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- He’s a Cub now, and it only cost $155 million.
Reader staffers share stories that fascinate, amuse, or inspire us.
Hey, did you read:
• That the CIA torture report details the use of “rectal feeding,” which “is exactly what it sounds like”? —Mick Dumke
• That Judy Baar Topinka has died, just short of starting her second term as state comptroller? —Tony Adler
• That Amara Enyia is dropping out of the mayoral race and throwing her support behind Bob Fioretti? —Gwynedd Stuart
• About the continuing decline of neighborhood high schools in Chicago and other big cities? —Steve Bogira
• About the first freight train to travel directly from China to Spain? —John Dunlevy
• About ketamine’s potential as an antidepressant? —Aimee Levitt
• A Guardian writer’s journey to Shimer College to investigate whether or not it’s (as Washington Monthly called it) “the worst school in America”? —Tal Rosenberg
• Ta-Nehisi Coates on how black lives didn’t matter to the New Republic? —Tal Rosenberg
• About the real-life kidnapping case that inspired Lolita? —Aimee Levitt
• Or see Sonny Tumbelaka’s great piece of photographic storytelling, depicting a brief reunion between lovers and alleged murderers Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer? —Tony Adler
• That the Cubs answered the White Sox signing of Samardzija by signing the coveted Jon Lester? —Kevin Warwick
• That “Derrick Rose is no Michael Jordan,” and why that’s a good thing? —Mick Dumke
• The oral history of Boogie Nights? —Tal Rosenberg
• The 2014 Hater’s Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog? —Mike Sula