AltWeeklies Wire
Reading Too Much Into Study Linking Birth Order & IQnew
The original story about the study in the New York Times never once used the word "smart" in any of its forms -- particularly the comparative phrase "smarter than" -- so why did other papers' stories on the study use that very language?
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
07-02-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
If We Want More Organic Meat ...new
We're going to need more places to slaughter organic livestock.
Chicago Reader |
Nicholas Day |
07-02-2007 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
A Study in Contrastsnew
In Chicago, a suburban middle school spends more than $14,000 per kid, while the city gets ready to dole out $65 million to developers.
Chicago Reader |
Ben Joravsky |
06-25-2007 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
What's a Hate Crime?new
When in doubt, consult the hate-crime law.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-25-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Where Would Jesus Park?new
Church parking -- some of it blatantly illegal -- complicates a plan to free up Chicago's boulevards for cyclists.
Chicago Reader |
Tasneem Paghdiwala |
06-25-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Euro Papers Report While Stateside News Orgs Sleepnew
European papers are reporting some troubling research about cell phones that American papers aren't.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-19-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Chicago Sports Weekly's Language Barriernew
They've got money, a gift for selling ads, and a talented editor, but the guys who own the new free paper for Chicago sports fans have never published in English before.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
06-11-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Killed By a Cop Carnew
Chicago's police department may be covering up yet another lethal mistake by its officers.
Chicago Reader |
Tori Marlan |
06-11-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
The Chicago Manual of Style's Stylistnew
Meet the anonymous editor who plays Miss Manners to the blue-pencil set.
Chicago Reader |
Anne Ford |
06-04-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Nonprofit Economynew
Arts organizations say they're generating so much business that the government should give them more money.
Chicago Reader |
Deanna Isaacs |
06-04-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Art of the Hot Dog Cartnew
If you want to know how to hawk a hot dog, you go to Wisconsin's Hot Dog University.
Chicago Reader |
Anne Ford |
05-21-2007 |
Education
Tags: Education
Twenty Questions for Chicago's Mayornew
Lawyers for police torture victims are trying to get Mayor Daley on the stand -- we've got a few things to ask him too.
Chicago Reader |
John Conroy |
05-14-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Don't Blame the Fluffnew
Are Americans "distracted" from the news or do they just not want to hear it? Also: the passing of a pioneering gay publisher and editor.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
05-14-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Teach the Children to Shootnew
Chicago photographer Matt Cassel gives Palestinian kids the tools to tell their stories.
Chicago Reader |
Stacey Dugan |
04-30-2007 |
International
Tags: international
The Last American Newspaper Bureau in Canada Closes Up Shopnew
You read right: not a single American paper will staff Canada -- on the bright side, the AP "maintains a full-time bureau." Covering a country 4,000 miles wide, I guess that bureau works the phones a lot.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
04-23-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
