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The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sticker shock.Posted on February 9, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pat Quinn loves patronage. Michael Madigan hates torture commissions.Posted on February 8, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homer Cantu's hangover remedy. Plus: Menard's vs. Krupp's.Posted on February 7, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Goodies galore.Posted on February 6, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Germans blindside Rahm. Plus: Your Super Bowl Reader.Posted on February 4, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
They're planting stories in the press.Posted on February 3, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Milwaukee Avenue Soul Train.Posted on February 2, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Anita Alvarez is Today's Worst Person In Chicago. But Joe Moore sucks too.Posted on February 1, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Earthquakes, nukes, pharmacies, segregation and Rahm's lack of faith-based transparency.Posted on January 31, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Obama knows.Posted on January 30, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Super Bore Sunday Edition.Posted on January 28, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's protesters get paid; everyone else's get jailed.Posted on January 27, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's rent-a-protesters and Keystone Illinois.Posted on January 26, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The State of the Union sucks pretty hard.Posted on January 25, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's selective name-naming.Posted on January 24, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The greasy glide path of an alderman's daughter.Posted on January 23, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Sex, villains, secret heirs and mysterious ward maps.Posted on January 21, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel and Michael Madigan: The Blues Brothers.Posted on January 20, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The trader traitor and the president's bad optics.Posted on January 19, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Cabs, contracts, cronyism and corporate welfare.Posted on January 18, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our crappy congressmen. Plus: Kraft bash and bad boy Billy Marovitz.Posted on January 17, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beware posers who would oppose King if he were here today.Posted on January 16, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Breaking news: Snow is slippery, Paula Deen causes diabetes and the Eurozone is in crisis.Posted on January 14, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vulture capitalists, vulture journalists, and vulture politicians.Posted on January 13, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama's moneybomb, Desiree's faux pas and G8/NATO meter madness.Posted on January 12, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alexi, Obama, Burke, Spike Lee, Lady Gaga and the Merry Millionaire.Posted on January 11, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley and Todd Stroger are back.Posted on January 10, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homeland Insecurity, Rahmen Noodles and Roadkill.Posted on January 9, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Vegas values control the narrative.Posted on January 7, 2012
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm don't like Mondays.Posted on January 6, 2012
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fixing the glitch.Posted on January 5, 2012
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Muddling through Rahm's scary reversal.Posted on January 4, 2012
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fat Cats, The Pope and The Pastor.Posted on January 3, 2012
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barack Bush and buying Drano.Posted on January 2, 2012
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Invasive species in Iowa, the Great Lakes and the Kraft Hunger Bowl.Posted on December 31, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupying Cardinal George.Posted on December 30, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
An abbreviated taste of Chicago: Cardinal George, beer futures and dirty sandwiches.Posted on December 29, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears essentials.Posted on December 28, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sears sucks.Posted on December 27, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Packergirl, Olyndra and a new corruption tax.Posted on December 26, 2011
The Christmas 2011 Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
A sexy snowpocalyptic Christmas for the rest of us.Posted on December 24, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Santa Claus, Tim Tebow and Cardinal George.Posted on December 23, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Matt Damon, Jon Stewart, Bill Moyers, the ACLU, Harper's, the Atlantic and Colin Powell's former chief of staff vs. Barack Obama.Posted on December 22, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture, banksters and the Sun-Times News Cooperative.Posted on December 21, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slouching toward 2012.Posted on December 20, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago, Lohan, Ed Burke, Kim Jong-il and Our Lady of the Underpass.Posted on December 19, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Pardon us. We don't want to disrupt your weekend with any actual news or anything.Posted on December 17, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Barack McCarthy, Rod Sneed, Gentile George and the Asbestos Judge.Posted on December 16, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago's fake drug problem, the CPD's fake Koschman investigation, and Rahm's fake transparency.Posted on December 15, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The evolution of Rod Blagojevich, James Zagel, Playboy, Brian Urlacher, the Obama re-election campaign and more.Posted on December 14, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Frickin' universe.Posted on December 13, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Peanut butter jelly time with the Bears, Blago, Groupon and Terry Savage.Posted on December 12, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Tim Tebow Avoidance Edition.Posted on December 10, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pizza meth and more.Posted on December 9, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bleak Blago.Posted on December 8, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why Blago deserves no mercy.Posted on December 7, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Throw the book at Rod Blagojevich.Posted on December 6, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Cosby, teen sexting and Listeria.Posted on December 5, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Inside jobs.Posted on December 3, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm and Pat's mental health.Posted on December 2, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The shameless, stubborn state police. Corporate incentives gone wild. And our local dailies on the block again.Posted on December 1, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm Emanuel's lies and secrets.Posted on November 30, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
