Emanuel, Quinn Campaigns.Posted on August 7, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deep dives at the Chicago Marathon for the Obama's terrorist watchlist.Posted on August 6, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
LaShawn Ford may be an angel, but coverage of this saga makes me squirm.Posted on August 5, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'll be ignoring the Tribune until I figure out how to read their new website.Posted on August 4, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Wool must be getting really expensive, because they're not even trying to pull it over your eyes anymore.Posted on August 2, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Call 911, blame Comcast.Posted on August 1, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A loophole closes around Pat O'Connor's neck.Posted on July 31, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Like radar love.Posted on July 30, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Phony minimum-wage politics.Posted on July 29, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Here's a poll: 100 percent of those reached said the Sun-Times has their head up their ass. Caveat: I paid for the poll.Posted on July 28, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
No child left behind. Well, maybe some . . .Posted on July 26, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Post-production.Posted on July 25, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Including: Least Transparent Motherfucker Ever. Rauner's Estranged Relationship WIth The Truth. Daley Skates Again. Red Light Rahm Redux. Whose Chicago? Their Chicago. The James Cappleman Show.Posted on July 23, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McCarthy's Mess. Club Med District. Slick Willie Burns. Pet Sounds. Red Light Rahm.Posted on July 23, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Jet Noise. Plus: Rauner is the new Rutherford.Posted on July 22, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's putrid police chiefs, CPD's cloudy crystal ball unit & Rahm's red-light racket.Posted on July 21, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Nelson Muntz Edition.Posted on July 19, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red Light Rampage & CPS's Sordid Sorting.Posted on July 18, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bizarro Springfield & Topinka's Stinka.Posted on July 17, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel, heartless. Toni Preckwinkle, gutless.Posted on July 16, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poll Pablum. Leaving A Bad Taste. Good Cappy, Bad Cappy. Speaking Rahm.Posted on July 15, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The best laid plans of mice and men.Posted on July 14, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Big Meat vs. Big Cupcake. Plus: The governor's race no one is winning.Posted on July 12, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Follow the money, not the bull. Featuring Bruce Rauner, Weber Grill, Rahm Emanuel, the Polar Vortex, Ty Warner and the Riverwalk.Posted on July 11, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meet Today's Worst Employer In Chicago. Plus: The People v. CPS, Pat Quinn's Secret Prison Doctors, Potbelly's Plunges and much, much more!Posted on July 10, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's Stark Arts Inequities. NEIU: Eminently Devious. Pat Quinn's Secret Prisons. And: The NSA, CIA, FBI And Obama Lied About Everything.Posted on July 9, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn's Secret Prisons, Mike Madigan's Secrets Revealed, Illinois' Obamacare Secret and Illinois' Prep Sports Secrets.Posted on July 8, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CTA Screws Kids, Hookah Pookah, The Media Mayor, Crime Context and Cubs Moneyball Madness.Posted on July 7, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Cubs Get Beaned, Quinnochio Gets Subpoeaned, Rauner Gets Hosed, and I Get Surveilled.Posted on July 5, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Field of Dreams, Pols on Parade, Dwitter, and Cheers for Coachella.Posted on July 4, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Even Montgomery Burns is embarrassed by Bruce Rauner.Posted on July 3, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nothing like questions about bonus pay to spark a ComEd executive's interest in attending to storm outages. Plus: There is no Human Fund.Posted on July 2, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Walgreens and waffles.Posted on July 1, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beating up Benton and Brucey.Posted on June 30, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm alienates electricity users. Durbin loses the plot.Posted on June 28, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ed Burke suddenly conflict-averse.Posted on June 27, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We all know what happened, and we all know that the U.S. Secretary of Education let it happen.Posted on June 26, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I felt a disturbance in the Force last night. It was as if the entire city had been told these weren't the droids we were looking for.Posted on June 25, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chelsea Clinton is just the worst. Plus: Secret stingrays and Obama the imperial assassinator.Posted on June 24, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Navy Pier Inc. Ish.Posted on June 23, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
I guess patronage really is over 'cause now we're importing bad guys based on their resumes. Plus: Trump L'oeil.Posted on June 21, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Soul of a New Chicago Machine, Samardzija vs. Cutler, and A Citgo Story.Posted on June 20, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Now we know why those horrendously noisy new flight paths that appeared over Chicago this year were such a surprise: The FAA lied.Posted on June 19, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A new Trump sign strategy? Plus: Pizza Hut Exec Betrays Roots and The Parking Meters Of St. Louis.Posted on June 18, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Ladder, Brucey's Budget and The Cook County Murder Taskforce Lawyer Who Is Making Bank In The Sex Toy Industry.Posted on June 17, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois Democrats vs. U.S. Republicans. Discuss.Posted on June 16, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Chicago shade.Posted on June 14, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trumping the news.Posted on June 13, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rob Ford, Walgreens and the Illinois PR community meet at the corner of greedy and venal.Posted on June 12, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn bounces a check that could cost him his job. Plus: Chicago can no longer afford the letter X.Posted on June 11, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS deemed ineligible.Posted on June 10, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The rich and the truant in Chicago.Posted on June 7, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Madigan's Magic Money Magnet. Plus: CPS FOIA Fails Part One Zillion & Insufferable Medill.Posted on June 5, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fallon and Koschman.Posted on June 4, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Moving is hell.Posted on June 3, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blackhawks Xs & Os, Chicago Footwork in Denmark and the Pakistani national airline's mysterious Chicago office.Posted on June 2, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Obama High School's Boundary Issues, Divvy's Dollars, Ledge Lunacy and more.Posted on May 31, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barry Manilow, Edward Snowden, Exene Cervenka, Barry Gibb and The Ledge.Posted on May 30, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We here at Beachwood HQ are committed to doing less with more.Posted on May 29, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pot, astrology, lead paint and fake renovations.Posted on May 28, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Many hands make light work.Posted on May 27, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Memorial Day Would-You-Rather Edition.Posted on May 24, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Canadian coat fires, Skokie giraffes, Panda Bear & Pelican, and the hippest trips through the city and around the globe.Posted on May 23, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Steve Albini, Gay Steelworkers, Duncan Hines, Adam Carolla, Jeff Samardzija, Lupe Fiasco, Pete Ricketts, Jesse Jackson Jr., Pat Sajak, Scott Waguespack, Hash Brownies and Brent Seabrook.Posted on May 22, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-light camera smoking gun found in Virginia. Plus: Smoking gun found (again) in White House; Arne Duncan's Disconnect & The Tribune In Denial.Posted on May 21, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The work of nations - and Olympic committees and high school athletic associations. Plus: Lynn Sweet played for a sucker and Cook County's rogue lobbyists.Posted on May 20, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel: Alienating Chicago one constituency at a time. Plus: Rahm's Loophole Alliance & IHSA's inequities.Posted on May 19, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood Radio Hour is the future.Posted on May 17, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Are Illinois Democrats even capable of self-loathing anymore?Posted on May 16, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-light camera fixer linked to Daley, Madigan and Emanuel.Posted on May 15, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Culture of misinformation.Posted on May 14, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Transparent, generous and accessible; if you're Chicago-based with a health-access angle, you need to know about them.Posted on May 13, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Highways in Rahm's skies.Posted on May 12, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Are the 2016 Olympics coming to Chicago after all?Posted on May 10, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Downbound Dorothy Brown.Posted on May 9, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn's debacle splashes mud on Rahm.Posted on May 8, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The problems and politics of Pat Quinn's Neighborhood Recovery Initiative.Posted on May 7, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reminder: Obama is black. Plus: Dorothy Brown, Dream Catcher.Posted on May 6, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Only in Chicago can you tighten the noose by making the Loop bigger. Plus: Derby Odds, Bloated Corpses, Rob Ford and Schaumburg.Posted on May 3, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
After 100 years doing business in Chicago, clout-heavy McHugh Construction discovers minority contracting fraud.Posted on May 2, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
"A super-stealth parliamentary maneuver literally when nobody was looking."Posted on May 1, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daily Show Chicago.Posted on April 30, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patti Blagojevich is back in the most perfect way possible. Plus: Our Hinky Universities.Posted on April 29, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's racially selective high schools. Plus: The New Jordan Rules & Surveillance City.Posted on April 28, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Pleading Pat Quinn, United Airlines Values & Comptroll This!Posted on April 26, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
L-I-V-I-N.Posted on April 25, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The real secret sauce for schools. Plus: Bill Daley, God's Special Creature.Posted on April 24, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Undeniable.Posted on April 23, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's values.Posted on April 22, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city's most coincidental law firm.Posted on April 21, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mike Madigan finds a new way to do absolutely nothing wrong. Plus: Lindsay Lohan's sex list, Malaysian Flight 370 and importing oligarchs.Posted on April 19, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's receipts.Posted on April 18, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois: Of your family, by your family, for your family.Posted on April 17, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
TweetWood.Posted on April 16, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cops caught testilying - while FBI chief in town. Also: Vanecko flees jail & Fioretti challenges Rahm.Posted on April 15, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Truth About Chicago, Obama's Internet And Economics 101 From Crain's.Posted on April 14, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Glass Boxes for Rahm, Rauner, Quinn, Metra and CPS.Posted on April 12, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's Tangled Train Set. Madigan's Millionaire Malarkey. Overlord Oberweis. LSC WTF.Posted on April 11, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS finds money - again - in the couch cushions.Posted on April 10, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Field trip.Posted on April 9, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Paul Vallas is bored and he's not even lieutenant governor yet.Posted on April 8, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The evidence is in (again): Charters are not smarter.Posted on April 7, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mike "Thor" Madigan and High-Rise Rahm.Posted on April 5, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
TIFs backfire, Metra's nuts and bolts, McCPS and Exelon's maniacal power trip.Posted on April 4, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's blitzkrieg, CPS's ditzkrieg and the alderman who was a spy.Posted on April 3, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Madigan's Metra.Posted on April 2, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In honor of April Fool's Day: the Cubs and the CIA.Posted on April 1, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm eats collard greens with black journalists. Plus: The Cubs, Walgreens & the Sun-Times whiff.Posted on March 31, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
White Sox bars and swizzle sticks.Posted on March 29, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
BP, Obama and the Tribune Company double-down.Posted on March 28, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Grounds for Rahm's arrest. Plus: The Ricketts' Get Richer, Anne Burke's Secret Story, Kassking Rauner & Orwell's Ambulance Service.Posted on March 27, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reporters in Quinn's toolbox. Plus: Garry McCarthy is just the worst.Posted on March 26, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tweeting Cardenas, Kirk's Shirk & Chicago's Sister Cities Act.Posted on March 25, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exclusive 101.Posted on March 24, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
CPS Suspends Black Children, Fires Their Teachers. Plus: Bracket Busting and Divergent White People.Posted on March 22, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In loco CPS.Posted on March 21, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Local School Council War.Posted on March 20, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Roundup rodeo.Posted on March 19, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Digital Lab Delusion, Rahm's Pool Boys & The Luis Gutierrez Show.Posted on March 18, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The New York Times's odd take on our governor's race.Posted on March 17, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Pray for Jay Cutler's children. Plus: Cards Against Humanity, Piggly Wiggly and this year's special dye for the Chicago River.Posted on March 15, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daley family's diplomatic immunity. Plus: MasterRahm.Posted on March 14, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois Dixiecrats.Posted on March 13, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Schools without teachers.Posted on March 12, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Media storytime. Plus: The first family of Cook County Democrats is racist.Posted on March 11, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dorothy Brown Cooked. Plus: Koschman Cover-Up Con't.Posted on March 10, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicagoland!Posted on March 8, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Billion-Dollar Baby.Posted on March 7, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
REM vs. Obama, Rahm vs. History, and Mrs. Englewood vs. Chicago.Posted on March 6, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Test Fest. Plus: The Soldier Field SRO.Posted on March 5, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sneed Reads, CPS Hood Winking, Ice Cream Man's Brain Freeze, Liquor Is Quicker and Calling On Cawley.Posted on March 4, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Swimmy Fallon, the Oscars and Billy Corgan.Posted on March 3, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Our Official Winter Weather Prop Bets.Posted on March 1, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The GOP Follies.Posted on February 28, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Dowell's Pot, Obama's Lab, Chicago Stategate, The Boeing Boing and Fab Fraud.Posted on February 27, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Total consciousness.Posted on February 26, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Being Harold Ramis. Plus: 3D BS, Jody Weis Rewrites History and Boeing's Bad Attitude.Posted on February 25, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's ugly Monday Morning Police Chief. Plus: Shredding the evidence in Pilsen and how Toni Preckwinkle is part of the problem.Posted on February 24, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Wang Dang Sweet Fucking Hell.Posted on February 22, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Northwestern testilies. Plus: The Hilton's Mel Reynolds Suite and Rauner's favorite jeans.Posted on February 21, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fallible doctors at the U of I. Plus: City Scofflaws, Warrior Games & Melzie Sneed.Posted on February 20, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Porn is the least interesting part of the Mel Reynolds story. Plus: Political Prison Poop.Posted on February 19, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Mysterious Missing Koschman File. Plus: Metra Marty, County Seat, Shirley You Can't Be Serious, The Illinois Department of Children, and Illinois' Fruit Belt.Posted on February 18, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The NSA snoops on a Chicago law firm. Plus: Dan Bumbleford, Mass Transit Madness, Lincoln Logroll and the inaugural Beachwood podcast.Posted on February 17, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago-style science, pot schools and the Cubs' new excuse.Posted on February 15, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dan Rutherford is toast. Plus: Ice Cream Politics & Rent Revolution.Posted on February 14, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What the media missed in the Obamacare report. Plus: Truth in Portraiture & Street Dumb Chicago.Posted on February 13, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How can you tell when City Hall and CPS are lying? When their mouths are open. Plus: Rahm Gets A Rush and Medicaid Madness.Posted on February 12, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Darren O'Brien is Today's Worst Person In Chicago. Plus: Nyuk, Nyuk, Nayak.Posted on February 11, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Koschman cover-up worked.Posted on February 10, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mob actions, Metra's mess and more Sochi madness.Posted on February 8, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Emma & Ike, together again. Plus: Our non-existent school safety task force. CPS's no-tolerance data fail. Illinois' corrupt fight club. And a real taste of Chicago.Posted on February 7, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's beat cops and borrowing.Posted on February 6, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley and Koschman.Posted on February 5, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All eyes in the city upon today's release of the Koschman report. Plus: Pat Quinn planning post-primary pablum.Posted on February 4, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fact-checking Quinn's job claims, AP's reporting and the "recovery."Posted on February 3, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Markets gone wild as Hell freezes over.Posted on February 1, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shenanigans in Springfield: Rahm wants the state to raise property taxes while Madigan wants the state to lower corporate taxes. Do the math.Posted on January 31, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The NSA's talking points are now classified. Plus: Rauneromics, Madigan Mike, Train In Vain and Moto Dodo.Posted on January 30, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cold closings and the #SOTU.Posted on January 29, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's State of the Union media meme is memorable - because he's been using it for five years. Plus: Rauner Wrong On Reagan & NSA The Chicago Way.Posted on January 28, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Swingers.Posted on January 27, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Your literal guide to surviving Super Bore Sunday, literally.Posted on January 25, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God refused to comment on this season's Republicans.Posted on January 24, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red-light red flags and shocking the monkey mayor.Posted on January 23, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Guilty: Cardinals Cody, Bernardin, George and a man named Richard M. Daley.Posted on January 22, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's magical thinking, dizzy Divvy and a taxicab non-confession.Posted on January 21, 2014
The [MLK Day 2014] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
King vs. Chicago.Posted on January 20, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
OfficeMax trolls the dead, Gusto recalls its ham and a nun has a mystery baby.Posted on January 18, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Moving the Sun-Times, investigating Joe Berrios and boozing with Pat O'Connor.Posted on January 17, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's Justice League. Plus: Who is giving the Archdiocese advice?Posted on January 16, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner, Arne Duncan, Kurt Vonnegut, Old Style, Crane Kenney, Clark Cub, Edward Snowden, Walter Jacobson, Chicago PD and Tom Morello.Posted on January 15, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's makeup test. Plus: Shawshanking Ty Warner and Ambrosio Medrano.Posted on January 14, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bruce Rauner's real campaign-ender. Plus: CPS's ghost students.Posted on January 13, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Anagrams in the news.Posted on January 11, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Side Streets Saga, The Possible Non-Trial Of The Century, Blurred Poverty Lines and Governor Burns.Posted on January 10, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kirk Dillard the real loser in the Bruce Rauner minimum wage fiasco. Plus: Dennis Rodman & Paul Vallas.Posted on January 9, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's trash man won't go away. Plus: Democrats hate poor people too and dodgy doctor discipline.Posted on January 8, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's cold weather performance.Posted on January 7, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not even fun to stay at the YMCA today.Posted on January 6, 2014
