Q&A with NATO Host Team Chief Lori Healey
SCALING THE SUMMIT: The no-nonsense public-service vet talks about the drama surrounding the May 20-21 event
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Athleta Store Opening Preview Party
April 3, 2012–Athleta hosted a special evening of shopping and fun to celebrate the opening of its Southport store. Athleta offers the ultimate performance apparel in sweet, feminine designs for every active woman.
Addressing the Realpolitik: Facts Are Still Stubborn Things
The facts, reports Rex Huppke, are dead: “survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.” We have a sense of who killed them, but what’s the motive?
Nicolas Sarkozy and Rahm Emanuel: Separated at Birth?
If Nicolas Sarkozy survives the first-round vote this Sunday, and if he wins the runoff election on May 6th, we could see him standing together with Rahm Emanuel at the NATO summit in Chicago, one month from today. It’s interesting to observe the strong personality similarities between Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian immigrant and former mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, and Emanuel, the son of an Israeli immigrant…
George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Gated Communities, and Fear
The shooting of Trayvon Martin, and the mystery that surrounds it, have brought back the issue of still-novel gated communities and the possibility they instill fear in their residents. But they’re more a symptom than a cause, and not so different from the rest of America.
Photos: Turn-of-the-Century Chicago, a City on the Make as It Was Being Made
An archive from the Detroit Publishing Company captures Chicago from 1890 to 1920, as the city more than doubled in population and transitioned into the modern age as a true metropolis.
Urban Remains: Norman Maclean Gives Alfred A. Knopf the Business
A middle-finger of a letter from an august U. of C. prof; a detailed history of the Portage Theater; a list of the best restaurants in the suburbs; and more
Don Manzullo's Defeat by Adam Kinzinger Causes a PAC Mess for Eric Cantor
The House Majority Leader stirs dissent within his own party for supporting the young Rep over the veteran conservative he defeated, tipping off a PAC Rube Goldberg machine in the process.
Why I Don't Watch Hockey: A Southern Gothic Tale
You wouldn’t either, if you grew up rooting for the Roanoke Valley Rebels, or at least rooting for them to get into fights. They were an offensive team, with offensive uniforms, at least until a blizzard took out their arena.