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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
guardian.co.uk Health care overhaul: Conservative Democrats want it changed Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON - -- A day after Senate Democrats voted to move into a historic debate on overhauling the nation's health care system, key centrists made it clear Sunday that the party is still a long way from ... Negotiations begin anew over health bill USA Today For GOP, Health Is Only One Battle on Road to '10...
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Respectful Insolence (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are times when I look back, and I can't believe I've been at it this long. It's not just the blogging, the fifth anniversary of which is rapidly approaching for me. Hard as it is to believe, not only have I become a "venerable" medical and skeptical blogger, but there are actually a lot of people who like to read what I regularly lay down. It's not false humility when I say I'm still...
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Today's Review (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Click It. The Wife and I. Photobucket.
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Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Who is Oprah's heir apparent in daytime?Chicago TribuneNEW YORK - Will it be Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Phil or Dr. Oz? Maybe none of the above. The announced shutdown of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in two years creates room for a new queen (or king) of daytime television. …End of an era: Winfrey ending show after [...]
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Religio-Political Talk (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
An Old Topic Newly Noted in the ChicagoTribune.com November 22, 2009 We watched an interesting YouTube video the other day. It was brought to our attention by state Sen. James Meeks, the Chicago Democrat who is also pastor of Salem Baptist Church on the South Side. We think our readers should check out the video. It'll open your eyes. Meeks, who chairs the Illinois Senate Education
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Apparently the only real concern facing autistic children and their families is the risks faced by treatments, and DAN doctors in particular. In two very superficial articles, yesterday's Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science and an article today titled Autism treatment: Success stories more persuasive to some than hard data the Tribune continues its war against...
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WorkAtHome (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Chicago zoning inspector in kickback case back at workChicago Tribune“They were sitting at home getting paid. They have been brought back to do nonsensitive work because they are getting paid anyway,” Hoyle said. …and more »
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Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Man oh man, I thought I was the only one who remembered that Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)a called for a special election to choose Barack Obama's replacement in the US Senate. Instead we ended up with Roland Burris. The Chicago Tribune remembers: Then came the maneuvering we've characterized in headlines as "Profiles in cowardice" and "The silence of the Dems." Wow, if we schedule a...
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University of Florida News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Dr. Glenn Morris, director of the Emerging Pathogens Institute, was quoted in a Nov. 18 Chicago Tribune story about the difficulty of finding the source of E. coli outbreaks.
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Netizen News Brief (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Palin Derangement Syndrome Strikes Chicago Tribune Today on its Web site and in its printed version, the Chicago Tribune reported on the large crowds greeting former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on her book tour. More than a thousand enthusiastic admirers greeted her Wednesday in Grand Rapids. Another thousand were already in line at 7:00 a.m. today for a book signing scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in Noblesville,...
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NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Today on its Web site and in its printed version, the Chicago Tribune reported on the large crowds greeting former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on her book tour. More than a thousand enthusiastic admirers greeted her Wednesday in Grand Rapids. Another thousand were already in line at 7:00 a.m. today for a book signing scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in Noblesville, Indiana. Hundreds more gathered in line hours...
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Marathon Pundit (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
'Cause that union man's got such a hold over me He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat The Kinks, "Get Back in Line," 1970. First Chicago loses the Olympics, then its trade shows. As for the latter, union price gouging at exhibit halls has been going on for decades, but the trickle of shows abandoning Chicago for more friendly labor climes is becoming a flood....
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rsseurope.net | Published News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
How to keep calories to a minimum in ViennaChicago TribuneVIENNA -- A visit to Vienna I made some years ago turned into a three-day sugar high as I went, like a bee from flower to ...and more » 9 Vote(s)
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
One day, the Chicago Tribune calls up the father of former quarterback Rex Grossman, asks him what he thinks of the Bears as an organization, and publishes what he has to say (Dan Grossman – a former quarterback at Indiana – is not impressed). The next day, Rick Morrissey of the Tribune dedicates a full column [...]
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