The [New Year's 2013] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turkey legs, alcohol, Play-Doh and Michael Bolton.Posted on December 31, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lou Lang's Loophole.Posted on December 30, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Milkman Speedeth, Swine Come Hometh To Roost, Resting In McPeace, Graterheads, and The New Old Drake.Posted on December 28, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Atheist's money no good in Chicago suburbs. Plus: Getaway City & Cluster Suck.Posted on December 27, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What the Boston Marathon bombing really teaches us.Posted on December 26, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Christians, atheists, jailhouse preachers, awkward reindeer, pardons and news dumps, Cubs, Bears, Venus Flytrap, Joe Girardi, Josh McCown and Butter Stamos.Posted on December 25, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Jesus Wouldn't Do. Plus: Empty Building Task Forces, Safe Fish Passage, Infrastructure Bust, Lakeview Buzzill, GOP Tax Dumps and Beatbox This!Posted on December 24, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm at home in China. Plus: ACA sticker shock, pinball press and the return game.Posted on December 23, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The 10% solution.Posted on December 21, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Post-party posts.Posted on December 20, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Burt Natarus, Jennifer Hudson, Brent Seabrook, The Gold Coast Madam, Barrett Brown, Smokin' Jay Cutler, Elmer Scheid, The California Clipper and Roelly "The Beast" Winklaar.Posted on December 19, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rape kits finally tested. Plus: CPS moving & shaking.Posted on December 18, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Iffy.Posted on December 17, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's CPS WTF, Comptrolling Rahm, Groupon's Blooper & Contracting O'Hare.Posted on December 16, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Monkeys in space, yahoos on Earth.Posted on December 14, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS Movers Misunderestimated, Billy Goat Block Bust and Shilling Shiller.Posted on December 13, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Chicago Public Shells. Plus: FOIAing Karen Yarbrough & Amazon's Dopey Drones.Posted on December 12, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture not "harmless error" after all. Plus: Pension richness.Posted on December 11, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Owl City, CTA PU, Rahm Breaks Parking Promise, Sysco Sucks.Posted on December 10, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Many of us believe in second, third and even fourth chances, but 25?Posted on December 9, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Who knew Sebelius was Finnish for Claypool?Posted on December 7, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The moral arc of the universe doesn't bend on its own; somebody has to do the bending. Plus: Wrangling Rangel, Vetting Vanecko and New Blue Hooey.Posted on December 6, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Courting Madigan.Posted on December 5, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Amer Ahmad E-Mails.Posted on December 4, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Trash Man Cometh . . . Back. Plus: Pension Piffle.Posted on December 3, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In Trestman I still trust.Posted on December 2, 2013
The [Thanksgiving 2013] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turkey shots.Posted on November 28, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vanecko defense team goes nuclear.Posted on November 27, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rauner's money, Illinois loyalty.Posted on November 26, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Children's Fund Follies, Free Passes and Honeymoons.Posted on November 25, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Ventra on track! Plus: The Chicago Toy & Game Fair, Derrick Rose's Other Knee and The Feminine Mystique at 50.Posted on November 23, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ventra, the Cubs, McDonald's, Reinsdorf, Oprah and a city that can't handle the truth.Posted on November 22, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The incredible claim behind an attack on food stamps.Posted on November 21, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exorcising Chicago.Posted on November 20, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Costanza.Posted on November 19, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mavericks.Posted on November 18, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Divvy dollars, Charbucks and the magical new 2nd Ward.Posted on November 16, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ventra makes mugs of us all.Posted on November 15, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Spies R USA. Today's Worst Witnesses And Worst Judges In Chicago. Daley The Artful Dodger.Posted on November 14, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The NSA's Search Engine, All-American Airlines and Name That Real Estate Merger.Posted on November 13, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's feelings named most tender. The Sam Hurd saga. Noisy sex. The Boeing affair. Crony State University. And more!Posted on November 12, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Statewide shenaniganery.Posted on November 11, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Of Roaches and RahmArts.Posted on November 9, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tax cheats and the infrastructure beat.Posted on November 8, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm defines debacle; Cubs exemplify it.Posted on November 7, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Charlie Trotter, Rob Ford, Gay Illinois and how Minneapolis does democracy way better than Chicago.Posted on November 6, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is there a quarterback controversy in Chicago? Plus: The truth about Millennium Park and how Chicago police ask black people for their papers.Posted on November 5, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jesse Jackson Jr. vs. Jamie Dimon. Yusef Jackson vs. Budweiser. Cook County Jail vs. CPS. Chicago lawyer vs. tax code.Posted on November 4, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Divvy Split, the Undead Milkman and a new round of Would You Rather?Posted on November 2, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's winningest lawyer and losingest news site.Posted on November 1, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Neither Daley nor Vanecko was charged with any wrongdoing.Posted on October 31, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Powerline: The NSA, the Mekons, Rahm, New Zealand and CNN.Posted on October 30, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A Chicago fairy tale told in Boston. The elitist insider divide of the NSA scandal. The media's short memory.Posted on October 29, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS now offering classes in bathroom stalls.Posted on October 28, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
String Cheese Incidents, Krokodil, Patsy Sneed, Neko Case, He Is Division Street, and Chicago's Ultimate Metallica Tribute Band.Posted on October 26, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The NSA's world dominance. Obamacare on a dare. And the Cubs, Michael Jordan and Jesse Jackson Jr. make house calls.Posted on October 25, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's budget bull.Posted on October 24, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reassessing Snowden. Maya Angelou Turns On Obama. JFK Overdrive.Posted on October 23, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Lois Scott Network. Plus: Gump Claypool, Robbin' Robbins, Kristin Cavallari and Today's Worst Person in Chicago.Posted on October 22, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jay Cutler's groin and Red Roof Rutherford.Posted on October 21, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Blue ribbons to the CTA, the RTA and Penny Pritzker.Posted on October 19, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The politics and profit of our anti-public transit system.Posted on October 18, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A minimum of bullshit is apparently mandatory.Posted on October 17, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How mandatory minimum supporters are like global warming deniers.Posted on October 16, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Working on it.Posted on October 15, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS as Rico Suave. Plus: The USX Factor & Ice, Ice, Baby.Posted on October 14, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Casey Urlacher, a Gold Coast Poltergeist, Mr. Slate's South Suburban Adventure & Krokodil Rock.Posted on October 12, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Wrong-Way Rickettses. Plus: Unsealing Vanecko, Insufferable CPS Lawyers and the Chicago Housewares Authority.Posted on October 10, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Secret government work.Posted on October 10, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Former CBOT chairman Patrick Arbor is God's special creature.Posted on October 9, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Rahm & Ed & Michael & John & Anita Show.Posted on October 8, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Double dipwits.Posted on October 7, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Would You Rather: Special Shutdown Edition.Posted on October 5, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ghosts, hosts, spies and lies.Posted on October 4, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How Illinois is like the Cubs.Posted on October 3, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beanie Babies, Looney Tunes, Chicago Exports & Disliking Ike.Posted on October 2, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ghost shutdown.Posted on October 1, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Scrubs, Cubs and flubs.Posted on September 30, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Uncle McFester's Magic Sequester. Plus: Rahm's plazas. And: Illiana wants you.Posted on September 28, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Centromatic for the people.Posted on September 27, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
American exceptionalism and exceptional Chicago.Posted on September 26, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
R.J. Vanecko will never see the inside of a courtroom. Plus: The Big Hog With The Little Nuts. And The Chicago Board of Political Education.Posted on September 25, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Footloose.Posted on September 24, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In and out, back and forth.Posted on September 23, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Food stamps, rubber stamps and rubber plants.Posted on September 21, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A park that is anything but a playground.Posted on September 20, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's no-bid, revolving door comptroller's office.Posted on September 19, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beanie Baby Bust, Rosebud's Racism and Wesley Wiillis's Joyrides.Posted on September 18, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All about Bill.Posted on September 17, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not just the rich getting richer, it's the richest. Plus: Rahm's Mystery School and Comptroller Chaos.Posted on September 16, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Bosses, birdies, bogeys and Brand.Posted on September 14, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Cook County Jail vs. Walmart.Posted on September 13, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Brazier burger, CPS's toy fans & the city council's new windows.Posted on September 12, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A scandal of historic proportions.Posted on September 11, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's getting really chilly in America.Posted on September 10, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's latest "reformer."Posted on September 9, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Old Style of politics depends on who your Bud is.Posted on September 7, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Cornholes, Doodles, Seals and Sharks.Posted on September 6, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Syria, Whole Foods and Rahm's X.Posted on September 5, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmony Snicket's Whole Paycheck.Posted on September 4, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ten for Tuesday.Posted on September 3, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Charlie Trotter vs. Bucky Badger.Posted on August 31, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I wouldn't say city CFO Lois Scott is exactly being fit for the jacket on this one, but clearly her business dealings deserve more scrutiny.Posted on August 30, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The awesome authoritarianism of the Chicago Board of Education.Posted on August 29, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmnation, Walgreeds & the March on Wall Street.Posted on August 28, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sick day.Posted on August 27, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
First day of school, but just another day of CPS being shady.Posted on August 26, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Test prep for Rahm's Chicago.Posted on August 24, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn went to Germany and all he got was a lousy 40 jobs.Posted on August 23, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS's Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Plus: Beer Run Chicago!Posted on August 22, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It not only can happen here, it is happening here.Posted on August 21, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The saga of Rahm's comptroller.Posted on August 20, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Column unlikely.Posted on August 19, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm launches raid, Quinn attacks puppies, Cook County tastes gross.Posted on August 17, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Comptrolling the fuck out of Chicago.Posted on August 16, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More Metra Board Games and Rahm's Fare Hike Fiasco.Posted on August 15, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Xeroxing Chicago and Rahm's scratch.Posted on August 14, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Away on business.Posted on August 13, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's need for speed cameras, video poker chumps and CPS's passage play.Posted on August 12, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Wills, ways and means.Posted on August 10, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
President's pal not in the clear. Plus: Being Bill Daley.Posted on August 9, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
President's pal leaves dirty trail. Plus, Rahm's appearance management.Posted on August 8, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trotter, Rush, Davis and Mugabe.Posted on August 7, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where the bullshit runs.Posted on August 6, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our secret police are even secreter than we thought. Plus: UIC's vice chancellor of vice and Illinois' Pac Man.Posted on August 5, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Cockroaches and the CTA.Posted on August 3, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Manning, Snowden and you.Posted on August 2, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pot, Lottery, Nickelback, Daley's Girlfriend, Rahm's Budget Movie, The Grandstand Governor, Obama's Double Taps and More Manning Malpractice.Posted on August 1, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who knew that when Barack Obama promised the most transparent administration ever he was talking about our transparency and not his?Posted on July 31, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Thank Bradley.Posted on July 30, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn's finishing school. Plus, Mike Madigan's Metra and Tom Cross's courage.Posted on July 29, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Second City, Third-World Country.Posted on July 27, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This is not America. Oh wait, it is.Posted on July 26, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ticks and hacks.Posted on July 25, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Working on it.Posted on July 24, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
United Airlines, Alfonso Soriano, The Royal Baby, Joe Moore, Metra, Bill Daley and Stephanie Izard.Posted on July 23, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Swagger like us.Posted on July 22, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Detroit and Chicago: Broke and broken.Posted on July 20, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS in a meltdown.Posted on July 19, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Yeah, they said it.Posted on July 18, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We're all just at-will citizens.Posted on July 17, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Worst. Father. Ever.Posted on July 16, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Burkes and the Banks. Plus: Jenny McCarthy and Kirk Dillard.Posted on July 15, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mega Creep.Posted on July 13, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The further quantum physics of CPS's Central Office. Plus: The Mells Smell.Posted on July 12, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Metra's Meltdown. Plus: Rats, robots and RiRi.Posted on July 11, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Springfield clown show, the Tribune's "for sale" sign, and the Metra's dog fight.Posted on July 10, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Trust Is A Bust.Posted on July 9, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Stretched thin.Posted on July 8, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Secret court, secret spying, secret government.Posted on July 7, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turnkey tyranny, American exceptionalism and fireworks by Usher.Posted on July 5, 2013
The [Fourth of July] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meats and unicycles.Posted on July 4, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The war president.Posted on July 3, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley vs. Pat Quinn, Juan Rangel vs. Dr. Evil, Jimmy Buffett vs. God.Posted on July 2, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
UNO's fireworks, the Park District's parrotheads, Hoosier Hosers and Star Bores.Posted on July 1, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Rush and red squads.Posted on June 29, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About that parade. Plus: Mark Kirk's impaired vision.Posted on June 28, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our one-dimensional city council.Posted on June 27, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's excuses and a CPS time capsule.Posted on June 26, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blackhawks, bros, Bolland, Belushi.Posted on June 25, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snowden Was Here, The President's Pants, McKinsey 4 Kids, Rahm's Sacks, BP's BS & Handball Hardball.Posted on June 24, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Paula Deen, Jeffrey Skilling and Chicago 2024.Posted on June 22, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hacks to the Max.Posted on June 21, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS has just issued the latest in a string of bald-faced lies or there is an unconscionable game afoot.Posted on June 20, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Michael Hastings vs. Rahm Emanuel.Posted on June 19, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cell towers and civil liberties.Posted on June 18, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On the make with Elzie Higginbottom.Posted on June 17, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
STFU.Posted on June 15, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS officials should no longer be allowed to speak without being strapped to a polygraph.Posted on June 14, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Within your reach.Posted on June 13, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tales from the encrypted.Posted on June 12, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Barbara Byrd-Bennett Show, with Bill Daley opening.Posted on June 11, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who's traiting who?Posted on June 10, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The NSA, the Pope, the Jacksons and our governor.Posted on June 8, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Has any figure that's come out of CPS in the last two years not been inflated, deflated, massaged, spun, shaded, invented, fudged or conjured out of thin air?Posted on June 7, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Roseland reprieve, wet debt and Billy Daley's latest tease.Posted on June 6, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Failures to communicate.Posted on June 5, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears vs. Roseland Hospital.Posted on June 4, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
A tale of two states.Posted on June 1, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A new CPS problem. Plus: Chicago is unemployed and scrambled.Posted on May 31, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Time's Rahm wankery.Posted on May 30, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Another day, another false claim by CPS and Rahm Emanuel.Posted on May 29, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
UNO's success is no failure at all.Posted on May 28, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Beaches and bums.Posted on May 25, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meter Madness, Money & Mara.Posted on May 24, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My city of ruins.Posted on May 23, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
D-day.Posted on May 22, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
So far.Posted on May 21, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For now.Posted on May 20, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Truth, dares and consequences.Posted on May 18, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS selling more whoppers than Burger King.Posted on May 17, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trick question.Posted on May 16, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Magic slots, fun with roads, Donald Trump and Rachel Schteir.Posted on May 15, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Bush-Obama road movie: Dumb & Worse.Posted on May 14, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
UNO is a Wall Street play. Get it?Posted on May 13, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Workers unite, Emanuel divides.Posted on May 11, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Parking Meters 2.0: Something is definitely up.Posted on May 10, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unrequited faith.Posted on May 9, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS is breaking eggs and burning pancakes.Posted on May 8, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS just doesn't quit. Plus: Jersey's Jackson and Toni TIF.Posted on May 7, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard Herman, God's special creature. Plus: Casino lessons from Toronto.Posted on May 6, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Kentucky long shots and Chicago gambles.Posted on May 4, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS admits whopping error but sticks to story.Posted on May 3, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Golden Padlock, Piggly Wrigley, and the Northwestern wahmbulance.Posted on May 2, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Too late.Posted on May 1, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Did Rahm just make the parking meter deal worse?Posted on April 30, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Notgunnahappen.Posted on April 29, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Governor Gumby's PDFs.Posted on April 27, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rangel and Rahm sittin' in a tree . . .Posted on April 26, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Return of the Arne Duncan clout scandal.Posted on April 25, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Math class.Posted on April 24, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmocrisy.Posted on April 23, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's hospital desert. Plus: Rahm the Repackager and more CPS class size madness.Posted on April 22, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Unfunniest. Week. EVER.Posted on April 20, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Schmidt's Artist Lofts, PBR Talls and Reporting That Doesn't Suck.Posted on April 19, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
