A little over a year ago, we wrote about how Peoples Gas’ overbudget, unaffordable pipe-replacement project needed to be rethought completely. Thankfully, the Illinois Commerce Commission, which regulates utilities, agreed and called a halt to the Chicago natural gas utility’s massive infrastructure plans. Since then, Peoples, the ICC staff andContinue Reading
It started with “chav” and has included “carbon footprint”, “omnishambles” and “selfie”. The Oxford word of the year campaign celebrates 20 years of selecting the word – or sometimes two words – that in some way sums up the moment. This year’s winner, decided by public vote, will be announcedContinue Reading
With so much chaos in the world, from the United States’ slide toward authoritarianism to the wars in Gaza, Lebanon and Ukraine, you could be forgiven for not being focused on what’s going on this week in Baku, Azerbaijan. World leaders are gathered there for the annual United Nations climateContinue Reading
The authors demonstrate the importance of understanding kinds of humor that differ across cultures and offer clear suggestions for teaching three kinds—verbal irony, memes, and satirical news—with examples that can help students develop humor competency and enhance their twenty-first-century skills, including digital and media literacy. Authors: John Rucynski, Jr. andContinue Reading
The New York Post editorial board slammed President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, calling the secretary-designate “nuts on a lot of fronts.” The Post, owned by Rupert Murdoch, is reliably conservative and endorsed Trump for president this year…ReadContinue Reading
You can’t turn a virtual page these days without finding a new article or column or editorial forecasting or demanding a “reckoning” for Democrats after Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris for the presidency. In some respects that’s as it should be. It was a critical election and Democrats came upContinue Reading
Uptown Smokes on Chicago’s North Side is a spacious and friendly place to shop, with colorful, inviting packages lining its shelves — and that’s part of the problem. Unlike licensed dispensaries that follow rigorous regulations in doling out marijuana-based products to adults only, Uptown Smokes is among a slew ofContinue Reading
Kamala Harris had a chance to reach tens of millions of potential voters in the final days of the 2024 presidential election. But, her pride, stupidity, and her controlling nature destroyed her chance to appear on Joe Rogan’s wildly popular podcast. Rogan says she wanted editorial control with a finalContinue Reading
Much will be studied, analyzed and written for years to come about why Americans voted an openly authoritarian leader back into power in apparently greater margins than they did eight years ago. What’s clearer and more important at this moment is what millions of our fellow citizens did by puttingContinue Reading
The transfer to Russia of an estimated 10,000 North Korean troops to bolster Vladimir Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine represents an alarming escalation of a conflict that is causing ever-greater international insecurity and instability. The provocative deployment by the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, links the confrontation on Europe’s borderContinue Reading
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