We here at the Chicagoist offices like to play the “who’s overrated?” game. We usually start off with a rousing “ANGELINA JOLIE!”; and then do a quick step to “Bill Gates!”; and then one final “Julia Roberts!” and we’re done. It’s a fun game, but we just keep saying the same answers over and over again. Now we’ve got help. Henry Owings has a new book called “The Overrated Book”. “The Overrated Book” has roughly... more ›

Ah yes, the WomanNews section of the Tribune. Did you notice it was missing yesterday from your print edition? We didn't because 1) we read the Trib online and 2) we can't remember the last time we read an article in WomanNews that wasn't idiotic. And about Relationships. Or Breasts. (Which reminds us, it's still breast cancer month, and if you haven't done your self-exam, get to it.) Or about how Women Love Shopping. Anyhow, we don't usually flip to that section. But even if we had wanted to yesterday, we couldn't—at the very last minute, the section was yanked because senior editors deemed one of the articles too lewd. The section had already been printed, so Tribune staffers had to head over to the printing press and remove the section by hand. Damn. If you work at the Tribune and want to tell us a first-hand account of this, e-mail us. That sounds hilarious. more ›