George Carlin passed away last night, and we'll miss the man that introduced us to the seven words you can't say on television. Here we've included another musing of his on language, its power, and the misuse of that power.......

Responding to the unadulterated chaos that ensued last summer when a Blue Line train derailed and forced 1,000 passengers to be evacuated, Chicago aldermen are aiming for a crackdown. Their demand? Conductors on CTA trains. These ticket-takers of yore with their undeniably spiffy suits were phased out from CTA service between the early '90s and 2000. The motormen, who run the trains, were given a microphone, and that was that. Now aldermen are pushing for......

As the temperature is expected to hit 90 degrees again today, we’re having a hard time getting into the sweater-weather mindset of fall that usually hits us around this time. Luckily, the Tribune and Sun-Times have some fall arts previews to get us in the mood. We’ve already given you the lowdown on the upcoming fall seasons at various theaters around town. But two shows out in the ‘burbs have pushed our fey and geek......

Well, that was the basis for a George Carlin monologue some time ago. We've also read for years about the benefits of drinking a glass of wine a day, as if a heady syrah was the equivalent of an apple. Which, legend serves, also keeps the doctor away. Open a newspaper and odds are that you'll come across an article touting the benefits of ingesting everything from milk to raw foods to tea and even......