Earlier this week, the White House announced its support of a two-step compromise approach toward repealing the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy toward openly gay servicemen and women. The issue will likely come to vote before the House and Senate yet this week. more ›

With the Obama Administration and Senate Democrats courting Sen. Joe Leiberman for his support of the current health care bill before the Senate, Obama's replacement, our own (lame duck) Sen. Roland Burris is stomping his feet to get some attention is well. Burris was seeking to remind party leadership his vote is still important and the he won't vote for a bill that doesn't have a public option. According to the NY Times, Burris took to the Senate floor yesterday and said: more ›

In case you missed it, there was an election yesterday. Chicagoist hopes you got out and voted. And after we rocked the vote, we rocked the Daily Bar & Grill at a special election night happy hour; you should have been there. That said, it was an exciting day: The Democrats have taken the House, but the Senate is still a toss-up. And yes, that means that Nancy Pelosi will be the new Speaker of... more ›

The national media seems preoccupied with the story of family media watchdog groups accusing one of our local game developers of promoting cannibalism among minors: more ›