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- Frogs in space
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That Bill Daley no longer wants to be governor of Illinois? (Think it’s got anything to do with Larry Summers dropping his bid to lead the Fed?) —Tony Adler
• That while only five scheduled legislative days stand between the House and a government shutdown, the House is in disarray? (“You really can’t have 536 independent players and get anything done,” says Republican congressman John Campbell of California.) —Steve Bogira
• That Milwaukee is planning to coat its roads with cheese brine this winter? —Julia Thiel
• About the history of sending frogs into space? —Tal Rosenberg
• About the Chicago warehouse that stores guns seized by CPD? —Tal Rosenberg
• That the crowning of the first Miss America of Indian descent has brought out the usual parade of bigots? —Mick Dumke
• About how two Russians waiting in line for beer at an outdoor event got into a debate over the philosophy of Immanuel Kant that escalated into a fight and, finally, one shooting the other in the head with an air gun? —Aimee Levitt
• That Jerry “Svengoolie” Bishop is dead at 77? —Tony Adler