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Chris Powell

Bringing the Fun Back to Fitness

Chris Powell | Posted May 27, 2012

Read More: Fitness and Exercise, 30-Day Summer Shape Up, Get In Shape Summer, Summer Exercise, Summer Fitness, Summer In Shape, Summer Shape Up, Summer Workout, Summer Workouts

Let's be honest: Working out can be monotonous. We go in the gym and hit the same routine every time. After a while, we start to feel like a hamster on a wheel, doing the same thing over and over... and oh yeah, not getting the results we are working...

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Lawrence Benito

Let's Slam the Door on Private Prisons Once and for All

Lawrence Benito | Posted May 27, 2012

Read More: Corrections Corporation Of America, Crete Prison, IL Senate Bill 1064, SB 1064, Cca, Illinois Prisons, Private Prisons

Illinois faces a crucial decision: Do we allow a notoriously irresponsible company like the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) into our state, or do we send them a clear message that Illinois is not Arizona by passing Senate Bill 1064? SB 1064 would block state and local government...

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Dylan Ratigan

Sustainability = Security: The Next Mission for America's Vets

Dylan Ratigan | Posted May 26, 2012

Read More: Iraq Veterans, John Hofmeister, Memorial Day, Energy, Liz Perez, Memorial Day 2012, Sustainability, Veterans, Video

As our nation starts to draw down the wars overseas, over a million vets will be re-entering civilian life over the next five years -- one of the largest in our country's recent history.

This Memorial Day weekend, we are focusing on the next mission facing our war...

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Mark V. Vlasic

"Old Country" Bonds: Chicago and the Future of the Atlantic Alliance

Mark V. Vlasic | Posted May 26, 2012

Read More: Anders Rasmussen, Georgetown University, Georgetown University Law Center, Nato Summit, Chicago, Milosevic, Nato, Nato Summit 2012, Nato Summit Chicago, Presdident-Obama, Transatlantic Relations

At NATO's 25th Summit in Chicago, both President Barak Obama and NATO Secretary General Anders Rasmussen commented on the Windy City's unique role in transatlantic relations. Based upon decades of immigration from Europe to Chicago, the city is a testament to the strong bonds that exist on both sides of...

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Johnny Nevin

Dance That Looks Like Music Sounds: Hubbard Street's Alejandro Cerrudo

Johnny Nevin | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Alejandro Cerrudo, Hubbard Street Dance, Choreography, Dance, Music For Dance

When Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents Alejandro Cerrudo's Malditos at their Summer Series next week, several thousand more people will have the chance to see why, after more than three decades of dance innovation and boundary defiance, the widely-respected Company made Cerrudo their first ever Resident...

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Andrea Kovach

When Cutting Illinois' Medicaid Program, First, Do No Harm

Andrea Kovach | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Illinois Health Care, Illinois Medicaid, Illinois State Budget, Medicaid Cuts, Illinois Medicaid Cuts

The Illinois General Assembly is currently debating where to cut $2.7 billion dollars (roughly 18 percent of spending) from the state's health insurance program for certain low-income populations. The thinking is that these "savings" will band-aid the hemorrhaging state budget deficit and root out fraud. If the Medicaid...

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Caitlin Padula

The Affordable Care Act: Protecting America's Protectors

Caitlin Padula | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Affordable Care Act, Memorial Day, Veterans Health, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Memorial Day 2012, Veterans Affordable Care Act, Veterans Benefits, Veterans Health Care

In 2010, over 22 million men and women who have served our country in the Armed Forces were still alive. That's a sizeable chunk of the population and those veterans have served in every conflict from World War II through the ongoing War on Terror. Veterans are a...

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Ed Shurna

Cosmic Prayer

Ed Shurna | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Big Bang, Baptism, Genesis, Stardust

A few months ago, I welcomed James into the world. My grandson joined our cosmic journey on January 25. Several weeks ago, my son and his wife presented baby James to family and friends for a spiritual baptism. Below is the prayer I offered as part of the welcome celebration.

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Robert Bullen

Mortar's Bombs, Babes and Bingo Makes an Impact, But Needs a Clearer Target

Robert Bullen | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Chicago Theater, Mortar Theatre, Bombs Babes And Bingo Play, Bombs Babes And Bingo Show, Chicago Around Town, Chicago Art

A bomb scientist, working for a deeply underground division of the U.S. military, is struggling to put the pieces together from his fractured life. His latest experiment hasn't gone exactly to plan, and the collateral damage is more than he can reconcile. His wife and daughter have gone missing... or...

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David Vognar

Pollution Ravages Low-Income Communities; Residents Speak Out

David Vognar | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Power Plants, Reducing Carbon Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa, Low-Income

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held hearings in Chicago's Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building on Thursday in which members of the public were invited to express their opinions about (but more often than not, expressed their adulation over) the proposed carbon pollution standards for new power plants. With moments...

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Chris Krapek

Penises Make Me Laugh

Chris Krapek | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Full-Frontal Nudity, Male Full-Frontal Nudity, Nudity, Nudity In Film, Penis, Penis Humor, Penis Jokes, Penises, Sacha Baron Cohen Nudity, The Dictator, The Dictator Movie

I have a penis.

