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    Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Schmich: Ebert reflects well on Chicago

    <em>This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011</em>.
    This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011. Some years ago when I was new to Chicago, I spotted Roger Ebert in the frozen-foods aisle of a grocery store. He was famous by then, and I did what any normal person does at the sight...

    Tags: Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Carl Sandburg, Celebrities, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)

    2. Apr 2, 2013 | Chicago Tribune

  2. Schmich on the move

    Change of Subject
    Those of you who are online-only readers may have missed this recent development, reported on this morning by TOC's Robert Feder: Of all the perks of winning the Pulitzer Prize last spring, the most visible for Mary Schmich may be......
    3. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. A look at famous brothers from Chicago

    Long before anybody (besides their parents) was paying attention to Chicago's Emanuel brothers, the city could boast of lots of other siblings who made good &mdash; or, at least, made headlines.
    Long before anybody (besides their parents) was paying attention to Chicago's Emanuel brothers, the city could boast of lots of other siblings who made good — or, at least, made headlines. Chicago can claim brothers of wide-ranging accomplishments...

    Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Prisons, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago Mayor, Entertainment

    4. Jan 18, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  4. Friday Morning Coffee: One last fill-up before I go.

    Capitol Ideas
    Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. So this is it. After more than seven years, roughly 7,280 posts (give or take a couple), at least two one-act plays, and more bad jokes than even I care to recall, it's time to......
    5. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. 'What It Takes': A true political classic

    One of the many bits of conventional wisdom about politicians is that they're all scoundrels in one way or another.
    One of the many bits of conventional wisdom about politicians is that they're all scoundrels in one way or another. This is especially true of those who run for president. Maybe they don't steal or lie or cheat on their spouse (although plenty do)....

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), The Miami Herald, Entertainment Events, White House, U.S. Army

    6. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  6. Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer

    The signs were there: The newspaper Chicago Today ceased publication on Sept. 13, 1974 (my birthday), and the Chicago Daily News published its final edition on March 4, 1978 (Chicago's birthday).
    The signs were there: The newspaper Chicago Today ceased publication on Sept. 13, 1974 (my birthday), and the Chicago Daily News published its final edition on March 4, 1978 (Chicago's birthday). You might think some of us would have taken these as...

    Tags: Literature, Human Rights, Newspapers, Politics, Journalism

    7. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Rick Kogan on Carl Sandburg's 'A Revolver'

    You have, no doubt, heard about the new Carl Sandburg poem. Perhaps you have read it too. It is titled "A Revolver," and it was discovered a few weeks ago by Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-...

    Tags: Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Carl Sandburg, Poetry, Nelson Algren

    8. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  8. Rick Kogan rediscovers Norbert Blei

    The last time the name Norbert Blei appeared above a story in the Chicago Tribune was June 2, 1985. He wrote about the Clearing, a folk arts school founded in 1935 in Door County, Wis., by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen when he was 75. &nbsp;
    The last time the name Norbert Blei appeared above a story in the Chicago Tribune was June 2, 1985. He wrote about the Clearing, a folk arts school founded in 1935 in Door County, Wis., by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen when he was 75.  ...

    Tags: Architecture, Poetry, Jens Jensen, Newspapers, Authors

    9. Dec 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Frangos no longer have the folkloric taste of Chicago

    A friend recently gave me something I hadn't received for Christmas in a very long time.
    A friend recently gave me something I hadn't received for Christmas in a very long time. "Frangos!" I exclaimed. "I haven't had Frangos in forever." I stripped away the shiny gift wrap, and it was like opening a door to Christmas past. A dark green...

    Tags: O'Hare International Airport, Richard M. Daley, Holidays, Macy's, Marshall Field

    10. Jul 22, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  10. Our kind of sport — right off the bat

    On summer evenings, players in ragtag uniforms &mdash; a few baseball caps, perhaps jerseys bearing a corner tavern's name &mdash; converge on parks all across the Windy City, honoring with ball and bat Chicago's contribution to the world of sport: the invention of softball on Thanksgiving Day 1887.
    Chicago Tribune reporter
    On summer evenings, players in ragtag uniforms — a few baseball caps, perhaps jerseys bearing a corner tavern's name — converge on parks all across the Windy City, honoring with ball and bat Chicago's contribution to the world of sport: the...

    Tags: Chicago Park District, Sports, Grant Park, Softball, YMCA

    11. Oct 30, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Voters: It’s time to say ‘when’ to the insiders

    Change of Subject
    For those in Cook County who care about the state of our politics — and I’ll offer evidence in a moment to demonstrate how depressingly small your number is — here’s a helpful slogan to remember as you prepare to......
    12. Oct 31, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Voters: It's time to say 'when' to the insiders

    For those in Cook County who care about the state of our politics &mdash; and I'll offer evidence in a moment to demonstrate how depressingly small your number is &mdash; here's a helpful slogan to remember as you prepare to vote sometime in the next six days:
    For those in Cook County who care about the state of our politics — and I'll offer evidence in a moment to demonstrate how depressingly small your number is — here's a helpful slogan to remember as you prepare to vote sometime in the next...

    Tags: Richard M. Daley, Judges, Parties and Movements, Democratic Party, Politics

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