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...even richer material than the cartoonish excesses of the Clinton years. But Obama, with his obvious smarts, low-key style and (most important) ability to catch the prevailing tone of irony and laugh at himself, has left the comics with little to hang their punch lines on. The best Jay Leno could do during the campaign was to poke fun at Obama's mediocre bowling skills. That went into the gutter fast. (Read an excerpt from Richard Zoglin's book Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America...
...about the hook," says Jennifer Wilnewic, a seventh-grade math teacher in Elgin, Ill., who plans to use the fantasy-football curriculum again this year. As the summer winds down, Wilnewic is prepping her lessons. "I'm going to have [Chicago Bears quarterback] Jay Cutler on my team," she says. Who knew the future of our children might depend on fantasy football...
...each following a remarkably similar logic: Researchers identify a disparity in health outcomes (cancer survival or response to treatment, for example) that falls along racial fault lines; investigators then adjust for socioeconomic status, and, when the disparity persists, conclude it must be genetic. That consistent failure of reasoning bemuses Jay Kaufman, a McGill University professor of epidemiology who studies health disparities. "Why are we still doing this study?" he says. "If you are trying to make the argument that [different health outcomes] must be genetic by exhausting other possibilities and saying what is left over must be genes, well, that...
...JAY M. HARRIS—DEAN OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
...Terzo Piano Italian architect Renzo Piano's recently completed expansion of Chicago's beloved Art Institute includes a new foodie haven. Perched on the new wing's third floor - with views of Frank Gehry's Jay Pritzker Pavilion - Terzo Piano is an indoor/outdoor Italian boîte as sleek as the museum itself. Designed by local architect Dirk Denison, Terzo Piano begins with a presentation kitchen at the entrance showcasing cheese, meats and salads. Further on, a clutch of 11 custom-designed mobile panels helps create individual dining zones that can contract and expand according to crowd levels. Smaller tables...