Oh, Malort!

In honor of of May Day being the 3rd Aniversary of Oh Malort I am rereleasing this episode about the Haymarket Affair where Molly McAleer and I talk about the origin of the 8-hour work day. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes:Illinois Labor History Society: The Haymarket AffairEncyclopedia of Chicago History: Haymarket and May DayWTTW: HAYMARKET AFFAIR HANGINGSBritannica: Haymarket AffairWCCO: Good Question: How did we get the 8-hour work day?Chicago Cop: HAYMARKET SQUARE RIOTChicago Sun-Times: Haymarket blast shook the world - 100 years later, Chicago rememberedChicago Reader: Haymarket RevisitedChicago Tribune: HAYMARKET RIOT REMEMBEREDPBS: The Anarchists and the Haymarket Square IncidentSecond City SinnersChicago Tribune: STILL-HEARD VOICES: HAYMARKET MONUMENT GETS LANDMARK STATUSCPD: Haymarket Statue Rededication Ceremony at Police HeadquartersThe Haymarket MemorialChicago Tribune: SITE OF HAYMARKET RIOT PROPOSED FOR LABOR PARK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa and David muster all their theatre kid energy to talk about The Merle Reskin Theatre which was a hot topic in the news a few weeks ago and inspired silly outrage. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes:WBEZ: Cash-strapped DePaul closes the curtain on Downtown’s historic Reskin TheatreDePaul University FacilityLiving New Deal: Merle Reskin (former Blackstone) Theater Renovation – Chicago ILBlock Club Chicago: DePaul Unveils $72 Million Theater School BuildingWTTW: Cultural Connections DePaul Theatre SchoolTimeOut Chicago: Merle Reskin TheatreBroadway World: Merle Reskin TheatreAlyssa's review of "God of Hell"Caryl Churhill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa and VanderRob finish their conversation about the absolutely fascinating life of heiress,suffragette, and politician.Ruth Hanna McCormick. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes:Time: WOMEN: WidowTime: THE CONGRESS: Bucking FemaleRuth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944US House History: MCCORMICK, Ruth HannaNational Women's History Museum:Ruth Hanna McCormickTheodore Roosevelt Center:Ruth Hanna McCormick SimmsRockford Register Star: Women’s History Month: Who was Ruth Hanna McCormick?Politico: Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms born in Cleveland, March 27, 1880 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells VanderRob about the absolutely fascinating life of heiress, suffragette, and politician. Ruth Hanna McCormick. Please note this is a two parter. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Time: WOMEN: Widow Time: THE CONGRESS: Bucking Female Ruth Hanna McCormick: A Life in Politics, 1880-1944 US House History: MCCORMICK, Ruth Hanna National Women's History Museum:Ruth Hanna McCormick Theodore Roosevelt Center:Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms Rockford Register Star: Women’s History Month: Who was Ruth Hanna McCormick? Politico: Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms born in Cleveland, March 27, 1880 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Risen about Italo Balbo and the time Chicago had a fascist fever dream. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Reader: Street honoring fascist Balbo to remain after aldermen cave Chicago Tribune: Chicago cheered as Italo Balbo led a squadron of 24 Italian aircraft that splashed down in Lake Michigan 90 years ago Chicago Magazine: The (Failed) 1946 Fight to Remove a Fascist's Name from a Chicago Street ABC 7: Debate ensues about removal of Balbo monument, renaming of street Chicago Sun-Times: Italo Balbo, a complex and controversial figure, from Italy to Grant Park WTTW: History or Hate? Chicago’s Controversial Monuments and Street NamesNBC Chicago: Tempest Brews Over Renaming of Balbo Drive Encyclopedia of Chicago: "Who is Balbo?," 1933 Chicago Tribune: Future of Balbo