Obama speech a time machine for liberal dreams – Fox News
Obama speech a time machine for liberal dreamsFox NewsHe can stretch out Cuba, but unless the ghost of Che Guevara is a special unannounced guest, that's pretty small beer. As surveys show, Americans are increasingly worried about the threat from Islamist militants and terrorism. The president doesn't …and more »
What We Learned: Minnesota Wild made this mess, now drowning in it (Puck Daddy) (Yahoo!)
(Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) The Wild are bad. Look at the standings. Dead last in Conference III, seven points out of a playoff spot, and with fewer points overall than the Ottawa Senators. They're a team that's been sliding all season, and now in perhaps their worst funk of all. They entered last night's road tilt at Chicago just two wins in their last 12 games — a type of run so bad it prompts teams with as little near-term hope as the Oilers to start thinking about canning a coach — and with their next game against the Penguins, well, things could get even uglier. This is, on paper, a far cry from a team that lucked into advancing to the second round last season (which is to say they had the good fortune to draw a terrible Avalanche team in the first) and also made the playoffs the year before that. It seems to …
Experts to Talk School Choice Policy in Illinois at Roundtable Discussion, Film Screening
CHICAGO, Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — When it comes to school choice policy in Illinois, what are leaders in Chicago doing right, and where could they improve? And what new information do parents need to know about choosing the right education environments for their…
Discipline & Drunk Animals – Chicago Reader
Discipline & Drunk AnimalsChicago ReaderEvery week in 2014, graphic illustrator Ryan Duggan made a brand new art print, and tonight you can see all 52 original works in one spot. If you like what you see, Duggan made copies of some of his favorites, so you can purchase one for yourself. He …