In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible. read more...

News Mixer, the final year project of programming-journalism students at Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University aimed at breathing new life into commenting systems on news sites, was always intended to be developed and adapted further by third parties. “We got a lot of the hard...

DATELINE: November 17, 2008, Chicago Senator Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, was working hard this weekend. Last night we found a new press_release on his Web site. The Chronicle of Higher Education has just issued its......

Commencements, celebrations and cramming for finals: Three C's are upon us as the school year nears its end. So are concern and controversy....

Commencements, celebrations and cramming for finals: Three C's are upon us as the school year nears its end. So are concern and controversy....

You may have heard about the brouhaha at Northwestern University School of Law. Jerry Springer was invited to address graduates at this year's commencement. Springer, a '68 law school grad, accepted the invitation and delivered his address last week. I'm an NU alum (not law), but the flap was of lit...

It's not the best picture. Sorry, Jerry. Northwestern University is a prestigious place, and it's not inconceivable that graduates might aspire to the office of presidency. As in, the presidency of the United States. Not that my nephew has such aspirations, but he graduated on Friday and I took the ...

Cross-posted from Faultline USA During his interview with Tim Russert on Meet the Press Sunday May 4th, Obama stated three different times that (1) “It’s a wonderful church . . .�, and later (2) “I feel a great loyalty to that church . . .�, and even later, (3)“I am proud of my church an...

Twenty-five years ago today, Chicago made history when Harold Washington was sworn in as mayor.   The 42nd person to lead America's Second City, Washington, who was serving in Congress at the time of his election, became the first African-American to hold that position. In a bruising primary, h...

Obama the Marxist THE FOUNDATION “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclination, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.� -John Adams PATRIOT PERSPECTIVE No ObamaNation Part 3: Another Marx brother By Mark Alexander After h...