Turkey and dressing are always in Thanksgiving fashion. But other foods—for example, Mystery Cake or Velvety Crab and Cheese Soufflé—slip in and out of style
In honor of the publication this month of Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, author Donald S. Lopez Jr. distills his book into
Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review closes with a noteworthy piece by Matt Weiland on Neil Harris’s, The Chicagoan: A Lost Magazine of the
Pirates have been making headlines recently, and not the dreamy Johnny Depp kind of pirates, either. Armed buccaneers off the coast of East Africa prey
The 62nd annual Latke-Hamantash Debate takes place tomorrow evening, November 25, at 7:30 pm at Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th Street on the University of
“In all the seven seas and the lands bordering thereon there is probably no name which more quickly calls up thoughts of crime, violence, and
In October, New Scientist reported that large black holes, vestiges from a pre-Milky Way universe, could be floating undetected in our galaxy. If we find
Tim Reid and Tom Dreesen contributed an editorial piece to CNN.com about the effect of Barack Obama’s election on racial humor—a topic they are well-qualified
If you’re one of the many tourists flocking to Barack Obama’s Chicago home, you’ll come up against formidable barricades. And touring the rest of what
We were pleased to note this morning that Lennard J. Davis’s new book, Obsession: A History is the frontpage story in this week’s Chicago Reader.
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