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- Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2018
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Joravsky’s election predictions—going where the New York Times is too scared to venture
Ben Joravsky offers predictions for the 2018 midterm elections—including those for both houses of Congress.
- News & Politics, Feature Aug 23, 2017
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Chapo Trap House and the burden of the ‘dirtbag left’
The political comedy podcast has become a flash point in a larger fight between mainstream liberals and leftists.
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Mar 9, 2016
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After a rape story unravels, a disgraced reporter heads home
Calamity West's Rolling imagines the aftermath of a real-life media scandal.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 29, 2013
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Obama picks blogger Nate Silver to chair Federal Reserve
Just another task for FiveThirtyEight.
- Blogs, Bleader Jul 23, 2013
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The only good tip on writing: Don't read tips on writing
Does anyone write wisely about writing?
- Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Review Feb 26, 2013
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Rich and Famous and ridiculous and devastating
Jackalope Theatre Company supplies a strong revival of an early John Guare play.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 3, 2012
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Once again, baseball writers cover themselves choosing Hall of Famers
Should 'roids be allowed in the Hall of Fame? Baseball writers are putting themselves in their answers.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2012
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Corpus reviver: Google unveils a new tool for looking at language
The Ngram Viewer! Less boring than it sounds
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 5, 2012
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How close is the presidential race?
The popular vote looks tight. The vote that matters, not so much
- Arts & Culture, Festival Nov 1, 2012
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The invasion of the Chicago Humanities Festival
Intellectuals and artists run roughshod over the city for 11 days
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2012
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On criminalizing a failure to communicate
The Italian earthquake verdict and its lesson for journalists.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 29, 2012
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Screw this election—let's talk about past elections all week
This week's Variations on a Theme: elections of years past
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 8, 2011
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The odds on Emanuel's budget
According to local bookies, the chances of Rahm's budget passing are roughly 100 percent.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2011
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Obama's reelection chances
To win a second term, Obama needs the economy to be improving, especially if he has to face Mitt Romney, says statistician Nate Silver.
- Blogs, Bleader Nov 7, 2011
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They are the 50 percent(ile)
In the city of the big coin flip, President Obama, the Bears, and the Northwestern Wildcats are right in the middle of things.
- News & Politics, Chicago Reader at Forty Sep 29, 2011
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2008
The year in Chicago history via the pages of the Reader
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2010
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Impossible Questions
If you're hoping for a 70-degree day this winter, you're probably SOL.
- Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2009
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The Olympic-size sinkhole
A sinkhole on 49th Street shows that Chicago's just not ready to host the Olympics.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 21, 2008
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That prescient PECOTA
This year's Golden BAT Award winner predicted the rise of the Rays way back in February.
- Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2008
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Nate Silver on the Colbert Report tonight
Nate Silver vs. Stephen Colbert tonight on Comedy Central.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 9, 2008
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The Election's Must-Read Numbers Cruncher
Forget the pundits. Fivethirtyeight.com crunches the numbers that foretell the November election.
- Blogs, Bleader May 30, 2008
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Nate Silver is a GENIUS
The further numerical adventures of Baseball Prospectus whiz and PECOTA inventor Nate Silver.
- Blogs, Bleader Mar 13, 2008
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Christina Kahrl at DePaul Center
Christina Kahrl and her team at Baseball Prospectus talk shop at DePaul Center today.
- Blogs, Bleader Sep 28, 2007
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More ammo for Santo backers
Hall of Fame worthy: another expert argues that the often-spurned Ron Santo had a run as the best player in baseball.