North Side sinkhole and generally inspecting ethics.Posted on April 18, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our Town.Posted on April 17, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let's be solemn, not histrionic.Posted on April 16, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Knows Best. Plus: Obama vs. Obama.Posted on April 15, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Not Doing It Right: North Korea, Tiger Woods, Caribou Coffee, bra professor.Posted on April 13, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Garbage pick-up.Posted on April 12, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tom Ricketts has no one to blame but himself.Posted on April 11, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Creating Phony Statistics.Posted on April 10, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Minding Rahm's P's.Posted on April 9, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The final cut.Posted on April 8, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Apparently the last 100 years of scientific and social progress has also been sequestered.Posted on April 6, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm and Ricketts.Posted on April 5, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune doubles down on disingenuousness.Posted on April 4, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not like a good neighbor.Posted on April 3, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Credibility Patently Sapped.Posted on April 2, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daley House of Horrors.Posted on April 1, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Great Chicago Fire Fest! Too soon?Posted on March 30, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmmies-come-lately.Posted on March 29, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The anti-factuality of Rahm Emanuel. #cpsclosingsPosted on March 28, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Official Chicago vs. The Rest Of Us. Plus: Sheila Simon gets head start on campaign lies and Obama administration bluffs on gay marriage.Posted on March 27, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Time bombs and tribulations.Posted on March 26, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The ghost of Daley dunnit.Posted on March 25, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The return of Rahm and other discontents.Posted on March 23, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS as Lichtenstein.Posted on March 22, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Closing black schools, the Cubs' reporting trough and the Modern Wing's circus trip.Posted on March 21, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The school closers will be greeted as liberators.Posted on March 20, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cop Corrections, Ward Wars, Jail Fail and Wireless Bill Beavers.Posted on March 19, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our Democrats.Posted on March 18, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Persepolis, Pat Quinn and Penny Pritzker.Posted on March 16, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pigeons with little nuts.Posted on March 15, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The self-sequester of Illinois. Symbolic screws. Bruce Rauner's voices.Posted on March 14, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Beavers, Derrick Rose and Cheap Trick.Posted on March 13, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Programming notes.Posted on March 12, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Transparency vs. Truth.Posted on March 11, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The fetching stylings of Ed Burke, Rand Paul, James Meeks, Pat Brady and Stompin' Tom Connors.Posted on March 9, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Math.Posted on March 8, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Can't Plan Shit.Posted on March 7, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm loses class size credibility.Posted on March 6, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dawn Clark Netsch, Redflex, Aaron Swartz, Bruce Rauner and Michael Sneed's Gangnam Style.Posted on March 5, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Third World Chicago.Posted on March 4, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's Uncle McFester's Magic Sequester!Posted on March 2, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Points of light.Posted on March 1, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sequester jesters.Posted on February 28, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Told ya so.Posted on February 27, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jean-Claude McCarthy, Blago's Burner, Poll Hole, Governor Gumby and more!Posted on February 26, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cuts, courts and clout.Posted on February 25, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Daniel Day-Lewis, Karen Lewis and The Wheel of Life.Posted on February 23, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The common laws of Drew Peterson.Posted on February 22, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Junior, Sandi, Rahm and Robin.Posted on February 21, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taste of Heroin.Posted on February 20, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Droning on.Posted on February 19, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Presidential.Posted on February 18, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The most bizarre, disgusting, shadiest, jaw-dropping story of the week.Posted on February 16, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Late.Posted on February 15, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPS list, Joe Moreno's gymnastics and Pat Quinn's candy heart.Posted on February 14, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The shaky debut of Rahm's new alderman.Posted on February 13, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unicorny.Posted on February 12, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago: The Most Coincidental City On Earth!Posted on February 11, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Panetta & Teller.Posted on February 9, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reflex and Rahm in crisis.Posted on February 8, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lead from ahead.Posted on February 7, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Imperfect victims and Illinois' mental health.Posted on February 6, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
In Illinois, the punch line writes you.Posted on February 5, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jealous, petty sniping.Posted on February 4, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Socratic politics.Posted on February 2, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mission almost accomplished.Posted on February 1, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Brain freeze.Posted on January 31, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hammer time.Posted on January 30, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Brain freeze.Posted on January 29, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Brain redistribution.Posted on January 28, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's Super Bore Sunday time!Posted on January 26, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our hero saves Wrigley Field. For the Ricketts'.Posted on January 25, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Just like North Korea.Posted on January 24, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A town's malice.Posted on January 23, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Gary Larson and MLK said.Posted on January 22, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama and King.Posted on January 21, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The real frauds.Posted on January 19, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bull.Posted on January 18, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Butts and nuts.Posted on January 17, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ed Burke's lions' den.Posted on January 16, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McCarthy misrepresents.Posted on January 15, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Remembering Aaron Swartz.Posted on January 14, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Sandi Jackson, Hugo Chavez, Joe Biden, Mark Zuckerberg, Taylor Swift and Australia's Wall of Sand.Posted on January 12, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A brief programming note.Posted on January 11, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sensationalism and stenography.Posted on January 10, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beer brawl, Chicago casino, CPS food fraud, deja Daley and Hobby Lobby.Posted on January 9, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Robin Kelly's race to lose and a spectacularly bad casino idea.Posted on January 8, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tax rackets.Posted on January 7, 2013
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Fiscal graffiti and football plays.Posted on January 5, 2013
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Dick and Deb Mell Show.Posted on January 4, 2013
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gay games and car shares.Posted on January 3, 2013
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago smells.Posted on January 2, 2013
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Remembering snow.Posted on January 1, 2013
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Volume.Posted on December 31, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
The Flying Saucer is back from break and other important updates.Posted on December 29, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Corporate profits and hot plates at all-time highs.Posted on December 27, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pizza beer and Obamacare.Posted on December 26, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
InstaChristmas.Posted on December 25, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Holiday schmoliday.Posted on December 24, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Coal in the NRA's stocking.Posted on December 22, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley, Sandi Jackson and Midway's meterness.Posted on December 21, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snowflakes and Sandy Hook.Posted on December 20, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Guess what? There was a hidden drawer.Posted on December 19, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cook County Illustrated.Posted on December 18, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The intersection of guns, Rahm, mental health and the 2nd District congressional seat.Posted on December 17, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Shipwrecks vs. Trainwrecks.Posted on December 15, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jacksonomics, Rahmonomics, Obamanomics.Posted on December 14, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jay Levine vs. Mick Dumke.Posted on December 13, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Via social media.Posted on December 12, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS: Expanding access to high quality bullshit.Posted on December 11, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Judge Dread, a bus jihad and Sandi (maybe) makes her move.Posted on December 10, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk "B" Team
PSY vs. Obama.Posted on December 8, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trotter busts a cap, Quinn does a rap, and Preckwinkle minds the gap.Posted on December 7, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Donne Trotter and the Rahmfather.Posted on December 6, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Potatoes, Peraica and Electric Rahm Orchestra.Posted on December 5, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Casino queens.Posted on December 4, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Personal day.Posted on December 3, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The illusion of choice in Chicago.Posted on December 1, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
LaShawn Ford is no bank fraud. Plus: bad week for Anita Alvarez.Posted on November 30, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How can you tell when Rahm is lying? His lips move.Posted on November 29, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's red light district. Plus: Mel Reynolds returns to finish the job and Barbara Byrd-Bennett does her best Brizard.Posted on November 28, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Rahmney strikes again.Posted on November 27, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Martin Sandoval, Debbie Downer, Rhymefest, Lawrence from Office Space and the U.S. Supreme Court meet again.Posted on November 26, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk "B" Team
Disposition matrixes for Egypt, Bobby Rush, Larry Hagman and dwarf planets.Posted on November 24, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Governor Squeezy's Black Tuesday and other insanities.Posted on November 21, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Embarrassment Bowl: Squeezy vs. The Bears.Posted on November 20, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A python is now the official state joke, though the Chicago city council is still in the running.Posted on November 19, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Ditka, Boehner, Israel, Romney and mini-Ditka go over the cliff.Posted on November 17, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's secret con, the Bears' secret concussion and the Jacksons' con to-be.Posted on November 16, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Brain damage.Posted on November 15, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The mayor's Ding Dongs and Chicago's latest conspiracies.Posted on November 14, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Methinks Rahm protest too little.Posted on November 13, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Milhouse Nixon.Posted on November 12, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
A New America where David Petraeus acts like Justin Bieber.Posted on November 10, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Planet Quinn, Junior's World & Hurricane Sandi.Posted on November 9, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sneed takes a message; Bill Daley cries wolf.Posted on November 8, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Canned and panned.Posted on November 7, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Voting has become an exercise in spite as much as anything else.Posted on November 6, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Otter Defense and our Rise Group overlords.Posted on November 5, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Louie C.K.'s new diversions. Plus: Groupon and Metra go bump.Posted on November 3, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fair weather Rahm caught not minding the store.Posted on November 2, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's billboards, Junior's absenteeism and Moreno's hipster hash.Posted on November 1, 2012
The [Halloween] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A new fiesta in the making.Posted on October 31, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago traders upset Sandy pausing their profiteering.Posted on October 30, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barack Bush, Mayor Rahmney and The Riot.Posted on October 29, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Putting the Hi in Ohio.Posted on October 27, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obamnesia and other discontents.Posted on October 26, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dirty Diana, Barbara Byrd-Brizard and Pat's Prisons.Posted on October 25, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Field of Memes.Posted on October 24, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Junior's saga gets weirder by the day. Plus, a Taste of Chicago Truth Test.Posted on October 23, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Robo Jackson and Redflex.Posted on October 22, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mouth Walsh.Posted on October 20, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cook County Clue, Rahm's multiple choice test, Proco Joe's pet issue and Junior's Spun-Times.Posted on October 19, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The red light specials of Michael Madigan and Toni Preckwinkle.Posted on October 18, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Redflex rapped, the fiber optics to torture, more Night Shift at the morgue, and Cubbie math.Posted on October 17, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's magical budget, Northwestern's magical patch of land and Brendan Reilly's magical bike patrols.Posted on October 16, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Junior's furniture, Wade's shoes, Rahm's red lights and one nutty judge.Posted on October 15, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Meet next year's Nobel Peace Prize winner.Posted on October 13, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mopes, dopes, rats and scat.Posted on October 12, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Amusing taxes.Posted on October 11, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Taxing bullets and suckers.Posted on October 10, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Boo, hoo & moo.Posted on October 9, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Columbo Day.Posted on October 8, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Streets & San, Sex & Sports, and the Chicago McMarathon.Posted on October 6, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Clout kings and debt stings.Posted on October 5, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama sucks, Rahm's socks and The Egg Plant That Ate Chicago.Posted on October 4, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pumpkins and pot.Posted on October 3, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dog whistles and double standards.Posted on October 2, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lindsay Lohan! Plus: Ed Burke's gum, Yusef Jackson's beer, Tribune Co.'s hypocrisy and Cook County's clout courts.Posted on October 1, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Beer politics and bitter tears.Posted on September 29, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's roust ruled unconstitutional. Sandi Jackson ruled despicable.Posted on September 28, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Appealing to your senses.Posted on September 27, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tales of Sandi Jackal.Posted on September 26, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The day Illinois stopped caring.Posted on September 25, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The smallness of Madigan's mouthpiece and Sandi's spokesman.Posted on September 24, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Taste the evidence.Posted on September 22, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Limping toward Bethlehem.Posted on September 21, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Rahmney, Mrs. Christ and Kissing Toronto.Posted on September 20, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Budgets, morals, chickens and beer.Posted on September 19, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Prison state and the Cactus bomber.Posted on September 18, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Terrorist targets bike messengers.Posted on September 17, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Strike back at ya'.Posted on September 15, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goats, Walmart and Tammy Buckworth.Posted on September 14, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kid stuff.Posted on September 13, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Political conslutting.Posted on September 12, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Speed cameras of choice.Posted on September 11, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Secret prisons, revolving regulators and the home rule ruse.Posted on September 10, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Lance Armstrong, Paul Ryan and marathon negotiations.Posted on September 8, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Drew Peterson and Chief Keef.Posted on September 7, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Land of Lincoln.Posted on September 6, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Would you like lentils with that?Posted on September 5, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ryan's lies vs. Rahm's.Posted on September 4, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Betrayed.Posted on September 3, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Neverland, Indiana; the flame retardant lobby; and Chicagoland's vagina chronicles.Posted on September 1, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The long goodbye of J.C. Brizard.Posted on August 31, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unaccountable: TIFs, Rahm and the Chicago Code.Posted on August 30, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gambling and the Infrastructure Trust.Posted on August 29, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS and CTA follies.Posted on August 28, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The suburbs are killing us.Posted on August 27, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Is a Category 1 storm forcible enough for you?Posted on August 25, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slush funds and subsidies.Posted on August 24, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
West Nile, Mancow's Madness and Hastert's Highway.Posted on August 23, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Preckwinkle vs. Reagan.Posted on August 22, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Garry McCarthy plays dumb.Posted on August 21, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Just a shorty.Posted on August 20, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Paul Ryan and Pussy Riot.Posted on August 18, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Springfield puts on a show. Chicago expresses its values.Posted on August 17, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Expel Bellwood, save Derrick Smith and resist the park sharks.Posted on August 16, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ed Burke, Faisal Khan and the hapless board of ethics.Posted on August 15, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Water cannons and sister cities.Posted on August 14, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Motorola's mobility and Pat's secret prisons.Posted on August 13, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Corn, cheese, Paul Ryan and Netflix.Posted on August 11, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bears, FBI, parking tickets and Team Rahm.Posted on August 10, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Usual Suspects starring Patti Blago, Richard M. Daley, Penny Pritzker, Pat Quinn, Barack Obama and Rahm Emanuel.Posted on August 8, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times in the shark tank. CPS too.Posted on August 8, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
George Ryan still sucks. And black-on-black is really poor-on-poor.Posted on August 7, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
#Sikh, #Curiosity and #Lolla.Posted on August 6, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Olympic taxes, value meals and helper bugs.Posted on August 4, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The ghosts of Todd Stroger and Rahm's twisting Trust.Posted on August 3, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Big tables, bad people.Posted on August 2, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The ghost of Daley and the ghost of Springfield.Posted on August 1, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crowdsourcing the council, the Cardinal rules and Cubmageddon.Posted on July 31, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cash Dash, Vo-Tech, Bleeding Heart.Posted on July 30, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
An homage to Olympian myopics.Posted on July 28, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dutiful.Posted on July 27, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
End game.Posted on July 26, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Moreno chickens out.Posted on July 25, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Custom built.Posted on July 24, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Same conditions apply.Posted on July 23, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Fred Willard, Walmart and Beer.Posted on July 21, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ditto.Posted on July 20, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Adjust your viewing accordingly.Posted on July 19, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mopes and dopes.Posted on July 18, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Clown state, bro.Posted on July 17, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Teachers win, cops lose, Taste draws.Posted on July 16, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Legacies.Posted on July 14, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We Are Illinois.Posted on July 13, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Disorder and dat.Posted on July 12, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Moody suckers.Posted on July 11, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Team Rahm's unbearable whiteness of being.Posted on July 10, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Shame.Posted on July 9, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Bliss vs. Ignorance. Transparent vs. Empty. Death vs. Taxes.Posted on July 7, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hot, exhausted, red-eyed and wrongfully prosecuted.Posted on July 6, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
