A Roosevelt University economist looks into the scientific and statistical legacy of W.S. Gosset, aka "Student," Guinness's legendary Oxford-educated brewmaster and scientific-paradigm-shifter. Read more
"Halftime in America": anti-capitalist, anti-union, anti-Union, and worst of all, anti-Norse. Everyone hates the Super Bowl's most beloved ad. Read more
A Chicago law prof, long on the frontlines of technology and the law, foresees a disturbing future in which we've ceded our privacy to the social networks that define us. It actually looks a lot like our present, and our past. Read more
Did concussions play a role in Kyle Williams's rough night in the NFC championship game? He's had a history of them, and his opponents knew the young wide receiver was vulnerable. Read more
In the postwar years, the mass migration of Southerners to Chicago caused substantial cultural tensions in the city—and of great official concern were the Appalachians who settled in Uptown and their "primitive jungle tactics." Read more
The man who is recognized every year with a national holiday is a secular saint, but it wasn't always so. In Chicago, King battled not only a wily mayor but an unfriendly press and decades of history... but not a history that was well known. Read more
The mayor, and the public, want safer streets. Cab drivers want higher fares. Can we come to a solution by the time the NATO and G8 summits come to Chicago? Read more
Traumatic brain injuries linked both sports and political news in 2011. As lawsuits and science about concussions advance, expect more in the new year. Read more
The Bears' receiver and special-teams captain faces a maximum of 40 years and a $5 million fine if he's convicted of drug trafficking. But if his football predecessors in the drug trade are any indication, expect a lighter sentence. Read more
The man who defined the Go-Go Sox and led the way for black Latinos in Major League Baseball missed the Hall of Fame by three votes. Here's why his career represents an conundrum. Read more
