The threatening letter to Jussie Smollett might be more in the news soon.

You might imagine that grinding up some Tylenol to look like anthrax and mailing it to yourself in a hate hoax would be an amusing publicity stunt. And what’s the worst that can happen? It’s not like there’s a law against that, right?

Well, actually, there is a federal law against “terroristic hoax.” And it’s a felony.

CWB Chicago is a gay anti-crime website that originated to expose the crime problem on the upscale Northside, in Wrigleyville, where the Cubs play, and Boystown, the old gay neighborhood. It offers nicely written, rather rambling coverage of crime issues in Chicago, like a moderate gay yuppie Second City Cop.