Magazine archive: Felsenthal Files

Fred Eychaner and Ken Griffin, Chicagoans on Top Donors Lists

Fred Eychaner and Ken Griffin, Chicagoans on Top Donors Lists

Lists just out from Politico ranking donors to the two presidential candidates show that, on the Democratic side, Chicagoan Fred Eychaner ranks number one. On the GOP side, at number nine...

by Carol Felsenthal
Rahm 'Super Hot for This'—the Mayor's Role in Solyndra

Rahm ‘Super Hot for This’—the Mayor’s Role in Solyndra

A House report released Thursday reveals Rahm Emanuel's role in the Obama administration's support of Solyndra, the solar panel maker that received a $535 million loan guarantee before going...

by Carol Felsenthal
Chicagoan Tops List of 50 Most Beautiful in Washington; No Illinois Lawmaker Makes Cut

Chicagoan Tops List of 50 Most Beautiful in Washington; No Illinois Lawmaker Makes Cut

Chicagoan Max Engling, a 25-year-old former model and Republican staff assistant for the House Administration Committee, topped The Hill’s eighth annual list of 50 most beautiful people...

by Carol Felsenthal
No Successor Planned for Sun-Times's Stella Foster

No Successor Planned for Sun-Times’s Stella Foster

After announcing on Friday that her last column would run on August 6, the Sun-Times’s Stella Foster, who has been writing “Stella’s Column” (the successor to the legendary “Kup’s...

by Carol Felsenthal
J Street, Progressive Alternative to AIPAC, Backs Area Congressional Candidates

J Street, Progressive Alternative to AIPAC, Backs Area Congressional Candidates

The Tribune reported last week that Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic challenger in the race for the 8th District, outraised the tea party-backed freshman, Joe Walsh, in the second quarter....

by Carol Felsenthal
Rahm Takes the National Stage—Not Enough to Occupy Him at Home?

Rahm Takes the National Stage—Not Enough to Occupy Him at Home?

With the threat of a teacher’s strike looming, the murder rate booming, Rahm Emanuel appeared yesterday as the “headliner” on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos. The subject was...

by Carol Felsenthal
A Look at Romney's Foreign Policy Adviser, Chicagoan Richard Williamson

A Look at Romney’s Foreign Policy Adviser, Chicagoan Richard Williamson

At a GOP fundraiser Thursday night, former Vice President Dick Cheney said that Mitt Romney is the best to lead the country in international crises. Shaping that foreign policy in the coming months...

by Carol Felsenthal
Rev. Jeremiah Wright Preaches from a Pulpit—in D.C.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright Preaches from a Pulpit—in D.C.

We haven’t heard much from the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the man who married the Obamas and baptized his children. Rev. Wright preached last Sunday morning, not from the pulpit here at Trinity...

by Carol Felsenthal
U. of C. Prof. Charles Lipson on the Obama Library

U. of C. Prof. Charles Lipson on the Obama Library

As soon as I saw the Sun-Times’s headline last week, “U. of C. prof wants to shelve Obama library idea,” I knew the story was about Charles Lipson. In the article, by Abdon Pallasch,...

by Carol Felsenthal
The Definitive Rahm Dead Fish Tale, 'Barry Obama,' and More

The Definitive Rahm Dead Fish Tale, ‘Barry Obama,’ and More

Chris Sautter, who describes himself as Obama’s “first media consultant,” was in town this week. Our meeting came after Sautter’s name recently surfaced in one of the juicier parts of a new...

by Carol Felsenthal