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A view of Occupy Wall Street, Disney and the desert through eyes of Mike Daisey
Mike Daisey is a keen cultural observer with a ruthless streak. In "American Utopias," the neo-Spalding Gray's latest monologue, Daisey even takes on the "It's a Small World" ride at Walt Disney World. "It looks like a 1950s game show threw up on itself,"...
Tags: Arts, Occupy Wall Street, Chicago Humanities Festival, Amusement and Theme Parks, Lake Buena Vista
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How Apple invites facile analysis
For those of us not directly invested in Apple, the stock's trajectory over the last six months has been a thrill ride to rival anything you'll find at Magic Mountain. Since hitting an all-time peak of $705 in mid-September, the shares have been on a...Tags: Apple TV, Folklore and Mythology, Apple iPhone, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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Kingsley Guy: GOP should promote Rubio's skills
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio dispelled all doubt recently about whether he should be on the 2016 GOP presidential ticket, either on the top spot or as candidate for vice president. He did so in a radio conversation with Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh has been a...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Government Health Care, White House, Science and Technology, Marco Rubio
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It has come to pass for Kobe Bryant
MINNEAPOLIS — I'm liking the laugh-out-loud guy sitting across from me at Starbucks, maybe as big a shock as Kobe Bryant and I getting together to sip vanilla lattes. You know who I'm talking about: the Kobester, the Big Baby, the Ball Hog, the...
Tags: Hakeem Olajuwon, Erik Spoelstra, Magic Johnson, T.J. Simers, Mike D'Antoni
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Brett Neveu's imagined world in 'Megacosm' is well worth a closer look
![THEATER REVIEW: "Megacosm" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... "Megacosm" continues this writer's obsession with original creative works and the troubled reception they get within what you might call the post-industrial, corporate entertainment complex of a dystopian world.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67440907-17143937.jpg "THEATER REVIEW: "Megacosm\" at A Red Orchid Theatre ★★★ ... \"Megacosm\" continues this writer's obsession with original creative works and the troubled reception they get within what you might call the post-industrial, corporate entertainment complex of a dystopian world.")
One day, perhaps, the hugely talented writer Brett Neveu will find himself running a network, a movie studio or some other establishment, listening all day to pitches from anxious writers with clever but complicated ideas that could cost a producer...Tags: Arts and Culture
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Grammar Police know a man with a wooden leg named Smith
A friend got an email the other day from his bank. The subject line read, "Tips for Protecting Your Business' Information From American Bank." He messaged me about this, noting, "My question is: Why do we have to protect our business' information from...Tags: Allentown, American Bank Incorporated, The New York Times, Holidays, Religious Festivals
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Stock sell-off shows an emotional investment in Apple
A friend of mine, a weatherman for a local TV station, always greets me the same way: "Time to sell my Apple stock?" And I always offer the same response: Do you still like the company? "Yes." Then don't sell it. Investors were wringing their...
Tags: Television Industry, Twitter, Inc., Economy, Business and Finance, Sony Corp., Friendster Inc.
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'The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2012'
As a devoted fan of this series (this is the 11th volume), I can report that this year's anthology of 32 selections might be the best yet. High school students from 826Michigan and 826 Valencia, parts of Dave Eggers' network of nonprofit writing and...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Dave Eggers, Death of Osama bin Laden (2011), FEMA, Junot Diaz
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A literary journey that started on the streets
Only one writer received a standing ovation at the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards in Chicago on Wednesday night. It wasn't the marquee award-winners who brought the well-heeled crowd to its feet in the giant room at the UIC Forum. It wasn't Walter...
Tags: Planned Parenthood, Chicago Loop, Columbia College Chicago, NPR, Carl Sandburg
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Kevin Hunt: Why I Love Apple's Unsung AirPort Express
The Hartford CourantAnother year, another iPhone. That's five iPhones in five years. Coming next: Yet another iPad, the rumored Mini. If longevity is a gauge of technological and design excellence, however, the AirPort Express could be Apple's most perfect product. When...Tags: Electronics, Apple iPod, Apple TV, Apple iPhone, Apple iPad
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Former Broadcom executive emerges intact from options scandal
Almost from its inception, the federal government's options backdating case against executives of Broadcom Corp. reeked of cheap melodrama more than it gleamed with truth-seeking about corporate accounting and corporate pay. You can count Bill Ruehle,...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Finance, Defendants, Lawyers, Broadcom Corp.
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Tough jobs, rough language, but there's more than one way to motivate people
We've all seen it in the workplace: The leader gets in the face of a colleague, associate, teammate — whatever term the particular organization has embraced — and loudly chews this person out in front of others. A national television audience...
Tags: Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations
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