The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board is back at it again, fighting off the food fascists desperate to make the nanny state do all the cooking in Chicago. Today's oddly conflicted editorial about an Illinois General Assembly bill that would ban trans fats reads like a stream of consciousness debate. more ›

Ahh, the paranoia continues. First, it was those insidious “the government is trying to tell you what to eat” TV ads that sadly continue to run even after the election. Now it is the Trib’s Steve Chapman railing on soda taxes and the San Francisco anti-Happy Meal ordinance. You can hear the chorus now, "I'll give you my Quarter Pounder with Cheese and Big Gulp, when you take it from my cold dead hands." more ›

Slow news day or a surge in the media's crush on Obama? Upon returning from his O-Force One '08 Summer Tour, Barack Obama's weekend agenda, besides speaking at the UNITY conference, included getting his sore hip checked out. The Senator injured his hip playing basketball a few weeks ago and finally had it looked at in an appointment this weekend at the University of Chicago Medical Center. No word yet if opponent John McCain has taught the junior Senator how to use such aches to predict rain. more ›