License to ill.Posted on July 5, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sillynois.Posted on July 4, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hinky and winky.Posted on July 3, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Brown paper bags and Molotov cocktails.Posted on July 2, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Mall cops and news dumps.Posted on June 30, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Medicaid and mopes.Posted on June 29, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dewey beats Obama.Posted on June 28, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Medical mysteries and paper clips.Posted on June 27, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Joe Berrios can only exist because Democrats let him.Posted on June 26, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The fierce urgency of Rahm's patronization.Posted on June 25, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Underlying conditions: Incredibly bleak.Posted on June 23, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gridlock, gangs and data portals.Posted on June 22, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turkey legs and green screens.Posted on June 20, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Got Pot? Plus: Geek Mart.Posted on June 20, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crotch squirrels and colonoscopies.Posted on June 19, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Justice delayed and messages made.Posted on June 18, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Punch Line Edition featuring Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Costner, Lindsay Lohan and the euro.Posted on June 16, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's pot tickets and press agents.Posted on June 15, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Governor Hoover.Posted on June 14, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trust betrayed.Posted on June 13, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exhibiting fake job creationPosted on June 12, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's fake graduation claims.Posted on June 11, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
The soft bigotry of Chicago's low expectations.Posted on June 9, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Unknown Legislator and Criminal Injustice.Posted on June 8, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Social distortion.Posted on June 7, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Martha Washington way hipper than Garry McCarthy and Barack Obama.Posted on June 6, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Defunding the torture commission. Subsidizing Hyatt and Sara Lee.Posted on June 5, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodie bag.Posted on June 2, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Loose change.Posted on June 2, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Misdirection plays.Posted on June 1, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trading posts and presidential ghosts.Posted on May 31, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Opposites attract.Posted on May 30, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago goes moo.Posted on May 29, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Fictions. Frictions. Corrections. Elections. Prescriptions. Depictions.Posted on May 26, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The games Democrats play.Posted on May 25, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fitzgerald vs. Obama.Posted on May 23, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Donuts, postmen, dogs and Chicago pols.Posted on May 23, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago Protesters Get High Marks!Posted on May 21, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ghost of Richie Daley sighted again.Posted on May 21, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
NATO goes donuts. And The Kerry Wood Watch.Posted on May 20, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We had Wood; now we've got Ricketts.Posted on May 18, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Yay NATO! Yay Rahm! Yay America!Posted on May 17, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's NATO, the CPS spy and Bill Daley's favorite banker.Posted on May 16, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Courage.Posted on May 15, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Illini's faulty search engine.Posted on May 14, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Truth takes a beating.Posted on May 12, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hints, lies, allegations.Posted on May 10, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And you're worried about traffic tie-ups?Posted on May 10, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our man in fantasyland.Posted on May 9, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
NATO kites, whistleblower rights and Wrigley plan bites.Posted on May 8, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Legacy projects.Posted on May 7, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Kentucky Derby Alpha Edition.Posted on May 5, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Helter Skelter in the Heartland.Posted on May 4, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Conrad, Kanye and Cowley.Posted on May 3, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richie Daley's pension scam.Posted on May 2, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city's latest economic impact study isn't even close.Posted on May 1, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Derrick Rose is still a cheater. Tom Thibodeau is an awful person. Pat Quinn's pants are on fire. Rahm Emanuel makes us gag. And suburbanites dull their dullness.Posted on April 30, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
The need for speed.Posted on April 28, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Red zones and monkeypox.Posted on April 27, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The aliens are already here.Posted on April 26, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Aldermen behaving dumbly.Posted on April 25, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's new bank won't even come with free toasters.Posted on April 24, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's pants still aflame. Plus: Hogan's heroes.Posted on April 23, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
The Wolf, The Kardashians and National Record Store Day.Posted on April 21, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Saucerful of secrets.Posted on April 20, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not really infrastructure, it's extrastructure.Posted on April 19, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mary Schmich's yellow pad.Posted on April 18, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mary Schmich's maudlin bullshit is rewarded with a Pulitzer.Posted on April 17, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Love and hope and sex and dreams.Posted on April 16, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Penguin poo and the long lost Blago brother.Posted on April 14, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The fierce urgency of Aragon bathroom sex and other sordid tales from the big city.Posted on April 13, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bombardier away.Posted on April 12, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Governing in reverse.Posted on April 11, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Moneyball Mayor's credibility gap.Posted on April 10, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whole cloth in the Koschman case. Alexi's punky bank. Hog McNuts with fries.Posted on April 9, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Tiger Woods vs. the economic recovery. James Cameron vs. history. CPS vs. itself.Posted on April 7, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Breakfast Club.Posted on April 6, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Strip clubs and CEOs.Posted on April 5, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daddy is a little crazy.Posted on April 4, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Evil walks beside you.Posted on April 3, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gone fishin'.Posted on April 2, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's the Final Four . . . Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Posted on March 31, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm vs. Junior. Lazy lottery suckers. Teen parking meters.Posted on March 30, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Judging Jesse White. Plus: Rahm plants a story and more from Chicago Way University.Posted on March 29, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How about never? Is never good for you?Posted on March 28, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's lack of street cred. The South Side's post-trauma syndrome. And more milk magnate madness.Posted on March 27, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Milk and media games.Posted on March 26, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Pluto, Tebow, Newt-o, and Syrian chic.Posted on March 24, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
University of Illinois flunks. CPS program dunks. Rahm Emanuel funks. Airline punks.Posted on March 23, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm declares a sewage emergency. Plus: Was Putin behind the G8 move?Posted on March 22, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Banks got bailed out, students got the shaft.Posted on March 21, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Voting for the Machine out of spite?Posted on March 20, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ballot busting.Posted on March 19, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Rosie, Blago and a pony for the CTA.Posted on March 17, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago's road show.Posted on March 16, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bye Bye Blago.Posted on March 15, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Arrested state rep is the least of our problems.Posted on March 14, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There but for the grace of Patrick Fitzgerald goes Rahm.Posted on March 13, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Citizens advised to ignore judge's campaign contributions to those who appear before him.Posted on March 12, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Daley is a Family Guy.Posted on March 10, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If it wasn't for Lori Healey, Rahm Emanuel, unnamed top administration officials, mayoral confidantes and Michael Bloomberg, Annazette Collins be Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on March 9, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's global citizens.Posted on March 8, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A new fiesta in the making!Posted on March 7, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Losing our moment.Posted on March 6, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
McCarthyisms.Posted on March 5, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Whoring it up with Justin Bieber and Lindsay Lohan.Posted on March 3, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Summiteering.Posted on March 2, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The lost decade that isn't anybody's fault.Posted on March 1, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's collection state.Posted on February 29, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
They didn't keep score: The end of magic secret hockey.Posted on February 27, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patrick Daley is rich, sleazy and still in business with his father.Posted on February 26, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Artist vs. The Candidates.Posted on February 25, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Beavers: Living proof the clothes don't the make the man.Posted on February 24, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Governor Gumby and the (new) pothole mayor.Posted on February 23, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn's spin, Rahm's frame, poor Orr, Leinie's leap.Posted on February 22, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The failed policies of the past.Posted on February 21, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm vs. kids, teachers, the mentally ill.Posted on February 20, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Danica Patrick vs. Mitt Romney, Jerry Seinfeld vs. Steve Carell, and Penn State vs. Spain.Posted on February 18, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tuck in your shirt and shut up!Posted on February 17, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If you want to inflame protesters and set the stage for a disaster, the city is doing everything right.Posted on February 16, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Heartland of Darkness.Posted on February 15, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's secret sauce, Chicago's Peanut Man, Hammy Grammy's and the Koschman case goes from bad to worse - again.Posted on February 14, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The way Abe would've wanted it.Posted on February 13, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Rahm Emanuel exposed as a liar who pimped a six-year-old's death in order to fake the real reason why he pushed so hard for speed-camera legislation.Posted on February 11, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's mouth stuck shut.Posted on February 10, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sticker shock.Posted on February 9, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn loves patronage. Michael Madigan hates torture commissions.Posted on February 8, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homer Cantu's hangover remedy. Plus: Menard's vs. Krupp's.Posted on February 7, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodies galore.Posted on February 6, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Germans blindside Rahm. Plus: Your Super Bowl Reader.Posted on February 4, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
They're planting stories in the press.Posted on February 3, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Milwaukee Avenue Soul Train.Posted on February 2, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Anita Alvarez is Today's Worst Person In Chicago. But Joe Moore sucks too.Posted on February 1, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Earthquakes, nukes, pharmacies, segregation and Rahm's lack of faith-based transparency.Posted on January 31, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Obama knows.Posted on January 30, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Super Bore Sunday Edition.Posted on January 28, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's protesters get paid; everyone else's get jailed.Posted on January 27, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's rent-a-protesters and Keystone Illinois.Posted on January 26, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The State of the Union sucks pretty hard.Posted on January 25, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's selective name-naming.Posted on January 24, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The greasy glide path of an alderman's daughter.Posted on January 23, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Sex, villains, secret heirs and mysterious ward maps.Posted on January 21, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel and Michael Madigan: The Blues Brothers.Posted on January 20, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The trader traitor and the president's bad optics.Posted on January 19, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cabs, contracts, cronyism and corporate welfare.Posted on January 18, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our crappy congressmen. Plus: Kraft bash and bad boy Billy Marovitz.Posted on January 17, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beware posers who would oppose King if he were here today.Posted on January 16, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Breaking news: Snow is slippery, Paula Deen causes diabetes and the Eurozone is in crisis.Posted on January 14, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vulture capitalists, vulture journalists, and vulture politicians.Posted on January 13, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's moneybomb, Desiree's faux pas and G8/NATO meter madness.Posted on January 12, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alexi, Obama, Burke, Spike Lee, Lady Gaga and the Merry Millionaire.Posted on January 11, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley and Todd Stroger are back.Posted on January 10, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homeland Insecurity, Rahmen Noodles and Roadkill.Posted on January 9, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Vegas values control the narrative.Posted on January 7, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm don't like Mondays.Posted on January 6, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fixing the glitch.Posted on January 5, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Muddling through Rahm's scary reversal.Posted on January 4, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fat Cats, The Pope and The Pastor.Posted on January 3, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barack Bush and buying Drano.Posted on January 2, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Invasive species in Iowa, the Great Lakes and the Kraft Hunger Bowl.Posted on December 31, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupying Cardinal George.Posted on December 30, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
An abbreviated taste of Chicago: Cardinal George, beer futures and dirty sandwiches.Posted on December 29, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears essentials.Posted on December 28, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears sucks.Posted on December 27, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Packergirl, Olyndra and a new corruption tax.Posted on December 26, 2011
The Christmas 2011 Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
A sexy snowpocalyptic Christmas for the rest of us.Posted on December 24, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Santa Claus, Tim Tebow and Cardinal George.Posted on December 23, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, the ACLU, Harper's, the Atlantic and Colin Powell's former chief of staff vs. Barack Obama.Posted on December 22, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture, banksters and the Sun-Times News Cooperative.Posted on December 21, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slouching toward 2012.Posted on December 20, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago, Lohan, Ed Burke, Kim Jong-il and Our Lady of the Underpass.Posted on December 19, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Pardon us. We don't want to disrupt your weekend with any actual news or anything.Posted on December 17, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barack McCarthy, Rod Sneed, Gentile George and the Asbestos Judge.Posted on December 16, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago's fake drug problem, the CPD's fake Koschman investigation, and Rahm's fake transparency.Posted on December 15, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The evolution of Rod Blagojevich, James Zagel, Playboy, Brian Urlacher, the Obama re-election campaign and more.Posted on December 14, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Frickin' universe.Posted on December 13, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Peanut butter jelly time with the Bears, Blago, Groupon and Terry Savage.Posted on December 12, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Tim TebPosted on December 10, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pizza meth and more.Posted on December 9, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bleak Blago.Posted on December 8, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why Blago deserves no mercy.Posted on December 7, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Throw the book at Rod Blagojevich.Posted on December 6, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Cosby, teen sexting and Listeria.Posted on December 5, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Inside jobs.Posted on December 3, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm and Pat's mental health.Posted on December 2, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The shameless, stubborn state police. Corporate incentives gone wild. And our local dailies on the block again.Posted on December 1, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel's lies and secrets.Posted on November 30, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No tax break for Sears until they stop selling those jeans.Posted on November 29, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mic checked.Posted on November 28, 2011
The [Thanksgiving 2011] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America can no longer afford turkeys.Posted on November 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Holiday greetings.Posted on November 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is this heaven? No, it's Egg Harbor.Posted on November 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
There's a reason he's called Superman not Committeeman.Posted on November 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lawyers gone wild.Posted on November 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where's the outrage? It's here.Posted on November 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor 1%. Celebrity pancakes. Mob wives. Tart cherries.Posted on November 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Redistributionist Rahm and Master Madigan.Posted on November 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The jokes of Michael Madigan, Ed Burke, Dan Webb and federal jury system are on us.Posted on November 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Most countries tear down the symbols of their tyrants' power. We hide behind them.Posted on November 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Can anyone here run a federal jury? Plus: Graham Spanier's North Shore migration and the insanity of Bill Beavers, Michael Jordan and CPS.Posted on November 11, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Disgraced Penn State president grew up on the South Side.Posted on November 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The fierce urgency of coddling the rich and punishing the poor.Posted on November 9, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rich kids, poor kids. Plus: Rahm hates democracy as much as Daley did.Posted on November 8, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama owns this economy. Democrats own your judges. Pilates owns reform.Posted on November 7, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The new 9-9-9.Posted on November 5, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turkey bowling, Rezko, and American Dads.Posted on November 4, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deposing Daley. Occupying the tax code. President 1%. Redistricting Chicago.Posted on November 3, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media's mystery aldermen.Posted on November 2, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Songs and stories.Posted on November 1, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Harvey banksters.Posted on October 31, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Halloween Costume Edition.Posted on October 29, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Memo to MSM: John Cullerton, the CME and Jerry Reinsdorf have something to do with Occupy Chicago.Posted on October 28, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois taxpayers (99%) continue to subsidize Jerry Reinsdorf (1%).Posted on October 27, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupy McRib.Posted on October 26, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let them eat bugs!Posted on October 25, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's villains.Posted on October 24, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Intelligence is up, Princes are down. Plus: The NFL teams you'll never see in London.Posted on October 22, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Of the children, by the children, for the children.Posted on October 21, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Emperors, clothes, and a perfect example of what everyone is so angry about.Posted on October 20, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's the right side of the rivalry and the stupid side.Posted on October 19, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On to Wednesday!Posted on October 18, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupy Wall Street's new math.Posted on October 17, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Bears futures, class warfare and prodigal thugs.Posted on October 15, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS vs. CTU vs. CYA.Posted on October 14, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama is yesterday's news; now the followers are leading.Posted on October 13, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Theo Epstein occupies the Cubs, Kid Rock occupies the Midwest and lice occupies your kid's head.Posted on October 12, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupying Daley, Rahm and Obama.Posted on October 11, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Neil Steinberg wants us to love America or leave it.Posted on October 10, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
