Politics
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF TONIGHT'S STORIES:
- Choose Responsibility
- National Organizations for Youth Safety
- Threading
- "Election Day"
- Grant Park Music Festival's "America Then and Now"
- Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
Pufferfish Toxin
There are new details today about the northwest suburban man charged yesterday with possession of an exotic poison. Was he also trying to arrange an online assassination? Rich Samuels has the latest.
News Analysis with Elizabeth Brackett
Cook County now has the dubious distinction of having the highest sales tax in the nation. Elizabeth Brackett and her panel take a look at the potential effects.
From 21 to 18
Would you be okay with your 18-year-old drinking alcohol? We introduce you to a group that thinks the legal drinking age should be lowered to eighteen.
Threading
Forget lasers or wax. The safest and most efficient way to remove hair is with a thread. We show you an ages old hair-removal technique that is starting to raise some eyebrows.
Election Day
As the first Tuesday of November gets closer, a new documentary takes a look back on November 2, 2004. What lessons were learned from that controversial election year? We talk to a producer from the film Election Day.
Exploring Music with Bill McGlaughlin
We explore the Grant Park Music Festival's "America Then and Now" program with WFMT's Bill McGlaughlin.
Commentary
Judy Baar Topinka is here to tell us why she thinks Illinois needs a new constitution.