No tax break for Sears until they stop selling those jeans.Posted on November 29, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mic checked.Posted on November 28, 2011
The [Thanksgiving 2011] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America can no longer afford turkeys.Posted on November 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Holiday greetings.Posted on November 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Is this heaven? No, it's Egg Harbor.Posted on November 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
There's a reason he's called Superman not Committeeman.Posted on November 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Lawyers gone wild.Posted on November 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where's the outrage? It's here.Posted on November 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor 1%. Celebrity pancakes. Mob wives. Tart cherries.Posted on November 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Redistributionist Rahm and Master Madigan.Posted on November 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The jokes of Michael Madigan, Ed Burke, Dan Webb and federal jury system are on us.Posted on November 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Most countries tear down the symbols of their tyrants' power. We hide behind them.Posted on November 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Can anyone here run a federal jury? Plus: Graham Spanier's North Shore migration and the insanity of Bill Beavers, Michael Jordan and CPS.Posted on November 11, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Disgraced Penn State president grew up on the South Side.Posted on November 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The fierce urgency of coddling the rich and punishing the poor.Posted on November 9, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rich kids, poor kids. Plus: Rahm hates democracy as much as Daley did.Posted on November 8, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama owns this economy. Democrats own your judges. Pilates owns reform.Posted on November 7, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The new 9-9-9.Posted on November 5, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Turkey bowling, Rezko, and American Dads.Posted on November 4, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deposing Daley. Occupying the tax code. President 1%. Redistricting Chicago.Posted on November 3, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media's mystery aldermen.Posted on November 2, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Songs and stories.Posted on November 1, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Harvey banksters.Posted on October 31, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Special Halloween Costume Edition.Posted on October 29, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Memo to MSM: John Cullerton, the CME and Jerry Reinsdorf have something to do with Occupy Chicago.Posted on October 28, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois taxpayers (99%) continue to subsidize Jerry Reinsdorf (1%).Posted on October 27, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupy McRib.Posted on October 26, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Let them eat bugs!Posted on October 25, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Today's villains.Posted on October 24, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Intelligence is up, Princes are down. Plus: The NFL teams you'll never see in London.Posted on October 22, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Of the children, by the children, for the children.Posted on October 21, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Emperors, clothes, and a perfect example of what everyone is so angry about.Posted on October 20, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
There's the right side of the rivalry and the stupid side.Posted on October 19, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
On to Wednesday!Posted on October 18, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupy Wall Street's new math.Posted on October 17, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Bears futures, class warfare and prodigal thugs.Posted on October 15, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
CPS vs. CTU vs. CYA.Posted on October 14, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama is yesterday's news; now the followers are leading.Posted on October 13, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Theo Epstein occupies the Cubs, Kid Rock occupies the Midwest and lice occupies your kid's head.Posted on October 12, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Occupying Daley, Rahm and Obama.Posted on October 11, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Neil Steinberg wants us to love America or leave it.Posted on October 10, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
May this be the bloated '85 Bears cow's final milking.Posted on October 8, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dining on the enemy.Posted on October 7, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Steve Jobs: The genius and the horror.Posted on October 6, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Cellini gets another nickname.Posted on October 5, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
13 Loko.Posted on October 4, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The most grandly titled Illinoisan ever goes on trial.Posted on October 3, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Tweet it out, bitches.Posted on October 1, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The emperor is shedding more clothes than a Charlie Sheen party at the Playboy mansion.Posted on September 30, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Always a good decision.Posted on September 29, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Million-dollar bash.Posted on September 28, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Fire sale!Posted on September 27, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Skunks and Packers.Posted on September 26, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
