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- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Blagojevich sympathizers have lost sight of the former governor's significant corruption
#FreeBlago? Nope.
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2017
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Reader readers sound off about Chicago's worst things
Our readers respond to the Worst of Chicago issue with their own least-favorite local people, places, and things.
- Arts & Culture, Comedy Dec 21, 2017
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Hannibal Buress is bringing it all back home
With his return to Chicago, the comedian is reconnecting to his roots on the west side.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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The worst of Chicago
An end-of-year accounting of the city's most annoying, alarming, and appalling people, places, and things
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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If there are eight million stories in the naked city, do we have to hear them all?
A dispatch from the storytelling circuit inspired by true events
- Food & Drink, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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The ersatz Irish pub is the starkest failure of originality in Chicago drinking culture
At these McPubs, Irish pride means a shamrock-shaped apostrophe on the sign and Guinness urinal screens.
- Music, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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‘Go, Cubs, Go’ is a lame, deflated stab at a sports anthem
Hey, Chicago, what do you say? Right, this song sucks.
- Music, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Irritating Blackhawks anthem ‘Chelsea Dagger’ doesn’t do the team justice
You can get as excited as you like that the Hawks just scored, but it won’t make this a good song.
- Arts & Culture, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Chicago’s thirst for a ‘celebrity culture’ is an embarrassment
The city does not need famous people to legitimize its existence.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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How many more journalistic institutions can Michael Ferro imperil?
Ferro's chief concern at Tronc seems to be milking the company for everything it's worth.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Joe Berrios’s legacy is like a trail left by a snail
The slimy Cook County assessor operates amid a dynamic not unlike the early seasons of The Sopranos.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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It’s insane that Chicago doesn’t have an elected school board
We elect members of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District board, but not the Board of Education.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Right-wingers exploiting Chicago violence to score cheap political points should be ashamed
"What about Chicago?" is a timeworn talking point among Second Amendment absolutists.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Towing companies can be a real drag
Decades after Royko started writing about the “Lincoln Park Pirates,” the company still racks up complaints from consumers claiming they were illegally towed.
- Arts & Culture, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Chicago Park District pools are drowning in rules and regulations
To take a dip, Chicagoans must navigate confusing hours of operation, byzantine swim schedules, and inflexible teen lifeguards.
- Arts & Culture, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Bored of Chicago’s newer buildings? Blame split-face concrete block.
During the last building boom, developers favored the blocks for easy, predictable, and cheap construction.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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The dangers of protected bike lanes
The tiny spaces we carve out for cyclists in a city built for cars can be traps as well as havens.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Stop complaining about Chicago’s weather
We get to experience the entire meteorological buffet—without the gristle of natural disasters.
- Arts & Culture, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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How do I hate Navy Pier? Let me count the ways.
The tourist trap is a panic-inducing labyrinth of light, sound, and smells.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 21, 2017
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Why does Chicago continue to embrace Al Capone?
In death, the totalitarian political parasite became a folk hero.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
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Chicago’s Second City inferiority complex has mutated into a nasty superiority complex
Due to the city's also-ran self-image, no perceived slight can go unanswered.
- Music, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
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Billy Corgan can run, but he can't hide
Going by William Patrick Corgan won’t improve his terrible taste.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
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John Kass is a real chumbolone
The Tribune's beer-can-chicken-obsessed columnist has managed to find ways to be ever more reactionary.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
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Joe Ricketts made a bad year for local news far worse
When he pulled the plug on DNAinfo Chicago and Chicagoist, the city lost an invaluable source for information.
- News & Politics, Worst of Chicago Dec 20, 2017
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Unless Illinois is very, very unlucky, Governor Bruce Rauner will be out on his ass in 2018
Bruce blames everyone but himself for beggaring his state.