May this be the bloated '85 Bears cow's final milking.Posted on October 8, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dining on the enemy.Posted on October 7, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Steve Jobs: The genius and the horror.Posted on October 6, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Cellini gets another nickname.Posted on October 5, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
13 Loko.Posted on October 4, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The most grandly titled Illinoisan ever goes on trial.Posted on October 3, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Tweet it out, bitches.Posted on October 1, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The emperor is shedding more clothes than a Charlie Sheen party at the Playboy mansion.Posted on September 30, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Always a good decision.Posted on September 29, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Million-dollar bash.Posted on September 28, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fire sale!Posted on September 27, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Skunks and Packers.Posted on September 26, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
As long as you're not under the market when it crashes, you're pretty much golden.Posted on September 24, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Class war, evil mini-medical school and cab court.Posted on September 23, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The never-ending abuse of the public till.Posted on September 22, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago lobbyists swear they're not really trying.Posted on September 21, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
To Minneapolis.Posted on September 20, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vote Dave.Posted on September 19, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Smells like a steak and seats 35.Posted on September 17, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bratwursts and Bootsy.Posted on September 16, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Like a good neighbor.Posted on September 15, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where hope goes to die.Posted on September 14, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Liberal fakers in Reaganland.Posted on September 13, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homers.Posted on September 12, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Widespread socioeconomic devastation on Kickoff Weekend.Posted on September 10, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The generic president.Posted on September 9, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Penny Pritzker's housekeeping.Posted on September 8, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Maybe if the torture had occurred under Cook County State's Attorney Dick Cheney.Posted on September 7, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Strange times when Conrad Black becomes likable and Barack Obama becomes detestablePosted on September 6, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Department of Labor doesn't even want us working on our jokes.Posted on September 3, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The people at the top always take care of themselves, don't they?Posted on September 2, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm is the Don Rickles of politics.Posted on September 1, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our folks are a joy to read even if you don't normally follow the topics they do.Posted on August 31, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago police are too busy to respond to your shooting. Plus: Rahm's budget baloney.Posted on August 30, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State babysitters, Cicero hot dogs, Brown Line wood and bad parenting.Posted on August 29, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Heckuva job, Barry.Posted on August 27, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A bold experiment: Let's stop reporting on what candidates and officeholders say altogether. Instead, let's only report what they do or have done.Posted on August 26, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The spin machines of Rahm Emanuel and Michael Madigan.Posted on August 25, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The latest mystery of Michael Madigan. Plus, Bill Gates' local investments and how a small town downstate is stealing from Chicago.Posted on August 24, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Libya's American-made enablers.Posted on August 23, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's getting crowded in here.Posted on August 22, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mission: Impossible's latest edition, "Hair and Gas."Posted on August 20, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hints and allegations.Posted on August 19, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How Rahm is letting Daley off the hook in the Burge cases.Posted on August 18, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The book the president hasn't read.Posted on August 17, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Enjoy these fine offerings.Posted on August 16, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Motorola Mobility's mockery.Posted on August 15, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Garbage in, garbage out.Posted on August 13, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alternate punch lines.Posted on August 12, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Please don't settle the Burge case.Posted on August 11, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley is to Rumsfeld what Ricketts is to Obama.Posted on August 10, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture and taxes.Posted on August 9, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deportations and dreams.Posted on August 8, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
A bloodied credit rating.Posted on August 6, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bouncing braless in Obama's America.Posted on August 5, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bulls on Parade: Daley, Rahm, Obama.Posted on August 4, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
World-class poverty.Posted on August 3, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Austerity America.Posted on August 2, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jim Hendry vs. Barack Obama. Plus, the Amazing Vaneckos.Posted on August 1, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Market Report goes out with a bang.Posted on July 30, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That's Pat!Posted on July 29, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patsy Quinn strikes again. So does Boeing, United and Uncle Fatty's.Posted on July 28, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Garry McCarthy and the Sun-Times frame an issue in contradiction to the facts.Posted on July 27, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unlike the debt ceiling debate, Amy Winehouse wasn't a joke.Posted on July 26, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Missing Koschman files just another Chicago coinkydink.Posted on July 25, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Completely fake recycling.Posted on July 23, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The debt ceiling is the debate; Daley once again disappears from history.Posted on July 22, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Rahm: Typical Liberal.Posted on July 21, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When being loyal to the Daleys more important than a dead kid.Posted on July 20, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Revisiting Daley's deadly moment.Posted on July 19, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rubber chickens and topless bars.Posted on July 18, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
No one beats Rupert Murdoch in a being-sorry competition. No one!Posted on July 16, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Here we are now, entertain us.Posted on July 15, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A march of folly.Posted on July 14, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
R. Kelly bombs the suburbs.Posted on July 13, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deng, Boeing, United, Albini, Skilling and a peacock named Fluffy.Posted on July 12, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About Illinois' student loan czar. Plus: Rahm Hendry, Chicago's Cupid, Cicero's Stroger.Posted on July 11, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
A new White Sox drinking game. Plus, Ed Burke's security, Pat Quinn's shin-kicking, and the mystery of Arby's.Posted on July 9, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Komcastic!Posted on July 8, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
George Ryan is not sorry.Posted on July 7, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Doctor day.Posted on July 6, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Giant turkey legs and deep dish.Posted on July 5, 2011
The [Fourth of July] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Spicoli, Dylan, Bragg.Posted on July 4, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Fourth of July Conversation Stopper Edition.Posted on July 2, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America The Ugly.Posted on July 1, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Megabus, Spirit Air and the NEA.Posted on June 30, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois: The Comedy Central State.Posted on June 29, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago Notes.Posted on June 28, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Verdicts and paydays.Posted on June 27, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The eight-ring circus comes to town.Posted on June 25, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beach Blanket Bingo.Posted on June 24, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jean-Claude Antoinette.Posted on June 23, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Salary pump at CPS.Posted on June 22, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Imagine if the city ran the only brothel in town.Posted on June 21, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patsy Quinn's candy store is open.Posted on June 20, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Starring Michelle Bachmann as Temporary Sarah Palin.Posted on June 18, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Transfers of wealth, treasure and sanity.Posted on June 17, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Casting call for Chicago.Posted on June 16, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rainy day people.Posted on June 15, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mark Kirk pumps it up.Posted on June 14, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wendy's To Sell Arby's To Hardee's.Posted on June 13, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Spray tan, bathroom breaks and endless Buffetts.Posted on June 11, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sick dayPosted on June 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Back in black. Back in black!Posted on June 8, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This sucks.Posted on June 7, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crash landing.Posted on June 6, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Here come the bloodsuckers.Posted on June 4, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago buries himself in lies.Posted on June 3, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tumbling dice.Posted on June 2, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A sucker's bet. And you're the sucker.Posted on June 1, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Get me rewrite.Posted on May 31, 2011
The [Memorial Day] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gone fishin'.Posted on May 30, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Corruption, corruption everywhere and nary a Blatter to bribe.Posted on May 28, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why the law, dad?Posted on May 27, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Playing craps with the media, the city and the state.Posted on May 26, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
LeRoy Neiman's Chicago.Posted on May 25, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poker stars.Posted on May 24, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
World-class delusions.Posted on May 23, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Everyone gets an Apocalypse sometime.Posted on May 21, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Structural protein, market economics and trampolines.Posted on May 20, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's symbolic (non-existent) budget cuts.Posted on May 19, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The corporate casino.Posted on May 18, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Change is like sex; those who talk the most about it do it the least.Posted on May 17, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daley Code.Posted on May 16, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
#goodriddance.Posted on May 14, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A smooth transition.Posted on May 13, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We're a world-class little town!Posted on May 12, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Schock, Pfleger, KFC and Bank of America.Posted on May 11, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ponzi transition.Posted on May 10, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard M. Daley: Duff Man.Posted on May 9, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Trump vs. Osama.Posted on May 7, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's poison.Posted on May 6, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beachwood goes blue.Posted on May 5, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Liars and cheats.Posted on May 4, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God floods Illinois; welcomes Osama with virgins.Posted on May 3, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Osama's dead, baby. Osama's dead.Posted on May 2, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Dirty sheets, royalty and miracles.Posted on April 30, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media's royal miss.Posted on April 29, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Frames and fakers.Posted on April 28, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Catch-up day.Posted on April 27, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Royal Wedding.Posted on April 26, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Zagel, Blago, Wilco and the Canucks.Posted on April 25, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Post-election resurrection.Posted on April 23, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I Can Has Blagojevich Cat.Posted on April 22, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Partner in Reform.Posted on April 21, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Retrospectable.Posted on April 20, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The late shift.Posted on April 19, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Another teachable moment whitewashed.Posted on April 18, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius and The Weekend Desk B Team
Sequel city.Posted on April 16, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dumbing it down.Posted on April 15, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Covering Blago's pseudo-event.Posted on April 14, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Foreign types with the hookah pipes.Posted on April 13, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Jesus would do on the North Shore.Posted on April 12, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Walmart Mayor screws Austin.Posted on April 11, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Deja non-essential.Posted on April 9, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sex, guns, alcohol, sports and God.Posted on April 8, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Programming note.Posted on April 7, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmfest.Posted on April 6, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meet Rahm Emanuel's new partners in reform.Posted on April 5, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not Detroit: We have our own code.Posted on April 4, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
We've run the numbers. It turns out you're worth $50 a year.Posted on April 2, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dreams deferred.Posted on April 1, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Khadafy and hot dogs.Posted on March 31, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deja Daley.Posted on March 30, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Looking factual.Posted on March 29, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times can't see beyond its front door.Posted on March 28, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Product placement and the NCAA's new math.Posted on March 26, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Getting into Whitney Young.Posted on March 25, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slap and tickle economics.Posted on March 24, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pinetop and Big Z.Posted on March 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley (D-AT&T) is filthy rich.Posted on March 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois goes to Libya.Posted on March 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Anita Alvarez stops making sense.Posted on March 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Newz From Da Hood.Posted on March 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Police Chief Charades.Posted on March 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPD and Vanecko.Posted on March 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor McGuinness.Posted on March 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Secret society.Posted on March 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Would you rather . . . ?Posted on March 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn returns to normal.Posted on March 11, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama gets cute with the death penalty.Posted on March 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Linking Stroger.Posted on March 9, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Glory delayed but not denied.Posted on March 8, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It turns out the schools are totally fucked up.Posted on March 7, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Jody Weis Memorial Edition.Posted on March 5, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beep beep.Posted on March 4, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The unbearable lightness of being Rahm.Posted on March 3, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Teaching Columbia journalism students a real lesson.Posted on March 2, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
George Ryan and The Chicago Code.Posted on March 1, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What the media ignored about Rahm and . . . the media.Posted on February 28, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Oscar Preview Edition.Posted on February 26, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayors and panhandlers.Posted on February 25, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's coalition; demonic possession.Posted on February 24, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The enemy is them.Posted on February 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The system works just as designed.Posted on February 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago, you disgust me.Posted on February 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
In which we contract that rare form of flu that looks exactly like a weekend bender.Posted on February 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deep dish and rape kits.Posted on February 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPD doesn't care about sexual assault; Pat Quinn doesn't care about the poor.Posted on February 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Behind today's headlines.Posted on February 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All of Obama's pieces are in place.Posted on February 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Code drinking game.Posted on February 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Junk vs. Trunk.Posted on February 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poll Finds That 92% Of Chicagoans Lack Enlightened Political Views.Posted on February 11, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Absolutely Sweet Marie.Posted on February 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's secret security state.Posted on February 9, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The news remains the same.Posted on February 8, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Greedy Groupon is no Saturday Night Live.Posted on February 7, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Ben Roethlisberger is not the only unsavory character America has propped up.Posted on February 5, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's not The Daley Show until it is.Posted on February 4, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jay Levine's misdirected outrage lets Daley off the hook once again.Posted on February 3, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rapidly deteriorating conditions on the way to Snow Man's Land.Posted on February 2, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
SNOMG!Posted on February 1, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Carol Moseley-Braun, Rahm Emanuel both on crack.Posted on January 31, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Super Bore Sunday Edition.Posted on January 29, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A zone of facts.Posted on January 28, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Anne Burke has already proven herself disingenuous.Posted on January 27, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Independent verification, television-style.Posted on January 26, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm seen at Whole Foods buying dead fish, and other plausibly true developments.Posted on January 25, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On Wisconsin.Posted on January 24, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Hair today, mayor tomorrow.Posted on January 22, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hu and Daley exchange secrets.Posted on January 21, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jimmy John's can suck it. So can Jeff Tweedy. Plus: The Daleys play dumb - again.Posted on January 20, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No wonder Rahm is attracting so much support; he stinks.Posted on January 19, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Memo to liberals: Take back your party.Posted on January 18, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Commemorative food stamps and race.Posted on January 17, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Who farted?Posted on January 15, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's never an egg timer around when you need one.Posted on January 14, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A lesson for the kids: Attendance doesn't matter in politics.Posted on January 13, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
While we slept, the media made us dumber.Posted on January 12, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel's racial politics.Posted on January 11, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not every nutjob is a product of the right or left.Posted on January 10, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Sarah Palin vs. Carol Moseley-Braun.Posted on January 8, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I should just roll up this website and move on.Posted on January 7, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Media choices for early prison release no surprise: White; connected.Posted on January 6, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The news today is weird, my friends.Posted on January 5, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Insuring prompt service.Posted on January 4, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And how was your New Year's Eve?Posted on January 3, 2011
