Hot Air Illinois
August 31st, 2009
2010 Illinois candidates: who are these guys anyway?
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What has Obama done for us lately?
August 31st, 2009
It may be difficult to sift through the heaps of extraneous media coverage to discover Obama's successes and failures.
Capitalism vs. Charity
April 13th, 2009
Why I love Capitalism by Aurélie Beatley I love capitalism because I’m a soulless consumerist wretch, and I’m not sorry. Actually, I love capitalism because I’m familiar, first-hand, with the soft-core socialism that permeates most of Europe, and that system is idiosyncratic, at best. See, my grandparents live in a small provincial capital in Southern [...]
The Olympic Host: Divergent Visions for Chicago
March 11th, 2009
Will the Chicago Summer Games be revitalizing or parasitic?
“Becoming Edvard Munch” at the Art Institute of Chicago
March 5th, 2009
“Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety and Myth,” currently on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, takes a radical new approach to the retrospective exhibition in its ingenious curation of artist Edvard Munch (1863-1944).
Camp Hope: How Not to Organize a Protest
February 8th, 2009
Freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions did not deter the determined group of activists. However, the message may have been lost.
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