monument, a gift from Mussolini, uncertain New York Times: BALBO TALKS TO CHICAGO.; Speaking Over Radio From Rome, He Presents Column From Forum. Chicago Reader: Balbo’s Last Stand CBS Chicago: Aldermen Propose To Rename Balbo Drive StreetsBlog Chicago: Blackshirts and Green Signs: Is It Time to Rename Balbo Drive, a Tribute to a Fascist? TimeOut: Aldermen are considering removing the Balbo monument and renaming Balbo Drive Encyclopedia of Chicago:Chief Blackhorn and Italo Balbo, 1933AP: Protesters demand removal of monument to fascist Italo Balbo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells Vanessa from Reel Relationships about "den mother of the arts" Lois Weisberg. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: TimeOut: Life after Lois | Lois Weisberg New York Times: Lois Weisberg, Chicago’s Cultural Connector, Dies at 90 Chicago Magazine: Remembering Lois Weisberg, the Woman Who Curated Chicago The New Yorker: Six Degrees of Lois Weisberg PBS: Chicago Stories Lois Weisberg Governing: Lois Weisberg Chicago Sun-Times: Lois Weisberg, ‘den mother of the arts’ Chicago Reader: Lois Weisberg: Rest in peace doesn’t cut it Chicago Reader: The brothers Weisberg Chicago Reader: The Shakman Variations Chicago Reader: A Macarena for the Millenium FT: Lois Weisberg, Chicago arts administrator, 1925-2016 Chicago Tribune: Chicago’s ‘Cows on Parade’ is back for July, celebrating 20-year anniversary with one last roundup WBEZ: Lois Weisberg: “This is one of the worst things that ever has happened to the city.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa continues telling Morgan about the complicated history of disgraced former Illinois Governor George Ryan. This story is messy but also involves a lot of cameos by unexpected people. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: CNN: George Ryan Fast Facts New York Times: George H. Ryan WTTW: Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, Who Ended Death Penalty and Was Imprisoned for Corruption, Dies at 91 Chicago Tribune: Former Gov. George Ryan, who halted state’s death penalty but was imprisoned for corruption, dies at 91 Axios: George Ryan, former Illinois governor with a complicated legacy, dies at 91 DOJ: U.S. INDICTS FORMER ILLINOIS GOV. GEORGE RYAN FOR ALLEGED PUBLIC CORRUPTION DURING TERMS AS SECRETARY OF STATE AND GOVERNOR Chicago Tribune: NEW HEAT ON RYAN IN FATAL ACCIDENT Chicago Magazine: The New Face of the Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells Morgan about the complicated history of disgraced former Illinois Governor George Ryan. This story is messy but also involves a lot of cameos by unexpected people. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: CNN: George Ryan Fast Facts New York Times: George H. Ryan WTTW: Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, Who Ended Death Penalty and Was Imprisoned for Corruption, Dies at 91 Chicago Tribune: Former Gov. George Ryan, who halted state’s death penalty but was imprisoned for corruption, dies at 91 Axios: George Ryan, former Illinois governor with a complicated legacy, dies at 91 DOJ: U.S. INDICTS FORMER ILLINOIS GOV. GEORGE RYAN FOR ALLEGED PUBLIC CORRUPTION DURING TERMS AS SECRETARY OF STATE AND GOVERNOR Chicago Tribune: NEW HEAT ON RYAN IN FATAL ACCIDENT Chicago Magazine: The New Face of the Law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As we get ready to paint Chicago Green, Alyssa is joined by Risen to tell her the history of St. Patrick' Day celebrations in Chicago. Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and tell all your friends. Socials:Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram Show Notes: WTTW: Labor of Love: A St. Patrick’s Day Special Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: The city’s St. Patrick’s Day traditions Smithsonian: The Origins of Chicago’s Green River, Shamrock Shakes and Other Surprising Trivia About St. Patrick’s Day TimeOut: 10 things you might not have known about St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago Chicago Tribune: Politics and parades: Chicago’s long history of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day Block Club Chicago: Why Chicago Has 4 St. Patrick’s Day Parades Time: The Year They Cancelled St. Patrick’s Day NBC Chicago: South Side Irish Parade Cancelled NBC Chicago: Parade Organizer: “There's No Reason to Drink Like That” Chicago Tribune: WHY SOUTH SIDERS SAID: PARTY’S OVER Reddit: Can anyone tell me about the Southside Irish parade, is it worth making time to see if you happen to be in Chicago during that time? Media Burn: St. Patrick’s Day in Chicago Barstool: The Annual Chicago St Patrick's Day Police Blotter Recap Barstool: The Best Police Blotter Incidents From Wrigleyville On Saturday Barstool: A Barstool Chicago Tradition Unlike Any Other: The Annual St. Patrick's Day Police Blotter Round Up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did Daley steal the 1960 election for JFK? Or was it the Mob? Did dead people vote? Alyssa and John sort through fact and fiction regarding allegations of voter fraud. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: Two Charts Show Chicago Getting More Democratic New York Times: Search The Learning Network Search Nov. 8, 1960 | Kennedy Is Elected President Washington Post: Here’s a voter fraud myth: Richard Daley ‘stole’ Illinois for John Kennedy in the 1960 election Block Club Chicago: Chicago And Rigged Elections? The History Is Even Crazier Than You’ve Heard Chicago Sun-Times: This week in history: JFK and the stolen election New York Times: Chicago Watched Amid Memories of Its Role in 1960 Time: The Press: The Inside Man NewYork Times: Did John F. Kennedy and the Democrats Steal the 1960 Election? BBC: Why is Chicago important? Chicago Magazine: We Should Never Vote in Person Again New York Times: DALEY SEES PLOT IN VOTE RECOUNT; Links G.O.P. Conservatives and Southern Democrats in Attack on Kennedy New York Times: G.O.P. SAYS NIXON MAY WIN ILLINOIS; Alcorn Predicts a Recount Could Reverse Kennedy's Victory in the State G.O.P. SAY NIXON MAY WIN ILLINOIS Washington Post: Horsefeathers, Mr. Nixon Chicago Tribune: The myth of 1960 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells Matt Drufke from Still Not Friday Comedy about the band Chicago. We both learned a lot. Come for the subject and stay for the digressions. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chicago The Band DNA Info: Daughter's Film Tells Story of the 'Chicago' Guitarist You Don't Remember CBS Chicago: Robert Lamm, Founding Member Of Chicago, Looks Back On Band's History Ahead Of Rock Hall Of Fame Induction Washington Post: Why did CNN air a documentary about the band Chicago produced by band members? Chicago Tribune: Chicago Gives Daley a Jersey Idaho Free Press: Mayor Daley Praises Chicago The Virginian Pilot: Original Chicago member, still rockin' after 50 years, doesn't mince words Variety History of Chicago (Band) Now More Than Ever Documentary VH1 Behind the Music Chicago: The Terry Kath Experience Chicago: The Last Band on Stage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Alyssa tells Risen about a Chicago Tradition known as Dibs. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: Let’s make a federal case out of dibs Block Club Chicago: How Did Dibs Become A Thing? Thank Chicago’s Worst Blizzard WTTW: How Did Dibs Become a Chicago Winter Tradition? NBC 5 Chicago: Chicago's long-standing ‘dibs' tradition is technically illegal City of Chicago: Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation to Begin Clearing Streets of "Dibs" WBEZ: To Dibs Or Not To Dibs? The Essential Chicago Question Axios: Southwest Siders file the most dibs complaints ABC 7 Chicago: Chicago 'dibs': Items from wintertime parking spot tradition to be cleaned up Chicago Magazine: Should You Use Dibs? Chicago Sun-Times: Dibs calls always pour in to 311 after snow falls in Chicago, from some areas more than others Block Club Chicago: The History of 'Dibs': Did It Begin in Chicago? Chicago Reader: Land GrabDNA Info: 'Dibs Shame' Campaign Raising Funds To End the 'Societal Plague' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Vanessa from Reel Relationships about an Indiana Blogger named John Kass. