Chicago p.d. articles

  • Campus riots and a Chicago convention: Deja vu all over again?

    As the philosopher/baseball player Yogi Berra once (supposedly) said, it’s deja vu all over again. Student protesters are occupying the campuses of famed universities across the country. In New York, Columbia University protesters occupied administrative offices in Hamilton Hall and were cleared out by police, exactly 56 years to the day after student protesters occupied […]
  • Unveiling blockchain's revolutionary impact on R&D

    Once the preserve of Bitcoin evangelists and tech disruptors, the database technology underlying cryptocurrencies, blockchain, is now of enormous significance in the ever-changing landscape of R&D. R&D can only function if three things are true: Innovation is encouraged, and R&D proceeds unfettered. Trade secrets and IP are sufficiently protected. There is recourse if intellectual property…
  • D-backs buzz by Dodgers in 10th inning

    Christian Walker hit two home runs, including a game-ending two-run shot in the 10th inning, as the Arizona Diamondbacks stung the Los Angeles Dodgers by picking up a 4-3 victory in Phoenix on Tuesday. Six Arizona pitchers held the Dodgers to zero RBIs through nine innings as the Diamondbacks won for just the second time in their past six games. The victory came after a one-hour, 55-minute delay at the outset, as a colony of bees formed on the netting behind home plate. A beekeeper removed the...