She earned the title—still he was dissing her! Would he do the same to, say, Dr. Kissinger?
Tag: Wall Street Journal
The time Reader writer Kiki Yablon dismantled the logic of the Wall Street Journal
And, in the process, delivered an important lesson about journalism and how to do it.
Tronc, Gannett give each other their walking papers
Talks end, for now, between Tronc and Gannett.
Sicko Mobb expand bop’s borders on Super Saiyan Vol. 3
West-side duo Sicko Mobb became one of the most prominent artists in bop a few years ago, and their latest mixtape challenges the sound’s conventions.
Emanuel discovers the need for police accountability reforms
Four and a half years after he assumed office—but only one week after the release of the Laquan McDonald video—the mayor determines that the city’s police review authority needs to be examined.
Now what? Tribune writers take buyouts and go
Veteran reporters speculate on their new post-buyout lives.
A second printing for Reader film critic J.R. Jones’s book on Robert Ryan
Having nearly sold out, The Lives of Robert Ryan gets a second pressing.
Michael Halberstam moonlights with the fledgling company Definition Theatre
As A Doll’s House plays in the city, Writers Theatre’s new Jeanne Gang-designed facility goes up in the burbs.
Soccer, baseball, hockey—what sport is most like life itself?
Thoughts on teamwork, games, and the human condition.
Is Rahm Emanuel really on the ropes?
Reasons to question last month’s Sun-Times poll.
The most reliable movie critic in America?
Declared the nation’s most reliable movie critic, the Reader‘s film editor reflects on the foolishness of turning prose into numbers.
In the NCAA title game, smart money is on the sponsors
March Madness becomes Moneyball.
Bill Cahill, and a glorious day at Wrigley, RIP
Bill Cahill—journalist, PR pro, letter writer, and Cubs fan—is dead.