Switch to the
mobile version
of this page.
Latest issue
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
RSS
The Daily Reader, Early Warnings, and Food & Drink e-mails
Mobile
Username
View Profile
Edit Profile
Log Out
Log in
Create Account
The Chicago Reader
City Life
News & Politics
Columns
Music
Arts & Culture
Film
Food & Drink
Events
Ads
Browse
How to place classified ads
Browse News & Politics
Features
Maya Dukmasova
Cannabis
The Ben Joravsky Show
Browse Music
Features
Chicagoans of Note
Gossip Wolf
The Listener
Secret History of Chicago Music
Music Reviews
Best Chicago albums of the 2010s
Bull Horn (paid sponsored content)
Early Warnings
Full music listings
Online events
Browse Film
Features
Movie reviews
Index of older long reviews
Small screen
Film archive: short reviews
This week’s movies of note
Movies of note: new reviews
Featured movie theaters
Browse Arts & Culture
Features
Recommended
Theater reviews
Art reviews
Ghost Light (news & notes)
Theater & Performance listings
Dance listings
Art listings
Improv/Sketch listings
Online events
Browse Food & Drink
Features
Mike Sula
Recommended
Reviews
Sommelier Series (paid sponsored content)
Cannabis
Events
Browse City Life
Community
The Mental Health Issue
Public Service Announcement
The Sex Issue
Shop Local
Sightseeing
Street View
Browse Columns
John Greenfield: On Transportation
Deanna Isaacs: On Culture
Ben Joravsky: On Politics
The Ben Joravsky Show
Dan Savage: Savage Love
Opinion
Browse Ads
Classifieds
Matches
How to advertise
Display advertising information
Classified advertising information
Submit a free Matches ad
Browse Events
Online events
Full event listings
Reader events
Recommended today
Recommended this weekend
This week’s movies of note
Early Warnings (Music)
Full music listings
Theater & Performance listings
Dance listings
Improv/Sketch listings
Art listings
Lit & Lectures listings
Food & Drink events
Cannabis events
Parties
Other stuff
Chicago Reader Book Club
TixReader: Buy tickets
The Ben Joravsky Show
Online events
Early Warnings
Articles
Issues
Find a paper
Reader Store
Book Club
Donate
Articles
Clear Filters
Filters
Recommended
close
Categories
Year
Features
Arts & Culture
All Arts & Culture
Architecture
Art Feature
Art Review
Book Review
Book Swap
Books and Comics Issue
Books Issue
Calendar
Comedy
Comics
Dance
Fall Preview
Fall Theater and Dance
Fashion
Feature
Festival
Fiction
Flash Fiction
Ghost Light
History
Holiday Events
Lit Feature
New Year's Eve
Performing Arts Feature
Performing Arts Review
Prairie Pothole
Pride 2019
Pride 2020
Spring Theater and Dance
Theater Preview
Theater Review
Travel
Valentine's Day
Winter Theater and Dance
City Life
All City Life
Comics Feature
Community
Feature
Feral Citizen
Holiday Gift Guide
Pets Issue
Public Service Announcement
Shop Local
Sightseeing
Stay at Home
Staycation
Street View
Windy Citizens
Food & Drink
All Food & Drink
Bar Review
Cooking with Cannabis
Fall Preview
Food & Drink Feature
Food, Drink, and Cannabis Issue
Key Ingredient
Restaurant Review
Columns & Opinion
All Columns & Opinion
Identity & Culture
On Culture
On Media
On Politics
On Transportation
Opinion
Savage Love
Staff notes
To Be Blunt
News & Politics
All News & Politics
Back Room Deal
Cannabis
Comics Feature
Culture
Essay
Fall Preview
Feature
Media
News
Our Town
Politics
Reader Investigative Reports
Sports
The Ben Joravsky Show
Film
All Film
Fall Preview
Film Issue
Flopcorn
Movie Feature
Movie Review
Small Screen
Music
All Music
Chicagoans of Note
Concert Preview
Fall Preview
Gig Poster of the Week
Gossip Wolf
In Rotation
Music Feature
Music Review
Pitchfork
The Block Beat
The Listener
The Secret History of Chicago Music
Best of Chicago
All Best of Chicago
Arts & Culture
Arts & Entertainment
Best of Chicago Ballot
Buy Local
Cannabis
City Life
Credits
Food & Drink
Goods & Services
Introduction
Music & Nightlife
Reasons to love Chicago
Sports & Recreation
Reader
All Reader
About
Announcements
Classified advertising
Digital Editions
Matches
Press releases
Reader events
Reader partners
All Reader partners
