Category: Letters

See chicagoreader.com for the complete text of these and other letters. Call It a Feeling Re: “The Race to Replace Rahm” by Ben Joravsky, February 19 Wow, nothing like letting your Democrat party bias shine through—dismissing the Republicans and Greens entirely? Can anyone say “backlash” of the deepening Democrat party scandal? It’s also possible that […]

Try Taami Re: Rogers Park Restaurants, February 5 This letter is in regards to your clearly biased and inaccurate review of Taami Restaurant at 2931 W. Touhy. You clearly were making a push for Taboun Restaurant as you mentioned it twice in your review, which is not appropriate approach. In addition there could not have […]

Rogers Park Revisited Re: The Rogers Park Issue, February 5. Please see the stories and listings at chicagoreader.com for much more. The postcard in last week’s table of contents (“A Great Big Hello From Rogers Park”) should have been credited to rogerspark.com. We apologize for the omission. The editors In regards to: the Rogers Park/West […]

Come On!!! Re: Savage Love, January 29 Dan… you never heard of a guy using a strap-on to DP a female? Name withheld Well, I have now. Lots of folks have written in to bring my attention to this mysterious and arcane sexual practice. Really, I’m continually shocked at the depths of sexual depravity that […]

Dollars for Daley Re: “City for Sale” by Ben Joravsky, January 22 (Sung to the tune of “Pennies from Heaven”) Every time it rains it rains Dollars for Daley, Dollars for Daley. Don’t you know each cloud contains Dollars for Daley, Dollars for Daley. You’ll find our fortunes falling All over town. But surely his […]

Corrected Re: “A Letter From the Editor,” January 8 Actually, control of Time Out Chicago is not up for bids. Thank you for the shout-out, though. Frank Sennett Reader editor Alison True replies: The Times Online reported on December 3: “Also for sale is Time Out New York‘s share of the Chicago title, meaning that […]

On the occasion of some not insignificant changes to the listings in the print edition

The Pinnick Fund Re “Did Corboy & Demetrio Blow It?” by James L. Merriner, December 4, 2008 Several years ago (approx. 1995), I drove to Iowa to visit a client. While going over an overpass on I-80, I must have hit what they call black ice. My car, with back-wheel drive, started to fishtail out […]

Free Speech Zone Re “Permission to Speak Freely: Locked doors and a lawsuit over First Amendment rights at Northeastern Illinois University” by Deanna Isaacs, the Business, December 18 Hello, my name is Kenneth Barrios and I am one of the students that Loretta Capeheart [of the Justice Studies department] had the courage to speak up […]

What’s Next for Local News? Re “Chicago Needs a New News Model” by Michael Miner, December 11 “Politicians, bureaucrats, academics, intellectuals, activists, nongovernmental organizations—all require a zone where decisions are reported and ideas exchanged.” This seems to be the real crux of this idea as a new model. For that zone to be a successful […]

The Corboy Case Re “Did Corboy & Demetrio Blow It?” by James L. Merriner, December 4 I don’t know which is worst, that the law firm blew the case or that the law firm and judges are simply waiting for Millie [Pinnick] to pass away in hopes of washing their hands of the lawsuit against […]

Time Off for Bad Behavior Re “The City That Pays Out” by Mick Dumke, November 27 When officers are found guilty in high-profile cases of misconduct and abuse, they more than likely get time off from their job but why don’t they get fired? After all they are in the public eye and they work […]

An OCD for Effort? Re “One Man’s Drive Is Another Man’s Disorder” by Deanna Isaacs, November 20 It’s interesting to think about the fact that obsessive-compulsive behaviors are deemed A-OK and even heralded by society as long as one is considered “productive.” What about those that run compulsively, but do not finish a marathon, or […]

Mike and His Pig Re “The Whole Hog Project” by Mike Sula, November 13 Thank you, Mike, for taking all of us on this incredible journey with you and your pig. I have a daughter who, last week, decided to become a vegetarian. The other daughter is a confirmed meat eater. I’ve been talking to […]

Obama Cover: Some Loved It, Some Not So Much Re: “Don’t Screw This Up,” November 5 How dare you print such a nasty cover page for all of America to see. If your paper has such a low image of our new president then maybe you all shouldn’t be in the business of news. What […]