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November 2012
Why Barack Obama Is a Two-Term President, in Two Statistics
By Whet Moser
Latino support for the GOP presidential nominee is cratering—dropping ten percent per election since 2004. But it's nothing compared to the party's problem with Muslims, who used to be a small but growing pillar of the party with a natural affinity for its cultural and economic ideologies. Read more
Journalism in the Age of Nate Silver and Big Data
By Whet Moser
Journalism made immense strides during the 2012 campaign in data gathering, analysis, and visualization, greatly expanding journalists' toolkit even as some were loathe to use these new tools. But it still pales in contrast to the knowledge and abilities of then campaigns these new tools are meant to pick apart. Read more
Fifty-Year Marina City Resident Reflects on Life in the Landmark Towers
By Dennis Rodkin
In July 1962, Dr. Theresa Southgate had the then-eccentric idea that she ought to live within walking distance of her new job at JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, headquartered at Dearborn and Grand. “It was an awful neighborhood then, [with] nowhere to live,” Southgate recalls. But there was one big apartment project under construction four blocks south of the office, so she signed a lease... Read more
Our Divided Divided Political Parties
By Whet Moser
Research by a University of Chicago prof shows that our political parties aren't just divided red-blue down the aisle—each party has a centrist wing and a more ideologically pure wing, with a noticeable valley between the two. Read more
Luxury Garage Sale Opens in Old Town This Week
By Lynn Okura Bey
Buy It Now
Without close inspection, the casual passerby wouldn’t realize Luxury Garage Sale (1658 N. Wells St., 312-291-9126, luxurygaragesale.com)—with its luxe patterned wallpaper, rich blue velvet curtains, and lack of mothballs—is actually a consignment shop... Read more