As long as you're not under the market when it crashes, you're pretty much golden.Posted on September 24, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Class war, evil mini-medical school and cab court.Posted on September 23, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The never-ending abuse of the public till.Posted on September 22, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago lobbyists swear they're not really trying.Posted on September 21, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
To Minneapolis.Posted on September 20, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Vote Dave.Posted on September 19, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
Smells like a steak and seats 35.Posted on September 17, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bratwursts and Bootsy.Posted on September 16, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Like a good neighbor.Posted on September 15, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Where hope goes to die.Posted on September 14, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Liberal fakers in Reaganland.Posted on September 13, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Homers.Posted on September 12, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Widespread socioeconomic devastation on Kickoff Weekend.Posted on September 10, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The generic president.Posted on September 9, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Penny Pritzker's housekeeping.Posted on September 8, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Maybe if the torture had occurred under Cook County State's Attorney Dick Cheney.Posted on September 7, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Strange times when Conrad Black becomes likable and Barack Obama becomes detestablePosted on September 6, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Department of Labor doesn't even want us working on our jokes.Posted on September 3, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The people at the top always take care of themselves, don't they?Posted on September 2, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm is the Don Rickles of politics.Posted on September 1, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Our folks are a joy to read even if you don't normally follow the topics they do.Posted on August 31, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago police are too busy to respond to your shooting. Plus: Rahm's budget baloney.Posted on August 30, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
State babysitters, Cicero hot dogs, Brown Line wood and bad parenting.Posted on August 29, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Heckuva job, Barry.Posted on August 27, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A bold experiment: Let's stop reporting on what candidates and officeholders say altogether. Instead, let's only report what they do or have done.Posted on August 26, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The spin machines of Rahm Emanuel and Michael Madigan.Posted on August 25, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The latest mystery of Michael Madigan. Plus, Bill Gates' local investments and how a small town downstate is stealing from Chicago.Posted on August 24, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Libya's American-made enablers.Posted on August 23, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It's getting crowded in here.Posted on August 22, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Mission: Impossible's latest edition, "Hair and Gas."Posted on August 20, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Hints and allegations.Posted on August 19, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
How Rahm is letting Daley off the hook in the Burge cases.Posted on August 18, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The book the president hasn't read.Posted on August 17, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Enjoy these fine offerings.Posted on August 16, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Motorola Mobility's mockery.Posted on August 15, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Garbage in, garbage out.Posted on August 13, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Alternate punch lines.Posted on August 12, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Please don't settle the Burge case.Posted on August 11, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Daley is to Rumsfeld what Ricketts is to Obama.Posted on August 10, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Torture and taxes.Posted on August 9, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deportations and dreams.Posted on August 8, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
A bloodied credit rating.Posted on August 6, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bouncing braless in Obama's America.Posted on August 5, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bulls on Parade: Daley, Rahm, Obama.Posted on August 4, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
World-class poverty.Posted on August 3, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Austerity America.Posted on August 2, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jim Hendry vs. Barack Obama. Plus, the Amazing Vaneckos.Posted on August 1, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The Market Report goes out with a bang.Posted on July 30, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
That's Pat!Posted on July 29, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patsy Quinn strikes again. So does Boeing, United and Uncle Fatty's.Posted on July 28, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Garry McCarthy and the Sun-Times frame an issue in contradiction to the facts.Posted on July 27, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Unlike the debt ceiling debate, Amy Winehouse wasn't a joke.Posted on July 26, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Missing Koschman files just another Chicago coinkydink.Posted on July 25, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Completely fake recycling.Posted on July 23, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The debt ceiling is the debate; Daley once again disappears from history.Posted on July 22, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor Rahm: Typical Liberal.Posted on July 21, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