The [New Year's Week] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No politics, just rock.Posted on December 31, 2010
The [New Year's Week] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slouching toward free pool.Posted on December 29, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A coupla Old Styles and some sweet jukebox action.Posted on December 27, 2010
The [Christmas Week] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Christmas at the Inn.Posted on December 24, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bob's workshop is abuzz.Posted on December 21, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Olympic fix was in all along.Posted on December 20, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Time for a World Cup Mayoral Race update.Posted on December 18, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pot, beer and other stocking stuffers.Posted on December 17, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dick Durbin votes for a bill he thinks will harm America. Barack Obama wrote it.Posted on December 16, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat-downs, shakedowns, hoe-downs and low-downs.Posted on December 15, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Adam West for Mayor. Really.Posted on December 14, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't dismiss Carol Moseley-Braun.Posted on December 13, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's the game of the century. Yes we can?Posted on December 11, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'm not sure there are any real reformers in Illinois politics, but there sure are a lot of fake ones.Posted on December 10, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Do I like Republicans? No. But unlike Democrats, I'm not sure anyone has any illusions about them.Posted on December 9, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Traitors and treason.Posted on December 8, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Billionaires, books, Obama and crooks.Posted on December 7, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Flying Saucer wins the Renegade Craft Fair and other tales from the weekend involving gingerbread, Simon Cowell, Sears, tasers, exotic birds and the Beachwood jukebox.Posted on December 6, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Renegade journalism redux.Posted on December 4, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Renegade journalism.Posted on December 3, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New Trier's war crimes Hall of Famer. Plus, the anti-Rahm and Todd Stroger's last day.Posted on December 2, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nuclear beer is coming to Chicago.Posted on December 1, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The taxicab king Patrick Daley sent and his connection to Team Chico. Plus, the media pretending it doesn't exist.Posted on November 30, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The taxicab king Patrick Daley sent and his connection to Team Chico. Plus, the media pretending it doesn't exist.Posted on November 29, 2010
The [Thanksgiving] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God gave rock and roll to you. Put it in the soul of everyone.Posted on November 24, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The bus of the future is here. Plus, pythons, prostates and muscle cars.Posted on November 23, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pay-to-play even infects the local beer market. Plus, Tom Dart's brother is evil and Rahm Emanuel misses the TIF point.Posted on November 22, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
It's a brick wall, people.Posted on November 20, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A march of folly.Posted on November 19, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mixing alcohol, caffeine and satire in a can.Posted on November 18, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Broadway Bank, Bristol Palin, Dairy Queen, Four Loko, Tower Records and unicorns in every backyard.Posted on November 17, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Ricketts' are Chicago's Worst Family of the Day. Plus, White Castle is trending.Posted on November 16, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Joe Ricketts detests public spending - except when he wants a handout.Posted on November 15, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Porn, Lotto, PBR, Bingo, Chuck Berry, Boise State, Heart Valves and Hipsters.Posted on November 13, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sweet tooths and hard truths.Posted on November 12, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Anatomy of a campaign roll-out.Posted on November 11, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God is against global warming.Posted on November 10, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Denials, delays, destruction and dismay.Posted on November 9, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A mandate for McRib.Posted on November 8, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The race for Illinois Chess Club president is over; the slightly less socially adept candidate concedes.Posted on November 6, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Please, no more Manny's Deli, Billy Goat and Oprah.Posted on November 5, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Billy Goat Bogus Beer Summit and other oddities.Posted on November 4, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A new baseline for determining how many tools live in Cook County.Posted on November 3, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago's nuts and other Election Day oddities.Posted on November 2, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jury duty.Posted on November 1, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Electioween 2010.Posted on October 30, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Exactly what the facts is.Posted on October 29, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Six legs bad.Posted on October 28, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deer tacos, cocaine, fraud and high winds.Posted on October 27, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mmm, Chiclone . . .Posted on October 26, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bring me the head of Jay Cutler, Pat Quinn, Neil Steinberg, Mary Schmich and Sneed.Posted on October 25, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Wikileeks right here at home.Posted on October 23, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fraud, hit men, Oreos and elders.Posted on October 22, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Amoral sexism in corrupt newsrooms.Posted on October 21, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wasting away again in Randy Michaelsville. Plus, Rhymefest runs.Posted on October 20, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The brew situation was totally covered.Posted on October 19, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alexi's Spotless Mind.Posted on October 18, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
If you're going to mess up a candidate's name, make sure it results in the appropriate satirical statement.Posted on October 16, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sluts, whores, frauds and phonies.Posted on October 15, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A misdirection play that's working.Posted on October 14, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
More news from Delta Tau Zell.Posted on October 13, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trade secrets revealed.Posted on October 12, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What does Gerry Kern know and when did he know it?Posted on October 11, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Shares in Duh skyrocket; klaxons sound.Posted on October 9, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Separating church, state, Hooter's and reporting.Posted on October 8, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trib reporters pretend they don't know if Michaels is lying.Posted on October 7, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
World's Greatest Frat House.Posted on October 6, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The life and times of Rahm Emanuel.Posted on October 5, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Parsing the Rahm Emanuel pseudo-news. Plus, the real Daley is back.Posted on October 4, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Rahm yes, Piven no.Posted on October 2, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel energizes the mayoral race because so many people loathe him.Posted on October 1, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If honest was a ballot requirement we'd have nobody to vote for. Featuring Quinn, Brady, Giannoulias and Kirk. Plus, a special appearance by George W. Bush.Posted on September 30, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Bears are ridiculous.Posted on September 29, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Bears, God, Twitter, Egg-Tossing and the real choices you have in November.Posted on September 28, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
My problem is with the leak meme that has taken hold. Let's not repeat it unless or until we know it's true.Posted on September 27, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Zombie Olympic bid returns. Wrigleyville bomber up for Cubs job. Lindsay Lohan update. And more.Posted on September 25, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Elephants, pot, parking meters and the timeless appeal of Paper Lace.Posted on September 24, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
One of the biggest heartbreaks of my life continues to be the lame stupidity of the newsrooms I once aspired to. Plus, another Obama myth exposed.Posted on September 23, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Junior's (alleged) big mistake. Plus, dictators and incompetents.Posted on September 22, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How do Michael Sneed and the Dave Matthews Band keep their jobs?Posted on September 21, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Waivers, inquiries, omissions and accidents.Posted on September 20, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Christine O'Donnell defines her terms and the CTA takes ghost hiring to a whole new levelPosted on September 18, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Support Your Local Beachwood: Drink beer and tip well.Posted on September 17, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Family businesses: Ponzi schemes, pimps and politics.Posted on September 16, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I've never been a fan of Weis, but if forced to choose between him and the FOP I'd take Weis eight days a week.Posted on September 15, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Strings are being pulled as we speak.Posted on September 14, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard M. Daley: Legally Blonde.Posted on September 13, 2010
The 2010 Weekend Desk NFL Kickoff Report
By Natasha Julius
Unstoppable Forces vs. Immovable Objects.Posted on September 11, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The time is nigh.Posted on September 10, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And so it begins.Posted on September 9, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reform is not on the way.Posted on September 8, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tambourines and elephants.Posted on September 7, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Turns out the Universe is godless, not headless.Posted on September 4, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Contrary to reports, the Illinois corrections executive forced to resign doesn't have a reputation back home in Ohio that is exactly pristine.Posted on September 3, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
From baseball to crime, reporters can't get their facts straight even as the stats stare them in the face.Posted on September 2, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Foreigners attack us with Pepto-Bismol and lotteries.Posted on September 1, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jeff Tweedy Day! And other delights.Posted on August 31, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The cure for common journalism.Posted on August 30, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Turns out being trapped underground for four months isn't the healing balm for the human spirit you might expect.Posted on August 28, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I'll put Beachwood writers up against any wankers in the local media any day of the week - and twice on Friday night.Posted on August 27, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Best reads redux.Posted on August 26, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's best and most interesting reads.Posted on August 25, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Signs of our times.Posted on August 24, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Face it: Some people are stupid, and others learn to be stupid by believing the media.Posted on August 23, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Major Lying Bastard season is just getting interesting.Posted on August 21, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who we briefly thought the holdout juror was. Plus, The Pabst Blue Ribbon Line and Joe The Plumber.Posted on August 20, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The holdout juror and the continued misreading of the law.Posted on August 19, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago pundits dream up every possible theory except the obvious one: It was a terrible jury and they got it wrong.Posted on August 18, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Expediting beer, permits and the Meat-Man Parfait.Posted on August 17, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Return from Bizarro Chicago.Posted on August 16, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Triumvirate strikes again and Metra goes back to basics.Posted on August 14, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Color me impressed.Posted on August 13, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Myths about Rosty; speculation about Blago.Posted on August 12, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The gang's all here - Richard M. Daley, Gery Chico, Emil Jones and Desiree Rogers.Posted on August 11, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Spare me Camp Blago and fake exclusives with Sam Adam Jr.; bring me the head of Chandler Bigelow!Posted on August 10, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn continues to inspire.Posted on August 9, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
This Report rates a disappointing AAA++.Posted on August 7, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chandler Bigelow pulls through again.Posted on August 6, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cash flow is for closers.Posted on August 5, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
For a news organization to retain credibility, its business operations must be as pristine as its editorial. The papers here have failed that test.Posted on August 4, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The (adolescent) tone at the Trib is set from the top.Posted on August 3, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Class war.Posted on August 2, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
You'll never guess who's American royalty. We sure as hell didn't.Posted on July 31, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Kurtis and Walter Jacobson have no business being in a newsroom anymore.Posted on July 30, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Trying to reach the jury through their TV sets.Posted on July 29, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why The Sam Adam Jr. Show Sucks.Posted on July 28, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whatever it takes to win - and get rich.Posted on July 27, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pied pipers - ponytailed and others.Posted on July 26, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Rough week for People futures; Britney Spear's Hermit Kingdom strikes again.Posted on July 24, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our mayor is a master of details except when it comes to the ones that matter most; then he is curiously absent-minded.Posted on July 23, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Oh, but Blago did testify.Posted on July 22, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jim Hendry keeping his job is far more disappointing than Blago not testifying.Posted on July 21, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pitchfork, Comcast, the White Sox and no Papers.Posted on July 20, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is our city that devoid of civic leadership, courage, honesty, guts?Posted on July 19, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
BP caps, Daley craps, and Steve Jobs apps.Posted on July 17, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Early warnings and long-term trends.Posted on July 16, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What I learned from George Steinbrenner.Posted on July 15, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Even Lollapalooza is wired with Daleys.Posted on July 14, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A see-saw press in a see-saw town.Posted on July 13, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jody Weis fails to understand. Daley's hiring hall. Astroturf in the Sun-Times. The heartless Tribune.Posted on July 12, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The A Team returns from maternity leave to find empty bins, empty promises and the slow transformation of the city's institutions.Posted on July 10, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rod Blagojevich, latex salesman. Plus, Leinie's, LeBron and liquor carts.Posted on July 9, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lindsay Lohan's fingernails rock.Posted on July 8, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn gives a raise to the budget director charged with cutting everyone's budgets. And other edifying tales of civic leadership.Posted on July 7, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A taste of the Chicago Way. Plus, how to get a county contract without actually having a business. And, Sneed and Steinberg are idiots.Posted on July 6, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
All eyes on LeBron James, the Declaration of Independence, and Rod Blagojevich's wardrobe.Posted on July 3, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley and Devine still rewriting Burge history.Posted on July 2, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By The Beachwood Canada Day Affairs Desk
Incredibly high quality content throughout the site.Posted on July 1, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Walmart mania blinds the Tribune editorial board to its paper's own reporting about Ald. Anthony Beale.Posted on June 30, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Its facile to suggest that ongoing handgun violence in the city proves the ban hasn't worked.Posted on June 29, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The code of silence is in our newsrooms too.Posted on June 28, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Big Z go boom! And other developing news stories we're following for you this weekend.Posted on June 26, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Burge conviction an even bet. Plus, city hiring, Walmart, and another cop who got away with one.Posted on June 25, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley sweetened his own publicity, but didn't do a damn thing for prospective Walmart workers. Plus, today's worst judge in Cook County.Posted on June 24, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Media mindset: Blago is fun, Burge is boring.Posted on June 23, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Filling in the missing pieces in the Burge and Blago trials.Posted on June 22, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
John Conroy tells you what the dailies don't about Jon Burge's testimony.Posted on June 21, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Welcome to the George W. Obama presidency. Plus, Storm Watch 2010!Posted on June 19, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jon Burge's crocodile tears, and the media's incomprehensible lack of basic research skills.Posted on June 18, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jon Burge telling a federal judge he would take the stand made it all the way to page 11 in the Tribune and page 16 in the Sun-Times.Posted on June 17, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How can a city be captivated by a trial the media is ignoring?Posted on June 16, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why is this man working for the Cook County State's Attorney's Office?Posted on June 15, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The moral calculus of Jon Burge, museum CEOs, Sinaloa Cowboys, and drinking beer from the Stanley Cup.Posted on June 14, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
World Cup fever hits the Weekend Desk.Posted on June 12, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Who knew what when in Burge and Blago - including Obama.Posted on June 11, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Blackhawks are not the biggest news story in Chicago today.Posted on June 10, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media doesn't care that it's become more apparent than ever that Chicago's political powers knew about Jon Burge. Plus, the Blago trial beat.Posted on June 9, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Burge trial? Plus, our greenwashing mayor and bike rack baloney.Posted on June 8, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A profile that leaves out the subject's biggest controversy.Posted on June 7, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Simulated families, simulated outrage, simulated heart and simulated artistry.Posted on June 5, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Allergic to justice.Posted on June 4, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Burge vs. Blago.Posted on June 3, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jon Burge is finally on trial. Ho-hum.Posted on June 2, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune still has Olympic fever. Plus, saggy pants, Boystown parking mystery, and Daley's devilish fountain.Posted on June 1, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
We're spicing up your Memorial Day barbecue with gays, tools and impotent rage.Posted on May 29, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Joke amongst yourselves. I'll give you some topics.Posted on May 28, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture testimony, Daley's mouth, Roeper's sexism, Stella's stupidity and a jukebox hero.Posted on May 27, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The wet mayor and the slimy governor.Posted on May 26, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Either Rick Bayless needs to zip it or Lynn Sweet should be fired.Posted on May 25, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's fake regret and false assertions. Plus, It's nice that Greg Hinz can construct an answer to the question that set Daley off, but Hinz isn't the mayor.Posted on May 24, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The city expands its reach by monitoring bored citizens waiting for late trains while a Poisonous hole threatens our treasured national institutions.Posted on May 22, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How in the world would firing a round up Mick Dumke's ass show how effective Chicago's gun ban is?Posted on May 21, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Die Speakeasy, die.Posted on May 20, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Betty Loren-Maltese, Conrad Black and Todd Stroger are made for each other. Plus, Rick Bayless gets the silent treatment from the White House.Posted on May 19, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why won't we see Tony Rezko on the witness stand in the Blago trial? Reporters aren't saying.Posted on May 18, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Tribune is shockingly proud of its ancient antics.Posted on May 17, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Careful what you wager . . .Posted on May 15, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Now if they could only get rid of that damn ballpark . . .Posted on May 14, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This is the show.Posted on May 13, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Connecting Greece to Vancouver to the Olympics to health care reform gives me a headache.Posted on May 12, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Elena Kagan joins the club.Posted on May 11, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Laura Washington's assertions are just plain wrong; Neil Steinberg's assertions are just plain wacky.Posted on May 10, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
