I would love to hire that firm to put a positive spin on Chicago’s train system. “Yes folks, that thick ambiance you’re experiencing is Urine, the official frgrance of the CTA! Take a ride and come smell the ‘L’!”

Thank you for the wonderful article and interview. It remibds me of the kind of peculiar history books I liked to read as a kid before the ‘Net. It would be interesting to see the author’s perspective on pre-regulated commercial food stuffs compared to outright poisons. From what I gather, if intentional poison didn’t…

“These people are dangerous and irresponsible!!!”
(feverishly searches for video links ....)

You are my fucking spirit animal, bro. A million stars to you, you summed everything I hate about the media and political elites. When I turn on tv and see Will, the McLaughlin Group, et al still on the air, I wonder who still follows this shit?

Being a transplant to Chicago, I used to be able to brag “well, at least the part of Ohio where I grew up ain’t like Chiraq.”

Thank you for the great article. I’ve owned a Surface Pro 3 for the past year or two and kept ignoring One Note. Now I hope to get a fuller use from my tablet.

That penultimate panel seemed so random. Just imagine how fate could have dealt us another hand...

Rubio gave a great concession speech...he should concede more often...

Thanks for that info! My SP3 has never cut off even when the fan is doing its best to grab my attention (lol), but I don’t press my luck when it gets like that and I just give it a 10 minute hibernation break. The fan seems to be mostly an ambient humidity issue, at least for me, not so much apps and processing. I…

Overall, a pretty good article. I can’t vouch for the SP4, but I can for the SP3 (which is what I’m typing this reply on). I don’t necessarily think the iPad Pro is better or worse for a digital artist, as feel, weight, etc. of a device is highly subjective, even when considering the pen. Sometimes, I even prefer my…

Well, god bless your innocent, white libertarian heart! As a black male, I’ll break it down for ya: Spike Lee really IS that dense. The density is from compressed ego. We’re talking Superman-crushing-a-piece-of-coal-with-his-bare-hand-turning-it-into-a-diamond dense.

If Planned Parenthood could figure out a way to make the abortion of Congressmen retroactive, I would gladly pay more taxes.

So true. Just shows how bat shit crazy the American Taliban aka Tea Party House members are. They think they’re sticking it to the man, when basically they’re wasting more tax dollars than any proverbial welfare freeloader. My friend who was furloughed in 2013 was more pissed than relieved about the back pay. He was…

Actually that’s not the case, you can apply for unemployment. A friend of mine applied in 2013 by sending his furlough notice to his state’s agency. He got processed and was about to receive his first unemployment check when everyone was called back to work.

Mr. Tudball took on greater significance when I became an adult working for public sector and encountered whole suites of Missis A-Wiggins types. Government workers will make anyone’s head go KA-TARKY-TARKY-TARK!

I wish I had the improv intelligence of Tim Conway. It wasn’t just that the ad lib was a gut-busting hilarious, but I keep marveling at how he thought up those bizarre scenarios that would even make the Pythons do a double take; no, couldn’t just be conjoined elephants, there had to be a monkey thrown in doing a specif…

Yo, there’s a better roof party down the lane. Let’s bounce...

Here in Chicago, you can vote for a third party candidate...and a fourth, and a fifth, and a sixth...hell, vote as much as you want!

Thanks for the main graphic. BEST. SIMPSONS. EPISODE. EVER.

Lol, I had this very conversation with a co-worker today, small world! Always hated Batman, though every comic nerd seems to be on his jock. You put it more eloquently than I; I think I said clumsily he was “just Donald Trump in leather”, a billionaire bully beating up on little people.