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Chicago Live: Bikes, Mayor Emanuel, and singer Chris Walz
Drivers v. bicyclists. It's not supposed to be a competition, or worse yet, a war.
But frequently on the streets of Chicago, violations of traffic laws and common courtesy lead to unpleasant, even dangerous clashes between motorists and bicyclists.
At...Tags: Entertainment, Travel, Transportation, Eric Zorn, Regional Authority
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The last time ever I will....
Change of SubjectMary Schmich and I were chatting yesterday afternoon about the realization that begins to set in that, for instance, the next time you leave someplace -- a town, say, that you once visited often or perhaps lived in -- or...... -
Is this a dilemma of yours, truly?
Change of SubjectMary Schmich today explores the issue of the closing salutation in email: I long for the days when the conclusion of business correspondence required nothing more emotive than "Sincerely." "Sincerely" seems stodgy these days, like a formal bow after a....... -
Do your part for the holidays
Change of SubjectI'm assured by no less an authority than Ann Murray, the executive director of Chicagoâs International Music Foundation, that it's not considered cheating to sing only the famously bracing âHallelujah Chorusâ and to skip the rest of Handel's â... -
Hallelujah! What a stunt!
Change of SubjectWhat if you were shopping at a big department store and suddenly half your fellow shoppers broke into Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus"? It happened recently in Philadelphia, a flash-mob style "random act of culture" caper pulled off by the Opera Company...... -
Come help us sing the most difficult song in the winter holiday canon
Change of SubjectFor years we have avoided "Sleigh Ride" at our annual Songs of Good Cheer singalong programs, not because the lyrics are saccharine and the song commonly associated with corny vocal stylings from another generation, but because it's so melodically... -
Ya Gotta...
Change of SubjectHere are the Ya Gottas from todayâs Prickly Pair Podcast. Phil Rosenthal -- The Elton John/Leon Russell album, "The Union" Scott Stantis -- Fromagination, the finest cheese shop in Madison, Wisc., maybe anywhere. And not just because it's so clean......... -
How to make local TV news better: 'More' is more.
Change of SubjectWhy do I watch the late local news on TV? I tell myself it's for professional reasons — a guy in my position has to keep up. But the truth is, I watch for the same reason I suspect many...... -
The Master Journalist is on my case
Change of SubjectI seem to have somehow gotten crosswise again with The Master Journalist -- my nickname for the self-appointed local media critic whose daily blog that he refuses to call a blog is devoted to summarizing what other people are writing,...... -
Morrissey disses women's hoops. How dare he? Here's how
Change of SubjectIn his column Sunday, "We couldn't care less about women's basketball," Sun-Times sports columnist Rick Morrissey explains and defends the relative indifference of American sports fans to the dynastic University of Connecticut and other teams in female... -
Finalists
Change of SubjectI had no idea when I wrote this that the Tribune would have four top-three finalists in the Pulitzer Prize competition this year: Breaking News Reporting--Staff of Chicago Tribune For its coverage of the deaths of two Chicago firefighters who...... -
Parlours -` I Dream of Chicago'
Change of SubjectHere is the song about which Mary Schmich wrote today:...
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