When being loyal to the Daleys more important than a dead kid.Posted on July 20, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Revisiting Daley's deadly moment.Posted on July 19, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rubber chickens and topless bars.Posted on July 18, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
No one beats Rupert Murdoch in a being-sorry competition. No one!Posted on July 16, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Here we are now, entertain us.Posted on July 15, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A march of folly.Posted on July 14, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
R. Kelly bombs the suburbs.Posted on July 13, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deng, Boeing, United, Albini, Skilling and a peacock named Fluffy.Posted on July 12, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
About Illinois' student loan czar. Plus: Rahm Hendry, Chicago's Cupid, Cicero's Stroger.Posted on July 11, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
A new White Sox drinking game. Plus, Ed Burke's security, Pat Quinn's shin-kicking, and the mystery of Arby's.Posted on July 9, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Komcastic!Posted on July 8, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
George Ryan is not sorry.Posted on July 7, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Doctor day.Posted on July 6, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Giant turkey legs and deep dish.Posted on July 5, 2011
The [Fourth of July] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Spicoli, Dylan, Bragg.Posted on July 4, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Fourth of July Conversation Stopper Edition.Posted on July 2, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
America The Ugly.Posted on July 1, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Megabus, Spirit Air and the NEA.Posted on June 30, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois: The Comedy Central State.Posted on June 29, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago Notes.Posted on June 28, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Verdicts and paydays.Posted on June 27, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
The eight-ring circus comes to town.Posted on June 25, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beach Blanket Bingo.Posted on June 24, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Jean-Claude Antoinette.Posted on June 23, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Salary pump at CPS.Posted on June 22, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Imagine if the city ran the only brothel in town.Posted on June 21, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Patsy Quinn's candy store is open.Posted on June 20, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Starring Michelle Bachmann as Temporary Sarah Palin.Posted on June 18, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Transfers of wealth, treasure and sanity.Posted on June 17, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Casting call for Chicago.Posted on June 16, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rainy day people.Posted on June 15, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mark Kirk pumps it up.Posted on June 14, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Wendy's To Sell Arby's To Hardee's.Posted on June 13, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Spray tan, bathroom breaks and endless Buffetts.Posted on June 11, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sick dayPosted on June 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Back in black. Back in black!Posted on June 8, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This sucks.Posted on June 7, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Crash landing.Posted on June 6, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Here come the bloodsuckers.Posted on June 4, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Blago buries himself in lies.Posted on June 3, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Tumbling dice.Posted on June 2, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A sucker's bet. And you're the sucker.Posted on June 1, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Get me rewrite.Posted on May 31, 2011
The [Memorial Day] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Gone fishin'.Posted on May 30, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Corruption, corruption everywhere and nary a Blatter to bribe.Posted on May 28, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Why the law, dad?Posted on May 27, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Playing craps with the media, the city and the state.Posted on May 26, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
LeRoy Neiman's Chicago.Posted on May 25, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poker stars.Posted on May 24, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
World-class delusions.Posted on May 23, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Everyone gets an Apocalypse sometime.Posted on May 21, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Structural protein, market economics and trampolines.Posted on May 20, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's symbolic (non-existent) budget cuts.Posted on May 19, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The corporate casino.Posted on May 18, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Change is like sex; those who talk the most about it do it the least.Posted on May 17, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Daley Code.Posted on May 16, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
#goodriddance.Posted on May 14, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A smooth transition.Posted on May 13, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
We're a world-class little town!Posted on May 12, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Schock, Pfleger, KFC and Bank of America.Posted on May 11, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Ponzi transition.Posted on May 10, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Richard M. Daley: Duff Man.Posted on May 9, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Trump vs. Osama.Posted on May 7, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's poison.Posted on May 6, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beachwood goes blue.Posted on May 5, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Liars and cheats.Posted on May 4, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