AAXLL Supply Co (sponsored advertising)
Aeriz (paid sponsored content)
Camelot Illinois (sponsored advertising)
Cannabis Conversations (paid sponsored content)
Chi High Tours (paid sponsored content)
Chicago Votes (sponsored advertising)
Corvelay Media Inc. (paid sponsored content)
David Jay Collins (sponsored advertising)
Early to Bed (sponsored advertising)
Fufluns Foods (sponsored advertising)
Google Fiber Webpass (sponsored advertising)
GTI (paid sponsored content)
Invictus Media Group (sponsored advertising))
Lalamove (paid sponsored content)
Leafwell (sponsored advertising)
Lyft (sponsored advertising)
Merlot (sponsored advertising)
Nature’s Care Company (sponsored advertising)
NeuroMedici (paid sponsored content)
Paradise Media (sponsored advertising)
Poetry Foundation (sponsored advertising)
Reader: Planned Parenthood Illinois (sponsored advertising)
Red Bull (sponsored advertising)
SocialWorks (sponsored advertising))
Steve Allen Media (sponsored advertising)
Tequila Herradura (sponsored advertising)
The Chicago FoodCultura Clarion
The Foley Food and Wine Society (paid sponsored content)
The Lytle House (sponsored advertising)
Tulip Tree Gardens (sponsored advertising)
Verma Media (sponsored advertising)
Windy City Times
Other Stuff
Blogs
close
Categories
Year
Features
Issue.Year
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
close
Categories
Year
Features
Features
Recommended
Member Picks
Slideshow
Video
Audio
Critics' Picks
Readers' Poll
Image
Sponsored
Gallery - User Submitted
close
Sort by:
Most Recent
Top Viewed
Number of Comments
Relevance
Loading...
14 results
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 18, 2016
Do only weird, sick people like Trump? This woman's date says no.
A Clinton supporter on an Internet date with a Trump supporter.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Politics
,
Donald Trump
,
Trump supporters
,
Hillary Clinton
,
Benghazi
,
presidential race
,
Washington Post
,
Melanie Austin
,
Stephanie McCrummen
,
the Guardian
,
the New Yorker
,
Jeff Jarvis
Blogs
,
Bleader
Oct 3, 2016
The
Chicago Tribune
’s endorsement of Gary Johnson for president might be as cunning as it is ridiculous
The
Trib
's backing of the Libertarian “What's Aleppo?” candidate wasn’t a bad way of sticking it to Trump and avoiding having to endorse Clinton.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Politics
,
Gary Johnson
,
Donald Trump
,
Hillary Clinton
,
presidential race
,
Chicago Tribune
,
hanging wash
Blogs
,
Bleader
Sep 30, 2016
LOL!
Chicago Tribune
tells its readers to vote for Gary Johnson
The paper endorses the "What's Aleppo?" candidate for president.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Politics
,
Chicago Tribune
,
presidential race
,
Hillary Clinton
,
Donald Trump
,
Gary Johnson
,
Jill Stein
,
Michael Ferro
,
Tronc
,
Facebook
Blogs
,
Bleader
May 13, 2016
What
is
the difference between Hillary and the Donald?
Or, the danger of making false equivalencies.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
News
,
Media
,
Politics
,
Hillary Clinton
,
Donald Trump
,
presidential race
,
John Kass
,
Chicago Tribune. Paul Krugman
,
New York Times
,
third party candidates
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 17, 2016
Trump Tower: A terrible place to watch Trump win Illinois
Trump’s triumph in the Illinois primary felt decidedly less impressive inside the massive skyscraper that bears his name.
By Ryan Smith
Tags:
News
,
Politics
,
Shameless SEO
,
Donald Trump
,
Trump Tower
,
Illinois Primary
,
Presidential Race
,
2016 Election
,
Wolf Blitzer
,
CNN
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 14, 2016
Slideshow
Dispatches from Chicago's Trumpocalypse
Chicago was in the eye of the Trump storm on Friday.
By Ryan Smith
Tags:
Politics
,
News
,
The Contrarian
,
Donald Trump
,
Trump Rally
,
UIC
,
Bernie Sanders
,
Ted Cruz
,
George Bush
,
Adolf Hitler
,
Laquan McDonald
,
Election 2016
,
Presidential Race
,
GOP
,
Republican
,
Slideshow
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 26, 2016
Is Donald Trump too scary to stand up to?
