10 things you might not know about made-up words
This month, the Oxford American Dictionary declared that the "word of the year" for 2010 was Sarah Palin's "refudiate," an apparent combination of refute and repudiate. Such made-up words, also...
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10 things you might not know about Republicans
When our forefathers threw off their Whigs and became Republicans, they could hardly have imagined that one of their party's biggest stars would call herself a "Mama Grizzly." These are...
10 things you might not know about Halloween
It's a very special Halloween this year, with a Senate candidate in Delaware declaring: "I'm not a witch." Here are 10 facts: 1 The idea that strangers try to poison...
10 things you might not know about politicians’ kids
Bristol Palin is dancing with the stars, Meghan McCain is a busy blogger, and Kim Jong Un is lining up as a successor to his father, North Korean dictator Kim...
10 things you might not know about third parties
Politics isn't so simple these days. We've got the Greens and the Libertarians and even the tea party. Here are 10 facts about third parties, independents, write-ins and other challenges...
10 things you might now know about Chicago mayors not named Daley
Richard M. Daley and his father, Richard J. Daley, have so dominated Chicago politics that it's hard to imagine life here without a Daley as mayor. But it's happened before,...
10 things you might not know about the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears owe their name to the Chicago Cubs. The idea was that the brawny, upstart footballers were physically larger than Cubs — they were as big as Bears....
Part 6: 10 things you might not know about Chicago’s south suburbs
Our six-part series on Chicago's neighborhoods and suburbs concludes with a salute to the southland. 1/ Thornton goes way back. An 1840 map of the area shows Chicago, "Napierville" (Naperville),...
Part 4: 10 things you might not know about Chicago’s northern suburbs
The northern suburbs have a reputation as a refuge from crime, and that's often true. But in 1934, the body of famed outlaw "Baby Face" Nelson was found in what...
Part 2: 10 things you might not know about the North Side
In the second installment of our six-part series on Chicago and the suburbs, we explore the North Side, site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the Steppenwolf Theatre, Wrigley Field...