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Mayor Daniel Biss—Robot Rage
Anthropic warns the world that their product may destroy civilization as we know it—while racing to raise the billions needed for their I.P.O. Ben riffs. Daniel Biss takes us from A to Z on AI. Much of which is frightening. Also, what government can do about it, even when the president declares our concerns are a hoax. Daniel is the mayor of Evanston and the Democratic candidate for congress in the 9th district. The election is in November.
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Sept. 20, 2026
How Could They Forget About The Daleys?
In the category of if you live long enough, you'll see it all... How is it possible that a developer, even a billionaire, would try to build something in Chicago without really running it by the Daleys? Especially if that developer wants to buy th…
Sept. 16, 2026
A Friend Of Kafka
From time to time, I find myself compelled to read the stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. Or re-read, to be exact. As I'd read most of them by the time I was 30. Which was, as you might imagine, a long time ago. Reading all those stories is no smal…
Sept. 15, 2026
The Aging Road
As soon as word broke that Stevie Wonder was playing the United Center in November, my wife and I did what we've been doing with big-time concerts since 1972. Hopped into our car and drove on down to the United Center to buy our tickets directly fr…
Sept. 13, 2026
Wanda Hickey's Night Of Golden Memories
Let's start by carving this into stone... Should the Bears make good on their threat to move to Hammond, Indiana--as I still don't believe they will. As I still believe they want to stay in Illinois, but having painted themselves into a corner by e…
Sept. 12, 2026
Things Are Looking Up
As the sweet summer days turn into autumn nights, my family and I made our annual pilgrimage to Michigan. The northern regions, that is. AKA, MAGA land. It's hard to understand, much less explain, how a country so great could produce a political…
Aug. 5, 2026
LeBron Makes Another Decision
Once again LeBron James made a decision as to where to take his basketball-playing talents, and once again I don't like it. Harumph! Only this time my opposition is more, I don’t know—noble? At least to me. You decide. His first decision came in …
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