Author Ray Elliott and five local war veterans discuss the perils of war tonight in a conversation ranging in topics from World War II and Korea to Vietnam and the…
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Get Your Freakonomics On Tonight
Riddle me this – which is more deadly, a gun or a swimming pool? Ask economic scholar Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dunbar, co-authors of Freakonomics: A Rogue…
Book Review: God Save The Fan
…gladiators who will take their place. It’s our national bloodsport.” While that may be a little overdone for effect, there’s definitely an authoritarian streak to the NFL that you don’t…
Local Group’s “Good Girl” Image Plagued by Abuse, Ritual Hazing
A local all-girl a capella group is under investigation by authorities today as a video has been leaked to the media containing horrific scenes of abuse and violence. The group…
A Need for Change
…any listener (including this author) is going to want something to dance to, and something that everyone else can shake their butts to. Heavy is the art that cannot take…
The Ten Best Flicks of 2007 That Skipped Champaign–Urbana
…young girl in the water and, instead of calling the authorities immediately, they tether it to the shore and go ahead with their sport. Needless to say, the backlash to…
The Polite Power Rankings: Week 17
…in a single headline: Playoffs. 20. DETROIT LIONS (22) 21. CHICAGO BEARS (23) 22. CAROLINA PANTHERS (21) 23. DENVER BRONCOS (19) One thing you learn as the author of the…
Former Champaign Centennial Pitcher Linked to Steroids
…the significance of Major League Baseball’s performance-enhancing drug problem. Mitchell’s 409-page report, authorized by MLB commissioner Bud Selig, left no doubt: “For more than a decade there has been widespread…
My Town
…to you in these towns, like a sick person carrying the infection and the cure at the same time. Author Ander Monson said, “Everyone who is not from here is…