By Natasha Julius
Oh, UK. We feel you so hard right now.
Market Update
Strong week for Entitled Men. Of course, every week is a strong week for Entitled Men.
Posted on May 9, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
Whoomp, there it is.
My early read is that the Illinois Supreme Court basically said that state government can’t violate the state Constitution just by declaring an emergency demanding fiscal martial law – especially when state government created the emergency and has a raft of other remedies that leaves the Constitution intact.
But that’s just my early read. I’ll have to study the coverage over the weekend.
Now, to another story demanding your attention.
“Chicago’s Jefferson Park police district is drawn around a leafy residential area on the Northwest Side, home to about one-fifth of the city’s police officers and their families. The district, which is predominantly white, also has one of the highest rates of drunken driving accidents and fatalities, but police haven’t set up a sobriety checkpoint there in more than five years,” Angela Caputo reports for the Tribune, where she recently took a job after a terrific run at the Chicago Reporter.
“Seven miles due south, Chicago police have announced 10 roadside checks over the same period in the Austin district, a hardscrabble stretch along the city’s West Side that is predominantly black and where there were four times fewer alcohol-related crashes than in Jefferson Park.”
Posted on May 8, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
A bunch of stuff got in the way. The Papers will return on Friday afternoon.
Posted on May 7, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
ICYMI: The [Tuesday] Papers went up late yesterday.
ICYMI: The Beachwood Radio Hour #55: Let It Be.
ICYMI: The Papers archive is here.
ICYMI: You can keep me out of bankruptcy court here.
ICYMI: You can contact me here.
Posted on May 6, 2015
The [Tuesday] Papers
The [Monday] Papers
The Weekend Desk Report
Here’s a confession you probably aren’t expecting: ESPN first started televising the draft in 1980, when I was in ninth grade. I stayed home from school at least a couple times before I graduated to watch.
The Beachwood Radio [Sports] Hour
Winston vs. White.
Plus: Daft Town; Publix Enemy Number One: Kevin White Is Right; Bulls Got Next; Blackhawks Go Wild; Sox Suck; and Maddon’s Magic.
Posted on May 2, 2015
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #49: Winston vs. White is in post-production here!
Crab legs vs. Claire’s. Plus: Daft Town; Publix Enemy Number One: Kevin White Is Right; Bulls Got Next; Blackhawks Go Wild; Sox Suck; and Maddon’s Magic
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Plus:
Audio TrackNotes: Worst Derby Field Ever?
Dortmund to win, Mr. Z to lose. Plus: Pacquiao or bust.
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The Week In Chicago Rock is in pre-production!
It could just be all Replacements, but I think I’ll give them their own post. They deserve it, even if I’ll be crying my heart out the whole time as I recreate the Chicago shows of the greatest band to ever prowl the planet.
Posted on May 1, 2015
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
1. Draft Town is Graft Town.
2. Aramark is Errormark.
3. Blagojevich is Baloneyvich.
Posted on April 30, 2015
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
“Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday declined to say whether he agreed with Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy’s assertion that an off-duty detective should not have faced criminal charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of a woman,” the Tribune reports.
Tough choices.
Posted on April 29, 2015