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Reader: Be Like Mike Neil Steinberg's Blog: In defense of John Kass Chicago Reader: Mission accomplished: John Kass has been deplatformed Chicago Reader: John Kass is a real chumbolone Chicago Reader: John Kass, journalism’s ‘meat puppet’ master Robert Feder: Tribune colleagues blast John Kass column as 'antithetical to our values' Robert Feder: John Kass signs off at Chicago Tribune: 'An adventure happens' Robert Feder: Robservations: Tribune's John Kass fires back at 'cancel culture' critics Robert Feder: Robservations: John Kass boosts ‘enemy of the people’ slur against media Chicago Reader: John Kass’s Humor Finally Reaches the 21st Century Robert Feder: Robservations: 'Totally pumped' John Kass off and running with new blog Chicago Reader: We’re taking John Kass’s bike bullying seriously Chicago Sun-Times: Cook County judge removed after rebuke of conspiracy-filled blog post Streetsblog Chicago: More Mental Kass-turbation About the Lake Shore Drive Divvy Rider Chicago Sun-Times: Our year in Chicago: Moving back to the city LA Times: The Obama and Ayers that Chicago knows Chicago Magazine: How Bikes and Bike-Share Threaten a Way of Life Chicago Tribune: Honor freedom with a beer can, chicken Chicago Tribune: Something grows in the big cities run by Democrats: An overwhelming sense of lawlessness Chicago Tribune: What happened to an America where you could freely speak your mind? Chicago Tribune:Is this still a free country? The new movie ‘No Safe Spaces’ raises frightening doubts Eric Zorn: Wee John Kass keeps poking the bear, so the bear dutifully pokes back Eric Zorn: Former Tribune columnist John Kass has applied for a U.S. trademark on “The Chicago Way.” Chicago Tribune: Surprise. Women love liver sausage, too. Orlando Sentinel: Governor, quit dissing yogurt Chapo Trap House: Staring into the Abyss With John Kass Chapo Trap House: John Kass Confronts the Jesters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alyssa tells Hugh about the Weather Underground. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on ⁠Twitter⁠, ⁠BlueSky⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠. Show Notes: ⁠Time: Protest: The Disruptive Dozen⁠ ⁠Chicago Tribune: DAYS OF RAGE NOW MORE LIKE A CONVULSION THAT BECAME BLIP IN HISTORY⁠ ⁠WTTW: Days of Rage⁠ ⁠New York Times: Bernardine Dohrn Gives Up To Authorities in Chicago; Arraigned on Local Charges Others Are Still Fugitives⁠ ⁠Yale Books: Evading the FBI: The Weather Underground Organization⁠ ⁠Time: How the Weather Underground Failed at Revolution and Still Changed the World⁠ ⁠PBS: Interview with Bryan Burrough⁠ ⁠Days of Rage⁠ ⁠Chicago Reader: The Long, Strange Trip of Bill Ayers⁠ ⁠Weather Underground Documentary⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some people know exactly what the “parking meter deal” refers to but for others this might be a new idea. Alyssa breaks down the timeline of events which has been dubbed “a lesson in worse practices.” That is an understatement. Come for the mismanagment stay for the irony. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part One: Chicago's Parking Meter Lease Deal Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part Two: One BILLION Dollars! Chicago Reader: FAIL, Part Three: The Insiders Chicago Reader: Parking Meters — The Easy Version Chicago Reader: Mayor Emanuel ensures parking meters remain in private hands Chicago Reader: Rahm’s latest verdict: we’re stuck with the meter deal Chicago Reader: Yet another attempt to prevent a parking meter redux The Tribe: Today’s Chicago City Council regrets the infamous 2008 parking meter deal Chicago Reader: Better late than never Chicago Magazine: Chicago's New Parking Meter Rules: What You Need To Know Chicago Reader: Wait, we sold that off too? Chicago Reader: Rahm Emanuel’s shifting views of the parking meter deal Chicago Reader: Daley joining law firm he previously hired for city’s meter deal and other privatization work Chicago Reader: Not a dream MoneyWise: ‘A lesson in worst practices’: Shocking audit reveals Chicago parking meters have made $2B for private company Chicago Reader: The ongoing case against privatization Chicago Reader: How Mayor Emanuel locked the parking meter deal in place Chicago Sun-Times: Mihalopoulos: What one Daley sows, another Daley reaps ABC 7 Chicago: Mayor Johnson considering buying back rights to Chicago parking meters: Sources WTTW: Chicago Won’t Buy Back Parking Meters, Johnson Says WBEZ: Chicago parking meters up for sale, but Johnson urged to proceed carefully on potential buyback Chicago Sun-Times: Bally's shooting for end-of-year opening for permanent casino in River West Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Alyssa is joined by John Zinn to discuss what some call the biggest scandal in Chicago Police Department history. We end fanaticizing about the story getting the Ryan Murphy treatment. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago To Serve and Collect: Chicago Politics and Police Corruption from the Lager Beer Riot to the Summerdale Scandal, 1855-1960 Chicago Tribune: INDICTMENTS TO BE SOUGHT FOR COP BURGLARY SUSPECTS Chicago Tribune: The Summerdale Scandal and the case of the babbling burglar Time: CRIME: Cops and / or Robbers WTTW Chicago Tribune: PEOPLE’S WORST FEARS New York Times: SIX EX-POLICEMEN JAILED IN CHICAGO; 2 Others Fined as Members of a Burglary Ring NBC Chicago: Officers Allege Widespread Corruption Inside Chicago Police Department Chicago Tribune: JUDGE DOUBTS VIDEOTAPE, ACQUITS 2 OFFICERS OF BURGLARY WTTW: Chicago Tow Truck Driver Charged in Vehicle Theft Conspiracy Chicago Sun-Times: 3 more CPD employees, including a sergeant, face firing for PPP loan fraud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1999, under pressure from an activist priest, the City of Chicago Police and Fire Committee invited talk show host Jerry Springer to a hearing regarding violence on his show. Spoiler, it didn’t go well for Burke and the gang. Come for the government inefficiency stay for the schadenfreude. Alyssa is joined by her college roomate Pam to mock this circus. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: CBS: That one time when Chicago City Council became 'The Jerry Springer Show' WBEZ: How Jerry Springer delighted and infuriated ChicagoChicago Tribune: SPRINGMASTER JER, COVER BOY BURKE WRESTLE WITH ENNUI New York Post:SPRINGER ADMITS HE FAKES IT SOMETIMES South Coast Today: Live at City Hall -- it's Jerry Springer Footage: Jerry Springer Testifies (1999) Tampa Bay Times: Springer goes live, and verbal punches fly Media Burn: [Jerry Springer Chicago City Council hearing] New York Daily News: SPRINGER SEZ SHOW MOCKS VIOLENCE CBS: Springer Hedges On Violence Chicago Reader: Political Atrocities of 1999 Chicago Magazine: 20 Very Bad Chicago Media Gaffes Chicago Tribune: FINAL WORD ON SPRINGER’S CITY HALL GIG: SARCASM Chicago Sun-Times: How Jerry Springer delighted, infuriated Chicago Chicago Tribune: A DAY AT THE CIRCUS: WHICH ONE’S THE CLOWN? Footage: Jerry Springer Reaction (1999) Chicago Reader: The Fox and the Hounds New York Times: Live, at Chicago's City Hall: It's the 'Jerry Springer Show' Chicago Tribune:`SPRINGER SHOW’ PLAYS CITY HALL Chicago Tribune: FINAL WORD ON SPRINGER’S CITY HALL GIG: SARCASM Chicago Tribune: SPRINGMASTER JER, COVER BOY BURKE