Tim1979

...and the 1918 Cubs got the idea from the 1914 Philadelphia Athletics, who very clearly tanked their World Series to the Boston Braves. Was a huge amount of game throwing back then. Players were mist...

Having trouble typing this, thru tears of laughter. Thanks..........

Check out their website to find out what they do. They do what all public health agencies do----detect, track, control and eliminate outbreaks of infectious diseases. They also do a lot of prevention ...

Regarding the HIV study, the local LGBT press reported on that about a week ago. Old stuff.......

Doubtless they are referring to conditions that ratchet up the danger of flu infection---chronic conditions of the heart or lungs like hypertension, COPD, or asthma; other conditions that make the flu...

Seeing, hearing and reading the news coverage reminded me of the courtroom acquittal scene in the movie "Eight Men Out"....

My guess is that if Governor Jindal were a liberal Democrat, you'd describe him simply as Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. I'm still convinced that in some ways, this is the other side of the Husse...

I thought Jindal's speech was milquetoast at best, lame and borderline condescending at worst. But what's up with Kevin Robinson going out of his way to use "Piyush"---when Jindal himself typically do...

I heard on a radio news report that the cat was already up to date on its rabies vaccinations---so it is expected to be OK....

Actually, a lot of people DO need that reminder---especially parents who need to drum it into their kids. I remember reading about six months ago, when a woman in a Near North Side neighborhood saw so...

Won't be long before the National Rifle Association issues a statement saying that had there been no restrictions on selling guns, Mr. Katz would be alive today......

I absolutely love pinwheels and jelly stars, but no friggin' way am I eating them if they're made overseas. Screw that! Would be even worse than the notion of Pepperidge Farm cookies (remember their C...

The article in the Sun-Times was the typical hack hatchet job that lazy and/or corrupt reporters do on Quinn. Lots of loaded words designed to cast doubt on his character. Quinn's work as head of the ...

Cermak and California is the "Southwest Side"?! You're not from around here, are you? The northern boundary of the Southwest Side is the Stevenson Expressway. Cermak and California could be described ...

Bullseye, Prescott Carlson! And thanks for the info, or I would not have known that EZ did what he did. I was a participant in the reader give-and-take with EZ from 2003 up until a couple of months a...