The Beachwood Weekend Desk "B" Team
YouAreSoVeryFucked.com.Posted on May 8, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our contributors kick ass.Posted on May 7, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's Worst Person in Chicago nominees: Carrie Austin, Willie Cochran, John Pope, Michael Madigan, Lisa Madigan and Steve Brown.Posted on May 6, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Walmart whitewash blackout continues. Plus, Ed Burke: Just like us.Posted on May 5, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Luis Gutierrez is on the griddle.Posted on May 4, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Cubs and the White House maintenance staff.Posted on May 3, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Don your goofiest hat and pull up a couple of mint juleps, it's time to watch exploited workers labor in intolerable conditions.Posted on May 1, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reporters too often forget to question the basic premise, moving instead to dueling "reactions" without considering the story's facts in the first place.Posted on April 30, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It must have been Plain Shots of Water Night at the Martini Ranch. Plus, who is Judge Thomas Gainer Jr.?Posted on April 29, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A "conspiracy" doesn't need time to gel when it's just the way things are done. Plus, the White House press corps starts to catch on.Posted on April 28, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard M. Daley's new Route 66. Rich Miller checks Neil Steinberg. And a Killer Kaption Kontest.Posted on April 27, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Calling in the National Guard to quell violence on Chicago's streets not the stuff that Governor Gumby is made of, and King Richard II has ridiculed the idea in the past.Posted on April 26, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Blagojevich defense attorneys were said to be mulling a subpoena of Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDanielsPosted on April 24, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Reporters covering Obama are the kings of the caveats.Posted on April 23, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Don't think it can't happen here.Posted on April 22, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jesus dolls and waffle fries.Posted on April 21, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snitches and sportsmanship.Posted on April 20, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS blames the dead guy - but don't quote us on that!Posted on April 19, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Bacon wrapped in fried chicken is totally good for you. Larry King, volcanic ash and Ben Roethlisberger, not so much.Posted on April 17, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A local news blackout of David Remnick's new book about Obama and Facebook as a primary news source.Posted on April 16, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deja vu all over again on Chicago Tonight. Is every night a rerun?Posted on April 15, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The curious case of the vice mayor and other Chicago oddities.Posted on April 14, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The consequences of friendship journalism.Posted on April 13, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alexi is practicing choking up at just the right moments as we speak.Posted on April 12, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Credit might be given where credit is possibly due.Posted on April 10, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Suddenly, CPS is showing Ben Joravsky the love - though not necessarily the facts.Posted on April 9, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Joravsky did shouldn't have been extraordinary, but in this town it was: He read the budget. Plus, the media-burnished images of Ron Huberman and Forrest Claypool.Posted on April 8, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The creature known as Betty Loren-Maltese-Sneed-Kavanagh. Plus, the disingenuousness of Forrest Claypool's new campaign.Posted on April 7, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Baseball does teach us lessons. Sometimes the wrong ones.Posted on April 6, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Proudly presenting the best piece of sportswriting in the nation today.Posted on April 5, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Probing the intersection of joblessness and mindlessness.Posted on April 3, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
April Fools (so far): Blago, Huberman, Roeper, Santo, and the Tribune.Posted on April 2, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The old business models are the new ones.Posted on April 1, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Real life parents vs. fabulously wealthy media animatrons.Posted on March 31, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The mayor's $4 million mistake. And the inevitable upturn in online advertising.Posted on March 30, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The absolute horrors of Jim Warren, Sheila Simon, Richard Roeper and Arne Duncan. Where do they come from?Posted on March 29, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
With a gold medal, a vat of pomade and a controversial lack of substance, what could possibly be next for Evan Lysacek?Posted on March 27, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The cynical use of Paul Simon's name. Plus, As The Clout List Turns.Posted on March 26, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
If Daley doesn't think anything was wrong with the lobbying, why would it have been wrong for him to know about it?Posted on March 25, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley and Duncan dissemble on the CPS clout list.Posted on March 24, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No one ever should have felt like a call from the CEO's office about a politically connected student whose name appeared on a secret list constituted pressure in any way!Posted on March 23, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Nobody knows nuttin' in this town. Until they have to know sumptin'.Posted on March 22, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Among this week's economic casualties: Spring, horny teenagers and our dignity.Posted on March 20, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Purists is the word editorialists always spit out to describe people who think there are more important things in life than money.Posted on March 19, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Support for health care reform but disgust with the legislation before us is indeed bipartisan.Posted on March 18, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jobs for Zombies and the coming Zombie Apocalypse.Posted on March 17, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
New faces at the city's Department of Aldermen. Plus, newspapers are not the same thing as news.Posted on March 16, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
And that's what the Grateful Dead, LA Ink, the newspaper industry and Toyota have to do with each otherPosted on March 15, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Greece, Toyota, Milton Bradley and fat drinkers.Posted on March 13, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Luis Gutierrez may not have done anything illegal, but he certainly did something - several things - wholly unethical.Posted on March 12, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn's budget: Dead On Arrival? More like Dead On Departure.Posted on March 11, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Google's journalism.Posted on March 10, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The city council's Friends & Family Plan. The Harvey Mayor's Me & Me Plan. And, it takes a liar to know one, starring Guess Who.Posted on March 9, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Axelrod under fire. Luis Gutierrez's family plan. And the thieves at NBCChicago.com.Posted on March 8, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Oscar predictions yield some strange and sinister results.Posted on March 6, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lady Liberty Lives!Posted on March 5, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The various ways that Bon Scott, Brian Johnson and Milwaukee rule.Posted on March 4, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Global stupidity, the Sun-Times's short tail and how Daley controls contracts.Posted on March 3, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fast Johnny Cullerton. Slow Jackie Higgins.Posted on March 2, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vancouver's Olympics go bust. Fast Johnny Cullerton. More parking meter madness. And the EPA's secret chocolate documents finally revealed.Posted on March 1, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Ron Huberman goes green for Chicago.Posted on February 27, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Snow jobs.Posted on February 26, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kabuki Health Care Theater. Plus, the profiles of discouragement called John Cullerton and Michael Madigan.Posted on February 25, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pitchforks against Cullerton. Health care nonsense at the Sun-Times. Sting's Tyranny. And Tommy Boy meets Big Z.Posted on February 24, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Helpless, feckless, powerless newsfolk. Plus, E. Duke McNeil, a teen sex urban legend, The Mysteries of Curling, and Psychedelic Velveeta.Posted on February 23, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Refusing to show someone your Super 8 VIP card: Priceless.Posted on February 22, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Who needs the Olympics when we have the massive failure of regional transit to embarrass us?Posted on February 20, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Work Weirdos and Santa Margaritaville.Posted on February 19, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Your dumb, secret government. Your dumb media. Plus, calling Dr. Drew!Posted on February 18, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our secret senate. Plus, Thurston Moore is a bore and the Goldwater Institute takes on the Cubs.Posted on February 17, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tribune vs. Toyota. Toyota vs. Obama.Posted on February 16, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Burkes do it again. Jason the Plummer. The prison chief's past.Posted on February 15, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Years later, Blago is still making your money work for him.Posted on February 13, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley's re-election bid on? More Madigan malarkey. And a must-see plea to save the newspaper.Posted on February 12, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lite guv sophistry. Bill Kurtis Blows. Jack Higgins Sucks.Posted on February 11, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The ground shook.Posted on February 10, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sliming Cohen; deferring to Madigan.Posted on February 9, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Scott Lee Cohen saga exposes the rank hypocrisy of our media and political elites.Posted on February 8, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
We'd rather be waterboarded than sit through another Doomsday season.Posted on February 6, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Green Line Panhandler, Daley's World, Alexi's Dream and Capone.Posted on February 5, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Broadway broadsides and the Pat Bush administration.Posted on February 4, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Depressing the voters.Posted on February 3, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ballot bollocks and the Carothers case.Posted on February 2, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
Quinn on wrong side of history. Plus, Fast Eddie, Fast Nick and TV News 101.Posted on February 1, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The pageantry of the Pro Bowl can't mask the unmistakable gloom of Super Bore Sunday.Posted on January 30, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn's race card. Statues of limitation. Alexi's evasions.Posted on January 29, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn, money launderer. Plus, the John Kerry presidency.Posted on January 28, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn, master banker.Posted on January 27, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
Pat Quinn is a classless schmuck.Posted on January 26, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
Arrogance and ignorance starring Bernie Lincicome, Monique Davis, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Michael Scott and Rufus Williams, Plus, Ironside and the Scorpions.Posted on January 25, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
Todd Stroger announces plans to fire 90% of the voting public.Posted on January 23, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
The most devastating political ad I've ever seen. Plus, the foibles of Daley's many cronies.Posted on January 22, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
The Madigan Rules.Posted on January 21, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
The Massachusetts Miracle. Plus, Quinn vs. Hynes.Posted on January 20, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
Terry O'Brien sucks. So does Illinois' stimulus. Daley's un-worldview. AT&T's hooks. And the Girls on the Wall.Posted on January 19, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
Exporting Chicago's failed schools turnaround to the rest of the nation. Plus, Gov. Fester.Posted on January 18, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
Just remember, Doomsday's dealing with the same delays you are.Posted on January 16, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
Mark Grace's balls. Pat Quinn's delusions. Richard Daley's hypocrisy. Jersey Shore comes to Chicago. Popeye's. Susan Boyle (SuBo).Posted on January 15, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
The state of the state is stupid.Posted on January 14, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
The brothers Burke. The monster Madigan. And a Beachwood mind meld.Posted on January 13, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
Racist crocodile tears. McGwire's expediency. David Hoffman's connection. Kirk Dillard's dopiness. And Rahm, Richie and Metallica.Posted on January 12, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
The China Syndrome. Plus, more Stroger madness, the mayor's major mental malfunctions and a very special Neko Case.Posted on January 11, 2010
The Weekend Desk Report
Football dominates the Weekend Desk and the nation's economic recovery.Posted on January 9, 2010
The [Friday] Papers
The Hawk and the Preacher. Plus, Robbie Fulks now.Posted on January 8, 2010
The [Thursday] Papers
A lover scorned makes for phenomenal blogging. Plus, Stroger's latest bumble and a Beachwood bow to Andre Dawson.Posted on January 7, 2010
The [Wednesday] Papers
The cost of the Henry Louis Gates distraction.Posted on January 6, 2010
The [Tuesday] Papers
Apprentice Blago. Phony Quinn. More bad people killing our diners.Posted on January 5, 2010
The [Monday] Papers
Mix tapes of the decade, Bears madness, McPier gouging, police metrics and Cutler crap.Posted on January 4, 2010
The [New Year's] Papers
Stay funny, my friends.Posted on December 31, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Cancer, cops, martians and Martin.Posted on December 30, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Andy Martin teams up with Neil Steinberg. Plus, The Roland Burris Show and how 'bout those Bears.Posted on December 29, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Tommy James, Porky's, outwitting Facebook, checkbook journalism and Vic Chesnutt.Posted on December 28, 2009
The [Christmas] Papers
A Beachwood Christmas.Posted on December 24, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Being Dorothy Brown and a Twisted Christmas.Posted on December 23, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Santa's got the swine. So does NBC and TribCo. Plus, the county candidates have their say.Posted on December 22, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
NBC buried stories about Randy Michaels and Michael Scott.Posted on December 21, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Time to look at the stories that might catch our roving eye in 2010.Posted on December 19, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Daley puts his foot down - on someone's head. Plus, the Detroit Cobras.Posted on December 18, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Emil Jones back in action. World's worst best legislator. Michael Scott's shady business affairs. And what was really on Blago's stolen computers.Posted on December 17, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Of horse mullets and firing squads.Posted on December 16, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Danny Solis is today's Worst Person In Chicago. Plus, Kobe Bryant, Lovie Smith and the Flaming Lips.Posted on December 15, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Piss, vinegar and chili.Posted on December 14, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Reports from Beachwood desks far and wide.Posted on December 12, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Frozen facts.Posted on December 11, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Twits of the Week. Google Labs. Abe Lincoln vs. Rich Miller. About Alexi.Posted on December 10, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Rod the Jester. The Terry O'Brien Show. Morrissey's move. And plenty of Daley.Posted on December 9, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Daley's property relief scam. The Redwood Lounge. Durbin To Bloggers: Drop Dead. And ComEd's coming after you.Posted on December 8, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Abu Dhabi is writing your parking tickets. Daley sees no evil. The Desiree Rogers Show. Dog The Bounty Hunter and Jon Stewart.Posted on December 7, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Sure, it's the same old troop-surge strategy. But it sounds so much more freakin' awesome now.Posted on December 5, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Roland Hedley. Desiree Rogers. Mister Ed.Posted on December 4, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Life is too boring and complicated for newspaper editors. Plus, Pat Quinn as Todd Stroger. The Wilco loft. Ron Artest is Nuts. And the Trib's shock jock CEO.Posted on December 3, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
A lot of old Russian generals are having a big laugh today.Posted on December 2, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Fighting the last war. Our right to know about Tiger Woods. Inside Barbara's Bookstore. The Jesus Lizard. The CTA Holiday Train. No Charlie Weis.Posted on December 1, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Our mayor is a serial liar.Posted on November 30, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Black Saturday.Posted on November 28, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Long live rock - be it dead or alive. Plus, the intervention brothers and the great chicken wing shortage.Posted on November 27, 2009
The [Thanksgiving] Papers
Turkey Day's Turkey of the Day.Posted on November 26, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Terror cells. Travel ethics. Mr. Ed. Grilled Cheese. Angelina Jolie. Daley's big Oprah joke. Saving Jay Cutler. And hamster hell.Posted on November 25, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Signs of the times.Posted on November 24, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Pearls before swine.Posted on November 23, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Why Land of the Lost beats the hell out of your morning commutePosted on November 21, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Misery.Posted on November 18, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The flu comes to Beachwood HQ.Posted on November 16, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Is CBS poised to pull off the most brazen cross-promotional coup in Super Bowl history?Posted on November 14, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
City lawyer says corruption no longer exists. Jim Ryan in denial. Jay Cutler intercepted. And Lovie Smith's next job.Posted on November 13, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Nano mania in Skokie. McGovern for President. Bike baloney. Hangovers. And Mr. Stinky.Posted on November 12, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Optimizing for Daley.Posted on November 11, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Independent police authorities, magnet schools, and Danny Davis.Posted on November 10, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The Bears' worst brings out sportswriters' best.Posted on November 9, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
The 10.2% solution.Posted on November 7, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
11-digit dialing on a digital world. Plus, CPS breakfasts and a Beachwood celebration.Posted on November 6, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
The Beachwood is a winner.Posted on November 5, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Air Daley. The Stimulus Sham. Return of the Living Hack. The New Block 37.Posted on November 4, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
MSM Madness! Plus, Jesus, Jay Cutler and drunkards.Posted on November 3, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Jay Cutler, Mark McGwire, Dick Cheney, Cheap Trick, Marvin Gaye, Mike Flannery, the MacArthur Foundation and heads exploding.Posted on November 2, 2009
The [Halloween] Desk Report
The objective is clear: win every Halloween party you attend.Posted on October 31, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
The silver bullet to all our problems - and it's not alcohol.Posted on October 30, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Apparently there's no success like failure in Chicago's media world.Posted on October 29, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Make no mistake: These property tax bills belong to Daley.Posted on October 28, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
The Oh For Godsakes! Files.Posted on October 27, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Paring the city payroll is not the answer. Neither is Lovie Smith or wallyball.Posted on October 26, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Gone drinkin'.Posted on October 24, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Zombie journalists and melba toast packin'.Posted on October 23, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Save Ooga Booga.Posted on October 22, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
The dominos fall on Blago. Plus, Herman Munster.Posted on October 21, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Wilco, Bugs Bunny, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, Tom Tresser and the crappy Big Ten.Posted on October 20, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
CeaseFire: The new DARE. Plus, Ofman and Coffman on the Bears. And the shadow governments revealed by clout lists.Posted on October 19, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
The dominoes keep falling from Obama's shocking Nobel Prize win.Posted on October 17, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
More clout lists in Nerf America.Posted on October 16, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Plotting Michael Madigan's departure.Posted on October 15, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Before Fenger, there was Collins, Plus, Google's Chicago HQ.Posted on October 14, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dylan's awesome Christmas. Separating church from state. Fighting viilains.Posted on October 13, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Kyle Orton, Joel Qunneville, Richard M. Daley, Todd Stroger, Danny Davis, and how one of our writers became a security guard.Posted on October 12, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
A Nobel nomination written in crayon.Posted on October 10, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Worst Nobel Ever. Journalism for Dummies. Ethics for Dummies. Dummies.Posted on October 9, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Stella's solution. Stimulus hijinks. Another Daley schlub.Posted on October 8, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Youth violence is not a disease, despite what the media tells you.Posted on October 7, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
The Cubs' comfort zone and the Silly Olympics.Posted on October 6, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The bid is over but the games go on.Posted on October 5, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Pele trumps Oprah.Posted on October 3, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
You're either for the Billy Decs (and Eric Zorns and John Williamses and Valerie Jarretts) of the world or you're against them.Posted on October 2, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
If Chicago gets the Olympics, do the terrorists win?Posted on October 1, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Michelle Obama says she'll tell the IOC how Chicago works. If only!Posted on September 30, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
TV station: Olympic reporter has right to be proud!Posted on September 29, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
I don't have a Ph.D in Economics like our major columnists apparently do, but I do have something they don't: A familiarity with the data.Posted on September 28, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Things aren't looking good for the world's foremost celebrity dictatorship troika.Posted on September 26, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Olympic projections blown out of the water.Posted on September 25, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
The Magic Olympics: Is there nothing they can't do? Plus, schoolkids ask the mayor to stop lying.Posted on September 24, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Does that Olympic insurance cover journalistic malpractice?Posted on September 23, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Olympic insurance inanity. Red light revenge. The Milton Bradley files. Jordan, Blago, Swayze. And Betty Loren-Maltese's double agents are back.Posted on September 22, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The local media have covered Chicago's Olympic bid in reverse.Posted on September 21, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Rajoelina is on the move again.Posted on September 19, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Patti Blago. alien. The mystery of Obama's Olympics. Toast-Terror. And Fake Plastic Dirt.Posted on September 18, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
What Jimmy Kimmel should have said to Blago. Plus, the Daley White House. And, Swine Clout.Posted on September 17, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Weasels and cockroaches.Posted on September 16, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Beachwood business and the Future of Newspapers.Posted on September 15, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Pension follies and horse hockey.Posted on September 14, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Our definitive guide to Kickoff '09.Posted on September 12, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Beer is good, beer is wise. A Beachwood special.Posted on September 11, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
The city council isn't the only rubber stamp in this town.Posted on September 10, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Olympic madness strikes Mark Brown. Efforts to cure with facts underway.Posted on September 9, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Sun-Times columnists don't do their homework.Posted on September 8, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
We first became aware of the loss of essence, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.Posted on September 5, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Oprah's non-event. Billy Dec pounds sushi, Olympics. Deborah Sims is stupid. Sam Zell lives. And Quinn's trustees.Posted on September 4, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Lori Healey faced. Paper Tigers. The Oprah Effect. Dan Hynes 2.0. And meet Dr. Dude.Posted on September 3, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Need to pipe in some PR to the Sun-Times? There are apps for that. Plus, continuing Olympic media ignorance.Posted on September 2, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Anne Kavanagh aids and abets. Multiple Olympic recipes for disaster. Rickey Hendon U. And horses, geeks and weirdos on a channel near you.Posted on September 1, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Betty Loren-Maltese's chauffeur. Neil Steinberg's cultural illiteracy. Barrington's chocolate milk. And the domination of Beachwood Sports.Posted on August 31, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Apps and robbers.Posted on August 29, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Olympic illiteracy. The Fawell Affair. Governor Gumby. Patrick Kane regrets. Moonshine Willy. And bear-watching.Posted on August 28, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Milton Bradley, David Hoffman, ramen and mannequins.Posted on August 27, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
The despicable Richard M. Daley. Plus, the teenage face of the CPS scandal.Posted on August 26, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Whitney Young: Clout Central. Plus, Zorn's with Hynes and more Olympic lies.Posted on August 25, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Death panels, Blago's dirty air, Daschle's a douchebag, Olympic bid fading and a bulging sports section.Posted on August 24, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Tori Amos, Valerie Harper and Lisa Madigan together again. Plus, the Ricketts quandary.Posted on August 22, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Health care debate: bullshit meets bullshit. Plus, Pat Quinn Radio and the Bottle Rockets.Posted on August 21, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Kickin' it with Billy Dec, Sheryl Crow, Patrick Kane, Richard Roeper, Chris Kennedy, Pat Quinn, Rick Bayless and Melissa Bean.Posted on August 20, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Billy Dec is a dick. Plus, the Trib's new editorial cartoonist. And, an ultimatum for the Trib's edit page.Posted on August 19, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Durbin did it too. Plus, how to report on stupid people.Posted on August 18, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The CPS clout scandal goes back at least 20 years. Plus, Happy Freakin' Furlough Day!Posted on August 17, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
The world wakes to the terror of Rajoelina.Posted on August 15, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Kicking Zell to the curb. Obama discovers bribery. Les Paul leaves us better than he found us.Posted on August 14, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Further lessons in defining change down.Posted on August 13, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Baby Boomer editors and their anniversary math.Posted on August 12, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Tulsa rocks!Posted on August 11, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Lollapalooza review, Penthouse TV, Carlos Zambrano's diaper.Posted on August 10, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Britney Spears and Jody Weis, together again.Posted on August 8, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Michael Scott, the mayor's man. Plus, an homage to The Breakfast Club.Posted on August 7, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Today's best.Posted on August 6, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Taco Bell, Walmart, Wicker Park, Arne Duncan, Carrotmob, prosecutors acting badly, and a University of Illinois trustee (D-Chicago) who plainly doesn't get it.Posted on August 5, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Cash for Clunkers. Walmart for Weasels.Posted on August 4, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Mysterious crime stats. The other side of the Peavy trade. Duncan's Dunkirk. A Blair Hull sighting. Port Blago.Posted on August 3, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
We put our asses on the line for this one. Literally.Posted on August 1, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Beer summit bullshit. Ab Mikva's challenge. Urlacher vs. Cutler. Schmich vs. common sense. Budget baloney.Posted on July 31, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Obama's beer summit - and his health care cave-in.Posted on July 30, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Dear Obama: Chicagoans break. Plus, Tony Cole, Richard M. Daley, Ted Lilly, and Earth, Wind & Fire.Posted on July 29, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Clout U lacking party skills. Plus, church not separated by state; Blago's book; Daley's new tool; and Yellow Brick Wrigley.Posted on July 28, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Mark Buehrle, Frank McCourt, Arlo Guthrie, Blago's book, The Baffler and ComEd.Posted on July 27, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Obama acted stupidly. Plus, the best texts from last night.Posted on July 25, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Drugs, gambling, Neko Case, Grand Ole Opry, trash-talkin' Olympic president.Posted on July 24, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Pot, Daley, Ligue, Boeing, Parque, Stella, McCourt, clout run amok, Notre Dame, red lights and banking gone wild.Posted on July 23, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
The Daley Show resumes. Plus, Kennedy, Cicero, Hancock and Sunstein.Posted on July 22, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
The real enemy of health care reform.Posted on July 21, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Cink blows it. Sachs blows it. Obama blows it. The CTA blows it. The Hawks blow it. The Sox will blow it. Pitchfork rules.Posted on July 20, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
We're not stupid like Cubs fans. We know the economy's [bleep].Posted on July 18, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Pitchfork's greatest hits. Obama loses his cool. And librarians meet in Chicago to shelve books and fuck like wild rabbits.Posted on July 17, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Andy Shaw's BGA. Willis's Tower. King Quinn. Roeper is the man. Damon is the informant. Porch collapses. Jesus Lizard and Ed Burke live.Posted on July 16, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Video poker, tattoos and Tom Tunney. What a night!Posted on July 15, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
The South Side may be the worst place in Illinois to be buried. Plus, red-light mania and behind the decline of investigative journalism.Posted on July 14, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Cubs grub, Whoopi's ship, red light running and data storage in Chicago.Posted on July 13, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Funeral duty for pop stars, pop icons, pop presidents, a popped economy, and a pop logo.Posted on July 11, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Daley's out of ideas. But we're not. Plus, The Chicago Coincidence. Exene Cervenka. The Non-Mystery of Milton Bradley. Soriano and Sosa. More Olympic lies. And guest Beachwood bartending.Posted on July 10, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Connecting the dots between Jon Burge and the University of Illinois's law school.Posted on July 9, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Madigan staying put.Posted on July 8, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
A law school with a broken ethical compass.Posted on July 7, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Access remains overrated. Plus, the blogosphere reports far more Taste of Chicago violence than official outlets.Posted on July 6, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Just how free are we?Posted on July 4, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
The Wisconsin boondoggle of Public Enemies. Still more parking meter madness. Still more U of I clout madness. And ATM fee revenge.Posted on July 3, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Karl Malden. The Wesley Willis ledge. Public Enemies. And the amazing Stella Foster.Posted on July 2, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
The truth about Arne Duncan and Chicago school reform. Plus, flying drumsticks in Wrigleyville.Posted on July 1, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Stella Foster: Bad, Dangerous and Off The Wall.Posted on June 30, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Billy Mays. The moonwalk. The Milton Bradley leak. CPS turnover. Release from dreams.Posted on June 29, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Well, at least we're not living in Iran, Zimbabwe, or Detroit.Posted on June 27, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Off The Wall vs. Thriller.Posted on June 26, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Re-enacting the news.Posted on June 25, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Abbate outrage is overblown while the real outrage is virtually ignored.Posted on June 24, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Milkshakes and square dancing.Posted on June 23, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
UNO the new HDO? Nonsense from Rick Morrissey and Chris Lauzen. Lauren Conrad and Lisa Madigan.Posted on June 22, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
An unprecedented number of cheap and easy jokes flood the Change market.Posted on June 20, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Hard-won Olympic truths. And ribs.Posted on June 19, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
What did the mayor just do? That depends on who - and how - you read.Posted on June 18, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
What Sammy Sosa, Richard M. Daley, a Chicago-based hedge fund director, Jeremiah Wright, the cops of '68 and Karl Rove have in common.Posted on June 17, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Daley conspiracy theory - with photographic evidence!Posted on June 16, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Twinkies, Cubs, Roger Corman, the Baldwins, Daley's escape, rape kits and echo chambers.Posted on June 15, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Guess what? Turns out your dog doesn't have a guilty face. Science just proved it.Posted on June 13, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Daley knew. So did B. Joseph White.Posted on June 12, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Opinion writing.Posted on June 11, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Richie Daley cries us a river.Posted on June 10, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Free the lakeshore. Al Capone slept here. Money changes everything, including justice.Posted on June 9, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
The taxpayer-subsidized new owner of the Sears Tower wants you to call it The Big Willie. Seriously.Posted on June 8, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
It's fantasy corruption league time again.Posted on June 6, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
The Beachwood kicks ass.Posted on June 5, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Koko Taylor, Wrigley Field, and what's wrong with the Democrats.Posted on June 4, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Parking meter money madness.Posted on June 3, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
The University of Illinois will form a task force to study its clout list. Seriously.Posted on June 2, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Springfield, Sotomayor, and The Salad Bar Series.Posted on June 1, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Kim Jong Il won't rest until he vanquishes that adorable little Hollie Steel.Posted on May 30, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Subversive beer cans. U of I clout list. Indicting Ike. The politics of pot.Posted on May 29, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Another alderman biting the dust? Plus, the fiction of Roland Burris.Posted on May 28, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Ideology is inherently intellectually dishonest. Plus, Jim Hendry's evil ways and Today's Worst Person in Illinois.Posted on May 27, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Illinois politics? There's an app for that. Plus, pot, slumpbusting, Ed Burke, Roland Burris, and Jay Bennett's "Pieholden Suite."Posted on May 26, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
We warned you about long-delayed sequels, but did you listen?Posted on May 23, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Video poker, pot and Giggity Google,Posted on May 22, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Gamble and drink, please! Plus, Meter Mofos, Kiddieland, and The Rod & Patti Show.Posted on May 21, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Great Moments In Cook County Board History. Plus, graffiti, tsunamis, newspaper whiners, crashing condos, Mach 6 and the Carbon Cruiser.Posted on May 20, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Jerry Springer and Chicago's Worst Cop.Posted on May 19, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Blackhawks, parking meters, Madigan Electric, Musket Man, ChicagoMachine.com, and the vintage drum show.Posted on May 18, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Detroit is a bone-thin city strapped to the bloated carcass of a dead industry.Posted on May 16, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Bucky, the Cubs, the Dead and the Beachwood.Posted on May 15, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Being Bucky Badger. White Collar Whiteout. TIF Spliff. Cable Fable. Millennium Spark. City Council Crumbs. Olympic Backhand. And Tweeting Billy Corgan.Posted on May 14, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
The Inaccessible CTA. Todd and Tribune's tax troubles. Twitter flitter. The legendary Zodak Yonan. And who is Chris Kennedy?Posted on May 13, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Miss Illinois and Playboy. Supreme Court picks. An Olympic proposition. Obama's Ethics. Stroger's vote-counting. And Burris's learning curve.Posted on May 12, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Cinco De Porno. Anne Burke. Coffee Wars. Lewis Bizarre. Ray LaHood. Todd Stroger. Alan Keyes. Not Another Detroit. And A Murder of Tulips.Posted on May 11, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Chicago 2060: marathon lawyering, synchronized ticketing, and second-generation fame-whoring.Posted on May 9, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
John Doe, Elizabeth Edwards, Tony Peraica, Willie Nelson, and Today's Worst Person In Chicago.Posted on May 8, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Eulogies to Leon Despres are nice, but where has everybody been? Plus, honey-laundering and broken elevator inspections.Posted on May 7, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Torture, Paul Blart, Crestwood, pedophiles. yo-yo kings, Wilco, Devin Hester, and a Beachwood secret.Posted on May 6, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Save the Kid Cop! Plus, Alexi's car; Durbin's nutty Supreme Court idea; Arne Duncan's hypocrisy; Chicago Fatigue; and the Fire are en fuego.Posted on May 5, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Daley's secret government.Posted on May 4, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
The Hamdemic may be fading, but at least one rogue is still on the rise.Posted on May 2, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Beachwood Derby Betting Guide. Blago's Rape Kits. Muscle Cars. Krusty Brockman. And The Detroit Cobras.Posted on May 1, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Swine flu flotsam. Media hysteria about Twitter. Playboy, bunnies, brothels and Blago. And fightin' words.Posted on April 30, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Advice to unemployed journalists, the mayor, Whole Foods, Democrats, Firebird fans and fantasy baseballers. Plus, rappin' Vince Shlomo and Killing The Spilotros.Posted on April 29, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Mourning the Trans Am, the Firebird and the GTO. Plus, the Tony Cole saga gets worse; Bea Arthur is dead; AOL is hiring journalists; Meet The Spilotros; Slouching Toward Indy; and our version of reform.Posted on April 28, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Twit of the Week: Neil Steinberg. But he's not alone.Posted on April 27, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Tokyo's shocking anti-bird stance and the hidden benefits of patriarchal oppression.Posted on April 25, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Stick-ups on the CTA, Miss California, Tribune morale, Bill Daley, EbertFest, and Ha Ha Tonka.Posted on April 24, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Pete Wentz, the Olympics, Rahm vs. Quigley.Posted on April 23, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
McRib, David Simon, Blago, garbage cart fraud, and feminist waves.Posted on April 22, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Todd Stroger reaches new lows. So do the Pulitzers. Plus, our brand of anti-journalism.Posted on April 21, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
How and why the media endlessly repeats myths instead of reporting their falsity. Plus, a good time to be a Chicago sports fan. And Crestwood's criminal water contamination.Posted on April 20, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Torture at home and abroad. Plus, Todd Stroger, the woman-hating busboy, and your money.Posted on April 18, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Beat realignment, Steve Albini and party planning.Posted on April 17, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Why you shouldn't live in Edison Park. Plus, Sam Zell, Todd Stroger, Jay Levine, Pimp King Daddy, Blago's legal reality, Nelson Muntz, and Joe Cari.Posted on April 16, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Puncturing Duncan Fever. Plus, sexting, Neko Case, Mayor Muntz, and the Beachwood throws a party.Posted on April 15, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Links serve citizens.Posted on April 14, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Cubs, Sox, Blackhawks, the future of Chicago media, Arne Duncan Fever, Jesse Junior G-Man, Marilyn Katz, the Olympic Shuffle, Amy Sedars, Dennis Hastert, Quigley, the Dead, Desiree Rogers and the new Apple store.Posted on April 13, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Six-Party Flops and TB-Jeebies, y'all.Posted on April 11, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
AP equals Absolute Pinheads. ESPNChicago.com set to debut. Lew Lazare's Olympic bullshit. Top Ten Jays In Sports. And Caraoke at the Chicago Auto Show.Posted on April 10, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Unmasking The Parking Ticket Geek. Hating on Comcast. Daley on corruption. Zell refuses comment. The IOC moves on.Posted on April 9, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
Chicago Bid "Strong" Just Like Others. Airport wars. Daley's mental health.Posted on April 8, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Newspapers act as if they don't exploit other people's work for revenue. Oprah, anyone? Plus, Opening Day in four short videos. Richard Roeper's last 20 tweets. Nelson Algren's last night in Chicago. Sex, politics and Bloodshot Records. And how Obama will seal the Olympic deal.Posted on April 7, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Algren's elbows. Axelrod's millions. Hendon's hijinks. Olympiconomics.Posted on April 6, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
Vin Diesel applies for full NATO membership.Posted on April 4, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
Blago, Patti, Tony, Greta, Twit of the Week, and new Wilco.Posted on April 3, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
Welcome IOC. Let me tell you how stupid our newspapers are.Posted on April 2, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago's junk in a box.Posted on April 1, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
Newspapers drown in debt and stupidity as assets flee to the Web. Beachwood investigative news. Plus, I'm a moron.Posted on March 31, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
Hosting matters. All hands on deck. Izzo F'Shizzo. And where journalists can get hired.Posted on March 30, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The ShamWow economy is overrun by the bracket economy.Posted on March 28, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Huberman gives Daley's game away. Plus, Calabrese, Stroger, and Corgan.Posted on March 27, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Kids left in prison to rot. The Daley Way. Peoples Gas Journal update. And Wanny in the Sweet 16.Posted on March 26, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daley Show wears thin. Plus, the school board's slush fund. And, Jeff Ruby's Capital Song.Posted on March 25, 2009
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why is everyone picking on Al Sanchez? Because he's guilty.Posted on March 24, 2009
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Olympics, casinos, trains and fire.Posted on March 23, 2009
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The fate of our post-industrial economy lies in Tyler Hansbrough's sweaty palms.Posted on March 21, 2009
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meter madness. Pot. Big Mac Snack Wraps. Taxes, Olympics and AIG.Posted on March 20, 2009
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unlike, say, Oprah's puppy dying, the Sanchez trial has been grossly underplayed. Plus, writing unknowingly about the Olympics, the mayor, and the police chief.Posted on March 19, 2009
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS students killed; others don't count. Plus, the snitch line and David Schwimmer.Posted on March 18, 2009