Tackling the twin fears behind the demagogue's popularity.
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News
,
Politics
,
Donald Trump
,
ISIS
,
Republican Party
,
Presidential race
,
Stuart Stevens
,
Mitt Romney
,
Newt Gingrich
,
Benjamin Wallace-Wells
,
the New Yorker
,
Chris Collins
,
CNN
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Clarence Page
,
Matthew MacWilliams
,
Politico
,
Rex Huppke
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton hits Chicago for rallies and fund-raisers, petition asks for special prosecutor in Laquan McDonald case, and other Chicago news
Also, volunteers band together to shovel sidewalks for free in Chatham, and NBC's Stefan Holt leaves Chicago for New York City.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags:
News
,
Did You Read __________?
,
winter weather
,
Hillary Clinton
,
Bernie Sanders
,
Illinois primary
,
presidential race
,
Laquan McDonald
,
Anita Alvarez
,
Chatham
,
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
,
immigration
,
the Loop
,
Lester Holt
,
NBC Chicago
,
Stefan Holt
Blogs
,
Bleader
Feb 15, 2016
Bernie Sanders opens a campaign office in Chicago, the best and worst of the Wrigleyville McDonald’s, and other Chicago news
Also, David Axelrod recounts an interesting encounter with the late Antonin Scalia, and shots are fired at snowplow driver on the west side.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags:
News
,
Did You Read __________?
,
winter weather
,
Bernie Sanders
,
Hillary Clinton
,
presidential race
,
the Loop
,
Wrigley Field
,
Wrigleyville
,
McDonald’s
,
Antonin Scalia
,
David Axelrod
,
Elena Kagan
,
Supreme Court
,
President Barack Obama
,
University of Chicago
,
Chicago Streets & Sanitation Department
,
snowplows
,
gun violence
,
West Garfield Park
,
Uptown
,
Phoenix
,
homeless
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 26, 2016
Rauner laments ongoing budget impasse, students anxious about uncertainty at Chicago State University, and other Chicago news
Also, Chris Christie plans a fund-raising stop in Chicago, and OpenGrid gives new access to public data.
By Kate Shepherd
Tags:
Did You Read __________?
,
winter weather
,
snow
,
Bruce Rauner
,
Illinois
,
Chicago
,
Loyola University Chicago
,
Joe Moore
,
Rogers Park
,
budget crisis
,
Chicago State University
,
Roseland
,
Chris Christie
,
GOP
,
presidential race
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 5, 2012
Video
The free ride Lincoln's been getting for 150 years is over!
The free ride Lincoln's been getting for 150 years is over!
By Michael Miner
Tags:
Media
,
News Bites
,
News
,
Flackcheck.org
,
Abraham Lincoln
,
General George McClellan
,
presidential race
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Nov 22, 2011
Our candidates, ourselves
The intellectual qualifications of the Republican primary field.
By Sam Worley
Tags:
Media
,
Politics
,
Clout City
,
Next Gingrich
,
Herman Cain
,
Rick Perry
,
John Dickerson
,
Joan Didion
,
Slate
,
New York Review of Books
,
Google
,
Nicholas Carr
,
the Big Think
,
Google
,
intellectualism
,
anti-intellectualism
,
Republicans
,
primary
,
presidential race
Blogs
,
Bleader
Jan 22, 2007
Why not Hillary.
"Hillary Rodham Clinton needs to be kept very far away from the White House for the rest of her life."
By Harold Henderson
Tags:
Health Care
,
Politics
,
Brad Delong
,
Presidential Race
,
Hillary Clinton
Blogs
,
Bleader
Dec 12, 2006
The ongoing Obama Rorschach test
Plenty of people have an opinion about what Barack Obama represents. How about you?
By Harold Henderson
Tags:
Politics
,
Barack Obama
,
Presidential Race
Browse by Issue
Other Searches
Events
Location Guide
Member Search
Movie Showtimes
Movie Reviews
Article Archives
Issue Archives
Slideshows
Comments
Videos
Images
Best of Chicago voting ballot
Best of Chicago 2019
About the
Chicago Reader
Reader
Staff
Reader
Careers
Freelancing Info
Contact Us
Advertising information
Distribution Locations Map
Reader
Subscriptions/Back Issues
Reprints
Chicago Reader Book Club
Upcoming
Reader
events
TixReader: Buy event tickets
Reader Store
Support the
Reader
: Become a member
Make a donation
Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2021 Chicago Reader
Powered by
Foundation