After several careful calculations, I think I've roughly seen it a few millions times in my life. I've never considered it to be that humorous. Penises, out of context, aren't inherently funny, are they? Situational penises can be funny, I guess. Shrinkage, sexual malfunction, size...

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Ed Shurna

How Much is a Homeless Teenager Worth?

Ed Shurna | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Hello Youth Group, Budget Cuts, Chicago Homeless Youth, Chicago Impact, Homeless Teenagger, Homeless Youth, Homelessness, Ipod, Youth Incarceration

How much is a homeless teenager worth?

How do you talk with a legislator about the impact of budget cuts? A group of homeless youth who are part of an organization known as the Hello Youth Group made a YouTube video and then went to...

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Marshall Fine

Directors: Intouchables Not About Race

Marshall Fine | Posted May 25, 2012

Read More: Eric Toledano, Eric Toledano Interview, Francois Cluzet, Harvey Weinstein, Olivier Nakache, Olivier Nakache Interview, The Intouchables, The Weinstein Company, French Movies, Omar Sy, The Intouchables Race, The Intouchables Review

If the same proportion of people in the United States saw The Avengers as the percentage of French citizens who have seen The Intouchables, the Marvel super-hero-fest would have grossed well over $1 billion domestically (instead of slightly less than half of that).

As it is, The Intouchables, opening in...

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Carl Gibson

Cut It Out: An Open Letter to Black Bloc Anarchists

Carl Gibson | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Agent Provocateur, Black Bloc, Chicago NATO Summit, Veterans For Peace, Anarchists, Nato Summit 2012, Nonviolence, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality

I like to compare those using Black Bloc tactics at a nonviolent protest to taking a six-year-old kid to the symphony. You'll likely find yourself constantly apologizing to those sitting in your row when the child makes fart jokes every time he hears the tympani. No matter what...

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Tom Engelhardt

How to Forget on Memorial Day

Tom Engelhardt | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: 2012-Memorial-Day Weekend, Afghanistan War, Memorial Day, Memorial Day 2012, Memorial Day Deaths, Memorial Day Travel, Obama War In Afghanistan, Veterans

Whistling Past the Graveyard of Empires

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com

It’s the saddest reading around: the little announcements that dribble out of the Pentagon every day or two -- those terse, relatively uninformative death notices: rank; name; age; small town, suburb, or second-level city of...

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Richard Schiffman

When Reporters Were Allegedly Attacked in Chicago, the Rights of All of Us Were Violated

Richard Schiffman | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Afghanistan War, Chicago Police Department, First Amendment, Iraq Veterans, War In Iraq, Anti-War, Journalists, Occupy Movement, Us Troops Afghanistan

Earlier this week, over 40 U.S. servicemen dressed in army fatigues and Navy uniforms handed their medals back to the NATO brass who were gathered in Chicago for their annual Summit Conference. Or rather, they tried to hand them back, but the generals wouldn't take them. So the...

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Mark Cassello

Anti-NATO Demonstrator Injured by Police Van

Mark Cassello | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Jack Amico, Jack Amico Injured, Injured Nato Protestor, Nato Chicago Protesters, Nato Chicago Protests, Nato Protests, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Chicago Protestor Injured

At approximately 10:40 p.m., Jack Amico, a supporter of Occupy Wall Street who had traveled to Chicago to take part in the anti-NATO demonstrations was allegedly injured by a Chicago police van.

Amico was one of as many as 1,000 demonstrators who had been marching through the financial...

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John Maki

It's Time for Illinois to Close Tamms Supermax

John Maki | Posted May 23, 2012

Read More: Illinois Budget, Illinois Budget Cuts, Illinois Budget Crisis, Tamms Correctional Center, Tamms Prison, Tamms Prison Closure, Tamms-Super-Max-Closure

Across the country, states are using the current economic crisis as an opportunity to pursue cost-effective criminal justice reform. In this spirit, Governor Pat Quinn has proposed closing eight Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities, including Tamms Correctional Center (Tamms), the state's only supermax prison.

In a...

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Liz Smith

Sing Out, Hillary! .. 'Desperate Housewives' Reboot? Maybe.

Liz Smith | Posted May 24, 2012

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Marc Cherry Desperate Housewives, Chicago Cubs, Desperate Housewives, Hillary Clinton Chicago Cubs, Literacy-Partners

"I'M NOT gonna give advice to Romney. But a presidential candidate has a great responsibility to America to pick someone who is well fitted to the role. I think John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin is the single most irresponsible act of government I can remember."

So said LBJ biographer...

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Brad Spirrison

Why Apple Is the True Legacy of Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show

Brad Spirrison | Posted May 23, 2012

Read More: Apple App Store, Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show, Angry Birds, App Store, Apple, Draw Something App, iPhone Apps, Instagram

When Johnny Carson stepped down from hosting The Tonight Show 20 years ago this week, Apple was pushing a rudimentary tablet computer called the Messagepad, and analog televisions were the primary delivery system for electronic media, news and entertainment.

Back then, most of us lived on a handful...

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