Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

       I wrote this Tuesday morning, before Trump's frightening afternoon press conference throwing in his lot with white nationalist ha...

      Art is the thing you go to see, that you seek out.       Last Thursday, that meant catching the Gauguin show at the Art Institute....

      Promises made, promises kept!      Donald Trump was always talking about how he would "take back America"—there were bump...

University of Virginia      Of course it had to start at the University of Virginia.      Well, no, it didn't have  to be the Uni...

     The Chicago Hot Dog Fest is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chicago History Museum, Stockton and LaSall...

Joe Moylan      Mid-August, nearly. Back-to-school sales starting and summer camps ending. Friday is the last day of Camp Kids Are Kids...

Roger Carlson at Bookman's Alley (photo by Marc Perlish)     Roger Carlson died earlier this week, at age 89. For decades he ran ...