http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/?track=rss Headlines from redeyechicago.com en ©2013, redeyechicago.com Mon, 20 May 2013 02:45:00 -0500 Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-there-are-plenty-of-scandals-just-not-these-ones-20130520,0,601889.story?track=rss There’s a familiar template for the “scandals” that have so far “plagued” the Obama administration, in that they are all, for the most part, total bullshit and/or unfortunate events in the vast federal bureaucracy that have as much to do with the guy actually sitting in the Oval Office as how the busses are running on the north side of Chicago. We’ll start with the first two that were supposedly going to be “worse than Watergate.” Mon, 20 May 2013 02:45:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-on-syria-liberal-interventionism-and-the-onion-20130515,0,757218.story?track=rss Like every other college-educated urban white person, I love The Onion. Its satire sometimes feels like everything that's left of the guiding light of civilization. Wed, 15 May 2013 06:01:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-happy-400-ppm-week-20130514,0,2918022.story?track=rss Happy 400 ppm week! What’d you get me? Tue, 14 May 2013 07:46:00 CDT By Stephen Markley, @stephenmarkley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/ct-red-0513-back-to-the-future-20130512,0,4486288.story?track=rss I've come up with a theory that will almost undoubtedly end with me winning a Nobel Prize. No big deal. Sun, 12 May 2013 18:06:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-things-id-rather-do-than-see-gatsby-20130508,0,4164320.story?track=rss When I heard about Baz Luhrmann’s remake of “The Great Gatsby” a bubble of bile rose up in my throat. The director of such opulent visual messes as “Moulin Rouge” and “Australia” bringing to the big screen F. Scott Fitzgerald’s melancholy meditation on the emptiness of American wealth and empire as it went about immolating in its own excess? Wed, 8 May 2013 14:24:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-3-reasons-the-bulls-should-not-play-derrick-rose-20130507,0,4522565.story?track=rss Here in Chicago, sports talk has become consumed by snide disdain for star point guard Derrick Rose as he remains on the bench during the playoffs while the Bulls hobble on after an impressive if battering series against the Brooklyn Nets. Now that they’re playing LeBron James and the Heat, I hear Bulls fans making openly hostile comments about Rose remaining on the injured list despite being “cleared to play.” Tue, 7 May 2013 21:42:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-baby-alien-skeleton-totally-freaking-me-out-20130505,0,3923799.story?track=rss So I was perusing Weather.com trying to figure out if it was going to be 85 or 43 degrees in Chicago on a given day, and what should I happen upon but this story about an “alien-looking skeleton” that “poses a medical mystery ." Sun, 5 May 2013 16:39:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-hey-sandra-day-oconnor-alls-forgiven-20130501,0,1356657.story?track=rss Hey, former Supreme Court Justice of the United States, Sandra Day O’Connor, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your recent interview with the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board . I really can’t express how awesome it is that over a decade after you cast the fifth vote to end the Florida recount and make George W. Bush the forty-third president, you totally recognize what a boneheaded move that was. Wed, 1 May 2013 18:03:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-weird-awesome-stuff-about-tales-of-iceland-20130430,0,1447223.story?track=rss As if I have to give you multiple reasons to buy the weird, hilarious, off-kilter travelogue I just published called “ Tales of Iceland ,” there are a few very specific weird, awesome things about this book. In no particular order, they are: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:50:00 CDT Stephen Markley http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/markley/redeye-tales-of-iceland-now-available-20130429,0,2208671.story?track=rss Today is the day, people: “Tales of Iceland or Running with the Huldufólk in the Permanent Daylight” is now available from nascent media empire GiveLiveExplore . Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:32:00 CDT