God floods Illinois; welcomes Osama with virgins.Posted on May 3, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Osama's dead, baby. Osama's dead.Posted on May 2, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Dirty sheets, royalty and miracles.Posted on April 30, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The media's royal miss.Posted on April 29, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Frames and fakers.Posted on April 28, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Catch-up day.Posted on April 27, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Royal Wedding.Posted on April 26, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Zagel, Blago, Wilco and the Canucks.Posted on April 25, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Post-election resurrection.Posted on April 23, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I Can Has Blagojevich Cat.Posted on April 22, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's Partner in Reform.Posted on April 21, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Retrospectable.Posted on April 20, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The late shift.Posted on April 19, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Another teachable moment whitewashed.Posted on April 18, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius and The Weekend Desk B Team
Sequel city.Posted on April 16, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dumbing it down.Posted on April 15, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Covering Blago's pseudo-event.Posted on April 14, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Foreign types with the hookah pipes.Posted on April 13, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What Jesus would do on the North Shore.Posted on April 12, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Walmart Mayor screws Austin.Posted on April 11, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Deja non-essential.Posted on April 9, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Sex, guns, alcohol, sports and God.Posted on April 8, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Programming note.Posted on April 7, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahmfest.Posted on April 6, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Meet Rahm Emanuel's new partners in reform.Posted on April 5, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Not Detroit: We have our own code.Posted on April 4, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
We've run the numbers. It turns out you're worth $50 a year.Posted on April 2, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Dreams deferred.Posted on April 1, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Khadafy and hot dogs.Posted on March 31, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deja Daley.Posted on March 30, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Looking factual.Posted on March 29, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Sun-Times can't see beyond its front door.Posted on March 28, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Product placement and the NCAA's new math.Posted on March 26, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Getting into Whitney Young.Posted on March 25, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Slap and tickle economics.Posted on March 24, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Pinetop and Big Z.Posted on March 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Bill Daley (D-AT&T) is filthy rich.Posted on March 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Illinois goes to Libya.Posted on March 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By The Weekend Desk B Team
Anita Alvarez stops making sense.Posted on March 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Newz From Da Hood.Posted on March 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Police Chief Charades.Posted on March 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPD and Vanecko.Posted on March 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayor McGuinness.Posted on March 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Secret society.Posted on March 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Would you rather . . . ?Posted on March 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Quinn returns to normal.Posted on March 11, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Obama gets cute with the death penalty.Posted on March 10, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Linking Stroger.Posted on March 9, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Glory delayed but not denied.Posted on March 8, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
It turns out the schools are totally fucked up.Posted on March 7, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Jody Weis Memorial Edition.Posted on March 5, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Beep beep.Posted on March 4, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The unbearable lightness of being Rahm.Posted on March 3, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Teaching Columbia journalism students a real lesson.Posted on March 2, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
George Ryan and The Chicago Code.Posted on March 1, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
What the media ignored about Rahm and . . . the media.Posted on February 28, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Oscar Preview Edition.Posted on February 26, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Mayors and panhandlers.Posted on February 25, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Rahm's coalition; demonic possession.Posted on February 24, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The enemy is them.Posted on February 23, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The system works just as designed.Posted on February 22, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Chicago, you disgust me.Posted on February 21, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
In which we contract that rare form of flu that looks exactly like a weekend bender.Posted on February 19, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Deep dish and rape kits.Posted on February 18, 2011
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The CPD doesn't care about sexual assault; Pat Quinn doesn't care about the poor.Posted on February 17, 2011
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Behind today's headlines.Posted on February 16, 2011
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
All of Obama's pieces are in place.Posted on February 15, 2011
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Chicago Code drinking game.Posted on February 14, 2011
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Junk vs. Trunk.Posted on February 12, 2011
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Poll Finds That 92% Of Chicagoans Lack Enlightened Political Views.Posted on February 11, 2011