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Roger Ebert to Jay Marriotti

An Infinity Of Monkeys — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:02:41 -0800

An open letter to sports columnist Jay Mariotti , who resigned from the Sun-Times and lashed out during a TV interview announcing that newspapers were dead. (via Sports Filter)

Leroy Bailey

Armitage Shanks — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 09:39:25 -0800

His name is Leroy Bailey, and he was once briefly famous. The legacy of war for one Vietnam veteran. Part of an excellent series in the Chicago Sun-Times, previous article linked here.

maybe a pleasant demeanor isn't one of the many benefits of marriage

4easypayments — Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:46:41 -0800

Single life is fine till about 30, then normal people marry. Neil Steinberg fires a trollish, yet illuminating salvo across the marriage gap.

nance — Fri, 04 Oct 2002 13:54:52 -0800

Twenty-five years after the Mirage. Wade past the Bob Greene digression up high to the meat of this piece -- a look back at the Chicago Sun-Times' landmark investigative project, the Mirage Tavern. The premise: What if a newspaper opened a bar? Who would come calling? In this case, a parade of petty scammers on a variety of public and private payrolls, each with their hand out for a shakedown. It was a singular look at corruption at the small-business level, a 25-day series people actually read and chuckled over, and yet it was denied the Pulitzer Prize and marked a watershed moment, after which undercover journalism was seen as fundamentally dishonest

mathowie — Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:16:58 -0800

Today's brain teaser: a pro-life activist buys up a bunch of domains (full list at the bottom of this page) similar to organizations (and their directors), newspapers, and products.

Free speech or deceptive domain squatting?

gsh — Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:38:29 -0800

Screw nature - It's baseball that we have to save! He gets to be President and manage a baseball team. Truly, America is the land of dreams.