By Steve Rhodes
Because the best laid plans of mice and men are about equal, the Papers will not appear today but will return on Tuesday.
Here’s what else we have for you, though:
Posted on July 14, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Natasha Julius
Punk died in its sleep last night.
Market Update
Could we just get CPS a credit card? They’ve shown they’re at least as fiscally irresponsible as the average American.
Posted on July 12, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
This week’s installment of The Beachwood Radio Hour is in production!
I know some of you have maybe, um, sort of lost patience with our technological flubs, and maybe we haven’t totally nailed the content mix yet, but I urge you – nay, beg you! – to keep listening. If you go back and watch the first season of Seinfeld – or even old Family Guys – you’ll see that it can take time for greatness to develop. We are very close. We are also short of resources. But we’re giving good radio.
On that note, here’s this week’s edition of The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour: Chicago Held Hostage.
And don’t be afraid to share our podcasts widely. No one will hold it against you.
Posted on July 11, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
1. Feds Ask For 90-Day Delay In Lawmaker Probe Of Quinn Grants.
So, indictments in 89 days.
Posted on July 10, 2014
The [Wednesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
“Two years ago, when Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled an arts plan for schools, it was unclear how much arts instruction was already being offered to students – either by certified teachers or through partnerships with community organizations,” Melissa Sanchez reports for Catalyst.
“Now, schools and arts leaders know the answer: There are more teachers than many would have guessed, but they are inequitably distributed across the city and the total is far below the goals.”
The nature of that inequitable distribution is depressingly predictable.
Posted on July 9, 2014
The [Tuesday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
I’m not ignoring the weekend’s violence, I’ve just been catching up with the reports and thinking on it. Gathering string, as we say in the business.
I believe this will be a good listen, by the way:
CJP Executive Director Tracy SIska will be on the @WBEZafternoon on @WBEZ today from 2-2:40pm talking about CPD officer involved shootings.
— CJP (@CJPJustProj) July 8, 2014
Posted on July 8, 2014
The [Monday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
“In what appears to be another stumble in the city’s transition to the new Ventra fare-collection system, thousands of young Chicagoans are paying more in train and bus fares than they should be this summer,” Linda Lutton reported for WBEZ on July 4th.
Posted on July 7, 2014
The Weekend Desk Report
By Steve Rhodes
“Three people were trapped in a Gold Coast elevator before being rescued by firefighters,” the Sun-Times reports.
Their names were Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer, who were being held up by the third, a chap named Billy Beane.
See: The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #7: Cubs Get Beaned.
Posted on July 5, 2014
The [Friday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
1. Field of Dreams.
2. Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but appearing at intersections does not constitute marching in a parade.
3. Here’s an idea: Dwitter – a Twitter for divorce announcements.
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Interesting that the media thought announcing a divorce on Twitter was as newsworthy as the divorce itself.
Posted on July 4, 2014
The [Thursday] Papers
By Steve Rhodes
“Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn crossed the Fox Network for the second time this week when his campaign re-used an image of Simpsons villain Mr. Burns in a video spot attacking Quinn’s Republican challenger Bruce Rauner,” CSNChicago reports.
“After Fox complained, YouTube yanked the 40-second anti-Rauner ad, posting the notice: ‘This video contains content from FOX, which has blocked it on copyright grounds.'”
Even Montgomery Burns doesn’t want to be compared to Bruce Rauner.
Posted on July 3, 2014