WRESTLE WITH ENNUI Chicago Tribune: IT’S A FREE-FOR-ALL AS SPRINGER FACES COUNCIL Chicago Tribune: NEXT IN CITY HALL: TALK SHOW HOST WITH EXPLAINING TO DO Chicago Magazine: Father Courage: Michael Pfleger Takes on Jerry Springer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Morgan joins Alyssa to talk about Van der Rohe V Fansworth which is case of contract law. Show Notes: Chicago Magazine: Remembering the Farnsworth House Feud WTTW: Mies van der Rohe Architectural Record: A Second Look at Edith Farnsworth and Her Mies van der Rohe–Designed Retreat Architect Magazine: The Farnsworth House on Trial New York Times: When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial WBEZ: Who was the mystery woman behind one of the Chicago area’s modernist marvels? Tucker Carlson on Modern Architecture and Why it Sucks Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography, New and Revised Edition Oh Malort! Meis van der Rohe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate NYE, Alyssa and John combined their knowledge of performing arts venue management and recorded an impromptu episode to discuss the dumpster fire that is the Kennedy Center. These people are incompetent and seemingly hate the arts. Grenell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Alyssa tells Risen about Y2K Chicago Style. This episode takes some surprising twists and turns and 2025 makes more sense. Support the show by subscribing, leaving a five-star review, telling all your friends and following on Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram. Show Notes: Chicago Tribune: PRACTICAL ADVICE ON Y2K PREPAREDNESS CNN: Chicago, retailers pushing for Y2K readiness NPR: Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out AP: Nearly 20 years ago, doomsayers admitted they were wrong about Y2K Chicago Tribune: Y2K EXPO PREPARED TO PROVIDE FOR WORST WBEZ: The panic of New Year's Eve 1999 Chicago Tribune: CITY SAYS IT’S READY FOR A SMOOTH Y2K ROLLOVER Chicago Tribune: A HAPPY DAY: NO ONE GETS Y2KO’D Chicago Tribune: FOR MANY CHICAGOANS, COVERAGE OF Y2K IS A BIT TOO MUCH Chicago Tribune: Y2K NO CAUSE FOR PANIC Chicago Tribune: WITH Y2K, HOARDING LIKELY TO BE BIGGEST BUG Twin Cities Pioneer Press: Stockpilers prepare quietly for Y2K arrival Chicago Sun-Times: Year 2000 computer fears bring out survival instinct Chicago Sun-Times: Worriers are wasting time, money, one researcher says Chicago Sun-Times: Shortage of caviar threatens festivities Chicago Sun-Times: Buddy, can you spare an Official Barter Unit? Chicago Sun-Times: Bridges to next millennium will work here, city claims Chicago Sun-Times: Y2K brings back '50s-like fearsChicago Sun-Times: City defends Y2K progress - Report of delays `totally false,' computer chief says Chicago Sun-Times: Mayor getting tough on Y2K con artists Chicago Sun-Times: City may be first with Y2K con man law Chicago Sun-Times: Lack of interest bugs Y2K expo - `Survivalist' supplies shunned Chicago Sun-Times: Weaver says Ruby Ridge standoff could have continued Chicago Sun-Times: City `confident' about Y2K - $55 million, 3-yr. preparation all but done Chicago Sun-Times: Consumers say `ho-hum' to Y2K Chicago Sun-Times: Police asked to monitor extremist groups - FBI warns of Y2K violence Chicago Sun-Times: Grocers, retailers prepared for Y2K Chicago Sun-Times: Daley tries to nip Y2K fears - CTA won't let trains run near midnight Chicago Sun-Times: Daley rips Hillard's Y2K staff memo Chicago Sun-Times: Fire, theft top Y2K fears - Public's reaction also a big worry Chicago Sun-Times: Apocalypse delayed - Prophets retreat from predictions Chicago Sun-Times: Oh no! What will we worry about in 2000? Chicago Sun-Times: Survivalist's wallet ends up $15K lighter Chicago Sun-Times: Returning items may not be easy Chicago Sun-Times: Consumers likely are stuck with extra Y2K provisions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices