Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, alarm, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• About the alien megastructure found way out there in space? —Luca Cimarusti
• That Dennis Hastert has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors? —Kate Schmidt
• About the freeing of another convict who’d alleged that a Chicago police detective beat a murder confession out of him? —Steve Bogira
• That the show must go on for the Belarus Free Theatre, despite tyranny and exile? —Tony Adler
• About why we can’t sit still anymore? —Sue Kwong
• About how the books, movies, and bands that teen girls love are considered less valuable? —Julia Thiel
• This (totally incorrect) ranking of all of Steven Spielberg’s movies? (Close Encounters is obviously number one.) —Tal Rosenberg
• About the Cubs fan who used a smartphone app to make jukeboxes in bars all over Saint Louis play “Go, Cubs, Go” during Tuesday’s game? —Aimee Levitt
• Or see Bernie Sanders dancing on Ellen? —Gwynedd Stuart